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Jonah Hill covered Drake while Scarlett Johansson covered New Order at the 20th anniversary of Vice

Vice celebrated its 20th anniversary on Friday night with its own music festival in Brooklyn. The mini festival featured a lineup of musicians and celebrities that fronted the house band, lead by Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Scarlett Johansson covered New Order’s “Bizzare Love Triangle” Jarvis Cocker from Pulp covered Celine Dion’s “The Power of Love” and members of Pussy Riot performed “Deceptacon” by Le Tigre.

Performers include Stephen Malkmus, Karen O, Chromeo, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Black Lips, Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham, and Andrew WK. Jonah Hill took the mic to cover “Marvin Room” with Spike Jonze on the guitar.

The festival was shot professionally and will be posted on Vice’s YouTube channel.

The full list of the 2015 Grammy Nominees have been revealed

Except for the Album of the Year, the list in full o the 2015 Grammy Awards nominees have been revealed. The album of the year nominees will be announced during the Ll Cool J hosted “A Very Grammy Christmas.” The program will air on CBS tonight at 9:00pm EST. The special will have performances from Sam Smith, Mary J. Blige, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5 and Tim McGraw.

UK singer Sam Smith and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea are among the big nominees, dominating the categories And picked up five nominations respectively. Also, Beyoncé has become the most nominated female in the award’s history after receiving five nominations.

The nominations for Record of the Year are Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me,” Sia’s “Chandelier,” Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX’s “Fancy,” and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” Smith, Sia, and Swift also are nominated for the Song of the Year.

The category for Best Rock Song features Jack White’s “Lazaretto,” Ryan Adams’ “Gimme Something Good,” Beck’s “Blue Moon,” and The Black Keys’ “Fever.” All of these artists and also nominated for Best Rock Performance along with “Do I Wanna Know” by the Arctic Monkeys.

The Best Rock Album nominees features Ryan Adams’ self-titled album, Beck’s Morning Phase, The Black Keys’ Turn Blue, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Hypnotic Eye, and U2’s Songs of Innocence.

The Best Alternative Album includes Arcade Fire’s Reflektor, St. Vincent’s self-titled album, Jack White’s Lazaretto, Alt J’s This is All Yours, and Cage the Elephant’s Melophobia. These nominations were announced by Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend’s frontman.

HAIM, Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, Bastille, and Brandy Clark are the nominees for Best New Artist.

Nominations for Best Rap Album are Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2, ScHoolboy Q’s Oxymoron, Childish Gambino’s Because the Internet, Common’s Nobody’s Smiling, and Iggy Azalea’s The New Classic.

Nominees in the Best Rap Song category are Kanye West’s “Bound 2,” Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda,” Kendrick Lamar’s “i,” and Drake’s “0 to 100 / The Catch Up.”

Nominees for Best Rap Performance category are Drake’s “0 to 100 / The Catch Up,” Kendrick Lamar’s “i,” Eminem’s “Rap God,” and Donald Glover’s “3005.”

Among the nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album are Coldplay’s Ghost Stories, Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz, Ariana Grande’s My Everything, Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour, and Katy Perry’s Prism.

Best Urban Contemporary Album will have Beyoncé’s self-titled album will be up against Pharrell’s G I R L. She is also nominated for Best R&B Performance and R&B Song for “Drunk in Love” with her husband, Jay Z.

Aphex Twin’s Syro, Röyksopp & Robyn’s Do It Again, and Little Dragon’s Nabuma Rubberband are the nominees for Best Electronic Album.

Karen O’s “The Moon Song” received a nomination for Best Song Written For Visual Media; Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross relieved a Best Score Soundtrack for their soundtrack for Gone Girl; FKA Twigs for Best Recording Package for LP1; and Tegan & Sara and The Lonely Island for their song “Everything Is Awesome!!!” for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

The Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 8th, 2015 in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. The awards will be broadcasted on CBS.

Album of the Year: Yet to be announced.

Record of the Year:
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”

Song of the Year:
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Hozier – “Take Me to Church”

Best New Artist:
Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
HAIM
Sam Smith

Best Rock Song:
Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”
Beck – “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys – “Fever”
Ryan Adams – “Gimme Something Good”
Jack White – “Lazaretto”

Best Rock Album:
Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Beck – Morning Phase
The Black Keys – Turn Blue
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye
U2 – Songs of Innocence

Best Rock Performance:
Ryan Adams – “Gimme Something Good”
Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know?”
Beck – “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys – “Fever”
Jack White – “Lazaretto”

Best Alternative Album:
Alt J – This is All Yours
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Cage the Elephant – Melophobia
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Jack White – Lazaretto

Best Rap Album:
Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP 2
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
Common – Nobody’s Smiling
ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron
Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood

Best Rap Song:
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Kanye West – “Bound 2″
Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”
Drake – “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”

