It’s that time of year again, when the meaningless award system known as “The Grammys” begins to dole out awards to people like Katy Perry and the Foo Fighters. The awards show won’t air until February 12, 2012, but the nominations were announced last night, during a concert which featured two performances by Lady Gaga (go ahead and sigh loudly right here).
Officially cementing his title as Seriously, the Coolest Musician in America, Right? I Mean Seriously!, Dave Grohl has temporarily become the drummer of Kentucky up and comers Cage the Elephant. Why, you ask? Well, Cage the Elephant’s drummer, Jared Champion, was recently hospitalized due to a ruptured appendix. So, Grohl said he would step in and drum for the band in Champion’s absence.
The Sasquatch Festival is already upon us and Beatcrave is here in Washington celebrating the 10th year birthday of our favorite hairy creature. The party is so big they had to add an extra half day to get the party started a little early. While the day might have been light on the acts, it was not light on the rock. Sure with Bob Mold and Death From Above 1979 you already have some pretty heavy hitters, but none hit harder than Friday night’s closers The Foo Fighters.
Nirvana’s tenure as an active rock band ended tragically when frontman Kurt Cobain took his own life. It would have been blasphemy to trudge on with a new band leader, and anyway, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl always had far too much love and respect for their fallen friend to ever try to replace him.
Novoselic more or less exited the music scene, but Grohl went on to have a successful career of his own with the Foo Fighters, a band which he formed in part as a way to deal with the grief caused by Cobain’s death.
We’ve got the highlights of releases this week, and its all about the worst and best of rock music that’s just dropped (also we’ve thrown Jessie J. into the mix, its good to have a little diversity in the list). Check out what music reviews are saying about Little J from Gossip Girl, Thursday’s much anticipated album, and of course, Foo Fighter’s newest release:
Lollapalooza, the music and arts festival conceived by Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year. The festival itself is still months away–it runs from August 6-8 in Chicago’s Grant Park–but Babble is reporting that a virtual time capsule has been created on the official website to commemorate two decades of musical celebration.
The Foo Fighters are one of the world’s biggest rock acts, but for hardcore music fans, it is always a little disappointing when a band gets too big to play the more intimate venues that offer audiences the experience of seeing their favorite band up close and person.
And then the band decides to rectify this problem by playing shows in the garages of their fans. Which is exactly what the Foo Fighters plan on doing. Read on to see what we mean…
The Foo Fighters have something pretty darn cool in the works: releasing a covers album to celebrate Record Store Day 2011 next month. The album, known as Medium Rare, will be released on vinyl in participating stores on April 16. Medium Rare will arrive hot on the heels of the Foo Fighters’ new album, Wasting Light, set to hit stores April 12.
Among the covers are versions of Pink Floyd’s “Have A Cigar” and Prince’s “Darling Nikki;” the 13 songs on the album have all been performed live by the band previously. Check below for the full song list for Medium Rare.
With a new album on the way and a major tour in the near future, it’s safe to say that a lot of alt-rock music fans have been interested to see what the Foo Fighters have in store for them. Since the band’s start in the 90s, they’ve risen to rock mega-stardom and asserted their place as one of music’s most popular acts.
Well, today we have our first hint of what we can expect from the upcoming release Wasting Light. The band released the first single off the album, “Rope,” on their official website. Read on to see our thoughts and find out where you can listen to the song for yourself…
