2016 Grammy Predictions: General Field

It's music's biggest night! The Grammy Awards are coming up on February 15th. Here are our 2016 Grammy Predictions for the general field categories! Album of the Year Nominees: "1989" - Taylor Swift "Beauty Behind the Madness" - The Weeknd "Sound & Color" - Alabama Shakes "To Pimp A Butterfly" - Kendrick Lamar "Traveller" -…

2016 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress

Out of the three acting races at this year's Oscars, Best Supporting Actress is by far that hardest one to suss out. Unlike the last few years, there hasn't been one actress that has been consistently winning awards and that has the clear momentum that makes her the frontrunner for the Oscars. The critics awards…

2016 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture

This is perhaps the most competitive race for Best Picture this decade, maybe even this century. Never has the field been so divided. It seems that every precursor indicator contradicts another and just when we think momentum is building, it is quickly taken away. “Spotlight” maintained the frontrunner status throughout the critics awards even thought…

Femme Fatale Friday: Ivy Levan

A pinch of Lady Gaga. A dash of Christina Aguilera. A big helping of an even bigger voice. And, last but not least, a whole hell of a lot of style, spunk, and personality. And that, my friends, are the components of the pop princess Ivy Levan. Thanks to Amazon, I recently stumbled across the…

Album Review: “VEGA INTL. Night School” – Neon Indian

Neon Indian has basically remained consistent throughout all their albums and Alan Palomo has been able to pump up the quality of each one immensely. Their debut, Psychic Chasms, was a warm, summery dive into the emergence of chillwave. A few years later, he revealed his second album, Era Extrana, and remained steadfast that their 80s synths and…

2015 Emmy Predictions: Our final picks on who will win

The 2015 Emmy Awards are this Sunday where Television's finest will come together to honor the best and brightest of the year. Below are our final predictions on who will win and who should stay home. Here are our 2015 Emmy Predictions! Come back to Smash Cut tonight for our Live Blog of the ceremony!…

The Scour: “internet lust” – bbrainz

Hey guys, I'm Christopher Hopkins and welcome to The Scour, where I look for new music in every possible region to give you guys hidden gems that could rival the big releases this year. Today, we've got a heavily sampled album out of Argentina that is part of a recent art movement called vaporwave. I've…