Best Rap Performance:
Donald Glover – “3005”
Drake – “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”
Eminem – “Rap God”
Kendrick Lamar -“i”
Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli – “Fancy”
Coldplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
Katy Perry feat. Juicy J – “Darkhorse”

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
Ariana Grande – My Everything
Katy Perry – Prism
Ed Sheeran – X
Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour

Best Pop Vocal Performance:
John Legend
Sia
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Pharrell Williams

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Aphex Twin – Syro
deadmau5 – While (1
Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
Röyksopp & Robyn – Do It Again
Mat Zo – Damage Control

Best Dance Recording:
Basement Jaxx – “Never Say Never”
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
Disclosure feat. Mary J. Blige – “F For You”
Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones – “I Got You”
Zhu – “Faded”

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Jhené Aiko – Sail Out
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Chris Brown – X
Mali Music – Malis Is…
Pharrell Williams – G I R L

Best Comedy Album:
“Weird Al” Yankovic – Mandatory Fun
Jim Gaffigan – Obsessed
Louis C.K. – Oh My God
Patton Oswalt – Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
Sarah Silverman – We Are Miracles

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Christophe Beck – Frozen
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Steven Price – Gravity
Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks

Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island – “Everything Is Awesome!!!”
Ed Sheeran – “I See Fire”
Glen Campbell – “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
Idina Menzel – “Let It Go”
Karen O – “The Moon Song”

Best Music Video:
Arcade Fire – “We Exist”
DJ Snake and Lil Jon – “Turn Down For What”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Woodkid feat. Max Richter – “The Golden Age”

Best Music Film:
Beyoncé and Jay Z – On the Run Tour
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill – 20 Feet From Stardom
Metallica – Through the Never
Pink – The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne

Chromatics announce new album, Dear Tommy

Synth pop band from Portland, Chromatics have announced their new studio album, Dear Tommy. This album serves as the follow-up to their 2012 album, Kill For Love.

The track listing reveals that the album has 17 tracks, with new versions of “Camera” and “Cherry” from their After Dark 2 album.

Dear Tommy Tracklist:
01. Fresh Blood
02. In Films
03. Time Rider
04 I Can Never Be Myself When You’re Around
05. Cherry
06. She Says
07. Just Like You
08. 4 A.M.
09. Teacher
10. Camera
11. Dear Tommy
12. Touch Blue
13. After Hours
14. Shadows
15. In Silence
16. Colorblind
17. Endless Sleep

Austin Psych Fest reveals 2015 line-up

Austin Psych Fest has announced details about its 2015 festival. Named LEVITATION, the festival, from May 8th-10th will take place at Carson Creek Ranch in Austin, Texas.

The line-up is studded with bands such as Tame Impala, Spiritualized, Primal Scream, The Flaming Lips, and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Orher bands on the line-up include, Thee Oh Sees, Mac DeMarco, Lightning Bolt, A Place to Bury Strangers, Ty Segall’s FUZZ, The Sword, Earth, The Black Angels, Melody’s Echo Chamber, METZ, White Fence, The Soft Moon, Rose Windows, The Black Ryder, Night Beats, The Blank Tapes, Nothing, Indian Jewelry, and Fat White Family. More acts are yet to be announced.

The website has more information and to purchase weekend and camping passes.

Watch Prince perform “With a Little Help from My Friends” after randomly crashing a jazz concert

Prince has been keeping a low profile since his performance on Saturday Night Live last month. He even deleted all of his social media accounts. However, he is still out there, he made a surprise performance at the W Hotel in Hollywood during their jazz night.

Originally attending the concert as a guest, he eventually decided to join the band to perform the Beatle, “With a Little Help from My Friends.”

Courtney Love to team with Lana Del Rey for the “Endless Love Tour”

Lana Del Rey has announced the first leg of her “Endless Summer Tour” in support of Ultraviolence, her recent sophomore album. The tour will begin in the Woodlands, Texas.

Courtney Love, the frontwoman for Hole will join for select dates as she prepares for her upcoming solo album, which is expected to be released in 2015.

