Flying Lotus at Sundance Film Festival in 2017

Flying Lotus

Flying Lotus at Sundance Film Festival in 2017

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Flying Lotus' New Stop-Motion "Post Requisite" Music Video, Album Tease

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Experimental musician's intensely psychedelic new video also hints at new music
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Nov 2, 2017 - 2:16 pm

GRAMMY-nominated psychedelic jazz/experimental beats producer and Brainfeeder Records label boss Flying Lotus has shared a new mind-warping stop-motion music video for his song "Post Requisite," previously released via SoundCloud and used as the theme music to his freakish body-horror indie film, Kuso.

As Pitchfork reports, the video includes an exciting tease for FlyLo fans, as the accompanying description text on the producer's YouTube channel briefly read, "Flying Lotus is currently finishing his next studio album on Warp." The description text was subsequently edited and the mention of the album was removed hours later, though fans can be seen discussing the album tease in the comment section below the video.

The as-yet unnamed project will be FlyLo's first since his acclaimed 2014 LP, You're Dead!, a project he wrote and recorded alongside longtime collaborator and GRAMMY-winning bass virtuoso Thundercat, with the stated intention of making "the fastest, hardest, most intense jazz record."

Additional details about his new album are nonexistent beyond today's brief tease via the "Post Requisite" video, but FlyLo's past statements about his approach to writing and recording new music will undoubtedly remain the record's guiding principle: "I'd rather put something out that's completely unique than try to do something that's been done before."

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Caitlyn Smith, 2017

Caitlyn Smith

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Caitlyn Smith Premieres New Music Video For "Starfire"

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The Nashville songwriter-turned solo artist has released the first official music video for her forthcoming debut studio album
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Dec 19, 2017 - 4:53 pm

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Caitlyn Smith has already made a name for herself penning songs by some of pop and country's biggest artists — from Rascal Flatts and Dolly Parton to James Bay and Lady Antebellum. She also co-wrote Meghan Trainor and John Legend's Top 10-charting smash hit "Like I'm Gonna Lose You," now certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA. Having built this credibility as songwriter, she is now making ready to release her debut studio album, Starfire.

Today, Smith unveiled the official music video for the album's lead single and title track. "Starfire" (featured on her previously released EP under the same title) has already racked up more than 10 million streams since it hit radio in October shortly after Smith's appearance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Speaking to the Recording Academy backstage at ACL, Smith commented that she considers herself a sonic student of all genres, but she cited the likes of Patty Griffin, Carole King, Ray LaMontagne, and Paul Simon as her biggest inspirations.

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As she prepped her debut album, Smith reflected often on the difficult road that's brought her from songwriting to being able to release her own music as a solo artist.

"Through that journey, there have been a lot of closed doors and a lot of heartache," she told GRAMMY.com. "'Starfire' is my anthem to never give up continuing to shine my light and just tune out all of the negative voices and keep going. To me, it's just my favorite song."

Smith's Starfire is slated for release on Jan. 19, 2018.

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Noel Gallagher in 2017

Noel Gallagher

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See Noel Gallagher's Spacey Stop-Motion "It's A Beautiful World" Video

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See the cosmic video for the latest single from Gallagher's forthcoming LP, 'Who Built The Moon?'
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Nov 20, 2017 - 4:37 pm

Noel Gallagher, co-founder of GRAMMY-winning rock outfit Oasis and creative force behind his current musical venture Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, has a new music video out for "It's A Beautiful World," the latest single from his forthcoming new album, Who Built The Moon?

Featuring a mid-song apocalyptic monologue from French avant-garde performer (and current scissors player for the High Flying Birds) Charlotte Marionneau, the song's video continues the trend of spacey imagery and cosmic themes that played a heavy role in the art direction for the official trailer for the album, which the band first teased back at the end of September.

The new record will feature bold collaborations from names such as Paul Weller of pioneering English new-wave/punk group the Jam, and Johnny Marr, who co-founded post-punk trendsetters the Smiths with Morrissey.

Gallagher's producer David Holmes has hinted the LP is expected to make a big splash with music fans.

"People are going to be surprised," Holmes told Rolling Stone. "I think people love Noel and they’re desperate for him to make a really big, bold, up-tempo beast of a record."

Who Built The Moon? is due out on Nov. 24.

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Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane
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Exhibit Spotlighting John Coltrane Headed To GRAMMY Museum

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The new special exhibit will examine the jazz legend's most experimentally creative years
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Oct 17, 2017 - 7:00 am

Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and GRAMMY-winning jazz saxophonist/composer John Coltrane recorded some of his most forward-thinking and influential music from 1965-1967, a period during which he became particularly enthralled with the experimental freedom of avant-garde jazz.

Director John Scheinfeld's critically acclaimed film Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary paid special focus to this period of the famed sax player's life. Now, with the film and accompanying soundtrack set for release on Nov. 17, the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live  will launch a brand-new long-term exhibit also focusing on this period in Coltrane's life.

Launching Nov. 17 and running through September 2018, Chasing Trane: John Coltrane's Musical Journey Transcended will showcase rare performance footage and audio recordings from Coltrane's Japanese tour in 1966, handwritten manuscripts, instruments, and more.

To commemorate the opening night of the exhibit, the Museum will host a special screening of Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary in the Clive Davis Theater, followed by a conversation with Scheinfeld.

"John Coltrane is a towering figure in the history of music. We are thrilled to honor his creative legacy in conjunction with John Scheinfeld's superb documentary," said GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Scott Goldman.

Tickets to the opening night screening can be purchased by GRAMMY Museum members and American Express cardholders beginning Oct. 19 at 10:30 a.m. PT, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Oct. 26 at noon PT.

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Korean pop group Twice in 2016

Twice

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K-Pop Group Twice Unveil Video For New Japanese Single

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Watch the Korean pop group's music video for their first Japan-language single, "One More Time"
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Oct 9, 2017 - 11:36 am

South Korean girl group Twice is winning hearts around the world with their latest music video — a fun, cartoony romp filled with bright colors and competitive sports tropes.

The new video is in support of the nine member K-pop group's first Japanese language single, "One More Time." As Billboard reports, Japan is the world's second-largest music market, and Twice has already seen great success there. The group’s debut compilation album #Twice, released through Warner Music Japan, included both Korean and Japanese language versions of the group's first five singles, climbed to No. 2 on Japan's  Oricon Albums Chart, and saw the highest first-week sales for any K-pop artist in Japan in more than two years. In addition, three members of the group — Momo Hirai, Sana Minatozaki, and Mina Miouyi — hail from Japan.

Twice's formation came about as the result of their participation on a televised survival-style Korean talent competition called "Sixteen," which saw 16 hopeful young singers compete for a chance to join the final nine-member lineup.

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