The year Adele won all the Grammys

That’s what the 2012 Grammy Awards will be known as because, WOW, girl makes some awesome music and she has just about zero competition this year. This might be some good news to indie kids, who are still celebrating last year’s massive Arcade Fire upset, 50-something moms and just about everybody in the […]

Hometown: Glorious

I’ve decided to make “Hometown: Glorious” an annual Thanksgiving post, with basically the same content every time. There’s nothing like a little familiarity to set a tone around this time of year.

For everyone in The US, Happy Thanksgiving, and for everyone else, I bet your family and friends would love a catch […]

[KR Flashback] Hometown: Glorious

If any of you (maybe, one, two?) were reading the blog at this time last year, you’ll remember I posted a little something about hometowns and their glory and all that. I actually didn’t say anything, but I got you in the mood. With Adele. Because, duh, she always gets you in the mood. […]

Grammy Nominations: Meh.

The nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards are out tonight, and there aren’t a lot of surprises. Adele got a ton of nominations, as did Radiohead, Coldplay, and Robert Plant & Allison Krauss. The full nominations are here, but here are the most interesting (or rather, surprising) parts:

-M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” is […]

Hometown: Glorious

Just to get you in the mood for upcoming Thanksgiving (I’m ready for a cold one):

Adele – Hometown Glory (Pocketknife’s Familiar Faces Remix) (MP3)