Lana Del Rey 2015 Tour Dates:
05/07 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
05/09 – Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion *
05/12 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
05/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion *
05/16 – Chula Vista, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater *
05/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *
05/20 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre *
05/22 – Ridgefield, WA @ Sleep Country Amphitheater *
05/28 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center %
05/30 – Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre %
05/31 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre %
06/03 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre %
06/04 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre %
06/11 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live %
06/13 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion %
06/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood %
06/16 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheater %

* = w/ Courtney Love
% = w/ Special Guest TBA

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Cornbread – SomeKindaWonderful

2. We Move Like the Ocean – Bad Suns

3. Feels Like Summer – Panama Wedding

4. Lady of Late – Priory

5. Canyon Moon – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness

6. Change – Churchill

7. Stars (Hold On) – Youngblood Hawke

8. Calling Out – Penguin Prison

9. Oceans – Coasts

10. Drowning Butterflies – Bipolar Sunshine

11. Stronger Than Ever – Raleigh Ritchie

12. Real – Years & Years

13. Giving It All – Bondax

14. Not Going Home – Great Good Fine OK

15. Your New Beloved – Lovelife

16. Kisser – Step Rockets

17. Swim – Fickle Friends

18. Hard On Me – Robby Hunter Band

19. A Taste of Silver – Until the Ribbon Breaks

2o. Holla Mears – Made In Heights

Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

Watch the only color footage of the Velvet Underground in concert

This last week was the release of the 45th anniversary reissuing of the Velvet Underground’s self-title studio album featuring previously unreleased recordings and performances. Now, the only color footage of the band performing live is on YouTube.

The film was recorded in 1967 by Andy Warhol, who frequently collaborated with the band. The YouTube description says:

“This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out zooms, sweeping panning shots, in-camera edits that create single frame images and bursts of light like paparazzi flash bulbs going off mirror the kinesthetic experience of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, with its strobe lights, whip dancers, colorful slide shows, multi-screen projections, liberal use of amphetamines, and overpowering sound. It is a significant find indeed for fans of the Velvets, being one of only two known films with synchronous sound of the band performing live, and this the only one in color. It’s fitting that it was shot at the Boston Tea Party, as the Beantown club became one of the band’s favorite, most-played venues, and was where a 16-year-old Jonathan Richman faithfully attended every show and befriended the group. Richman, who would later have his debut recordings produced by John Cale, and later yet record a song about the group, is just possibly seen in the background of this film.”

The setlist included “I’m Waiting For The Man,” “Guess I’m Falling In Love,” “Run Run Run,” “Heroin,” “Walk It & Talk It,” “I Heard Her Call My Name,” “Venus In Furs,” and “Sister Ray.”

Scott Stapp put in psych ward after being found on side of road mumbling

Lead singer of Creed, Scott Stapp, had recently released a video online saying he was living In an Holiday Inn, without money, and being threatened by his old record label. He claimed that the IRS has frozen his accounts and that the record label stole money and kept royalties from him. This might just be the plea of someone who is paranoid, and as it has become apparent, it might just be. His wife of eight years, Jaclyn Stapp, has filed for divorce and this has revealed that he could be in bad shape.

The former Miss New York says in the divorce papers that Stapp left home in early October and has not told her his locations. She also said that he has been using amphetamines, crystal meth, and steroids so much that it made him take a break with reality, he even threatened to kill himself or harm his family.

To support her claims, she shared the these text messages she was sent by Stapp:

“Florida is not safe. Biological weapons on the way. U have to leave with kids and meet me in Atlanta.”

“I’m coming to get you Satan and children. No mercy. You know how this ends. God created you and now God is ending you.”

“God is also telling me something about Palm Springs and Nashville so there’s a connection somehow. He’s also telling me DEA for some reason.”

“Wells Fargo working out my account problems. I’m out of gas. Haven’t eaten all day. I’m asking if they can spot me $1,000 so I don’t fall over from malnutrition.”

“I wouldn’t doubt it if the CIA is behind Alcoholics Anonymous.”

TMZ also reports the November 13th incident where the Madison County Florida Sheriff’s Dept. deputies found him on the side of a road “wasted, incoherent, and rambling that someone was trying to poison him.” The police thus placed him on a 72-hour psych hold.

Along with filing for complete custody of their children, on November 11th, Jaclyn filed for a separate Marchman Act petition. The Marchman Act is a Florida law that provides the court the with the ability to perform “involuntary assessment, stabilization petitions, and involuntary treatment petitions for substance abuse impaired persons.” A hearing was held Wednesday, however, on Friday, Jaclyn decided to drop the petition and decided to instead help him personally.

In his recent video, Stapp claims that he is completely sober, but the legal documents tell a different story.

Bonnaroo Thanksgiving Special airing tonight

The music festival, Bonnaroo, has taken over the Thanksgiving weekend with two big events. Today, Thanksgiving Day, they have a one-hour special on VH1 celebrating the festival’s last 13 years. The special is named A Very Bonnaroo Thanksgiving and with feature footage from Jack White, The White Stripes, Lionel Richie, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Mumford and Sons, and many more. The special with begin airing at 9 p.m. ET.

On the infamous Black Friday (November 28th), the festival will have a pre-sale for its 2015 festival. The limited number of general admission tickets will be sell for $274.50, and VIP tickets will be sell for $1,474.50. For more information, including details on layaway plans, visit Bonnaroo’s website.