The initial lineup for the 2012 Hangout Music Fest , which will be held on the sandy beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama from May 18 – 20, is currently being announced via the festival’s Facebook page and the headliners include new solo artist Jack White, musical legend Steve Winwood and Colorado jam band String Cheese Incident, who are set to play two sets at the event. [Photo by Allison Taich] Hangout 2012: Jack White, String Cheese Incident, Steve Winwood, Wilco, Dawes, Paul Oakenfold, Chris Cornell, Coheed & Cambria, M. Ward, Dawes, Paper Diamond, Rich Aucoin, Mavis Staples, Shpongle, Alabama Shakes, Futurebirds, Hey ...

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are almost upon us! Hey, we'd love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing Vegas-ready odds. However, we always seem to be dead wrong (fucking Esperanza Spalding). So here are some completely arbitrary, critical decisions on who should win the nine biggest categories, just in case you want to know who we're rooting for on the SPIN couch. Everything You Need to Know About the 54th Grammy Awards Nominations Record of the Year Adele - "Rolling in the Deep" Bon Iver - "Holocene" Bruno Mars - "Grenade" Mumford & Sons - "The Cave" Katy Perry - "Firework" Who Should Win: Adele Why: This one goes to the producers, engineers, and performer for making the total pop package. Bon Iver and Mumford are a little to insular, Bruno and Katy a little too eager. Adele somehow lives right in between, both muted and bombastic, rockist-pleasing "authentic" and poptimist-pleasing immediate. It’s the "Heart Shaped Box" of a new generation. We had it all! Album of the Year Adele - 21 Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Lady Gaga - Born This Way Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans Rihanna - Loud Who Should Win: Lady Gaga Why: It did rank the highest of these five albums on our Top 50 Albums of 2011 list , and we can’t exactly give the award to Fucked Up, can we? Writes our own Mikael Wood: "Beneath the hair and makeup and arena-razing disco-metal grooves, Born This Way delivers a message that old glamazon Pete Seeger could dig: She thinks pop can still move policy, and she might be right." Song of the Year Kanye West - “All of the Lights” (songwriters: Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, Really Doe, & Malik Yusef) Mumford & Sons - “The Cave” (songwriters: Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston) Bruno Mars - “Grenade” (songwriters: Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, The Smeezingtons & Andrew Wyatt) Bon Iver - “Holocene” (songwriter: Justin Vernon) Adele - "Rolling in the Deep" (songwriters: Adele & Paul Epworth) Who Should Win: Adele Why: This one goes to the songwriter, and naturally we'd want to give it to the co-writer of our No. 1 single of 2011 , a blown-out blowback of relationship bluster and that high D that can drown out car alarms. Best New Artist The Band Perry Bon Iver J. Cole Nicki Minaj Skrillex Who Should Win: Skrillex Why: Before you Bon Iver fans tear us limb from limb in the comments section, let us clarify. Although we clearly love Bon Iver's extra-naked, sensitive, '80s AM gold take on folk rock, our guyliner-and-glasses pal is essentially helping reinvent a new musical language of bowel-busting bass and whirring industrial noise. Bon Iver's forbear Bruce Hornsby already won this very award in 1987, while an electronic artist has never taken one home. Let's hear it for drawing new blood. Best Rock Album Jeff Beck - Rock ‘n’ Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul) Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown Red Hot Chili Peppers - I’m With You Wilco - The Whole Love Who Should Win: Foo Fighters Why: Because exactly one album on this list actually "rocks." Best R&B Album Chris Brown - F.A.M.E. El DeBarge - Second Chance R. Kelly - Love Letter Ledisi - Pieces of Me Kelly Price - Kelly Who Should Win: R. Kelly Why: An underrated classic of throwback soul in the Raphael Saddiq vein, Kells proves he can pretty much do it all. Best Rap Album Jay-Z & Kanye West (The Throne) - Watch the Throne Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV Lupe Fiasco - Lasers Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Who Should Win: Kanye West Why: Not only is it the most meticulously constructed, labored over rap album in the history or time; not ...

The Grammy Awards are just days away, and this year's slate of nominees features loads of acts that have accumulated ample ink and pixels from SPIN over the past 12 months. Take a listen to the playlist below to get set for the show, which airs Sunday, February 12. Track List: 1. Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" 2. Bon Iver, "Holocene" 3. Mumford & Sons, "The Cave" 4. Foo Fighters, "Dear Rosemary" 5. Mastodon, "Curl of the Burl" 6. Death Cab for Cutie, "Some Boys" 7. Rihanna, "We Found Love" 8. Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi, "All of the ...

Foo Fighters frontman and ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is set to executive produce a new half-hour comedy for FX, which is written by Dana Gould. Gould recruited Grohl for the gig since he is a fan of his music. Gould will also star in the series, which follows a rock band that is about to break

Foo Fighters (pictured) frontman, and no stranger to seemingly whacky collaborations (Tenacious D, Nine Ince Nails), Dave Grohl has announced he’s teaming up with Slipknot/Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor to record a secret side-project. Fans of Probot shouldn’t get their hopes up just yet for a sequel, it’s been announced other collaborators on the project include members of Ratt, and the lead singer of R.E.O. Speedwagon and Cheap Trick’s guitarist. Rave will be keeping an eye on this pote ...

Adele Kanye West Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars stand to win big at the 2012 Grammy Awards This year's show airs on Sunday February 12th at 8 pm Eastern on CBS From predictions to favorite moments we've got all of the Grammys coverage you'll need right here Adele Foo Fighters Bruno...

Dave Grohl es uno de los músicos más importantes de la escena no sólo porque desde su cerebro de rockero nació Foo Fighters sino también porque formó parte de una de las bandas que hicieron historia (obviamente hablo de Nirvana). Pero parece que ahora quiere expandir un poco sus horizontes y salir del círculo de confort. Ahora se supo que el multiinstrumentista está no sólo ayudando a escribir una SitCom sino también que trabajará en ella y, además, será el productor ejecutivo. Sí, Grohl debutará como actor. La serie se...

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting . Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week: Joyce Manor unveiled the details for their anticipated sophomore album . Rancid will be visiting a handful of various cities starting next month. More bands were confirmed for this year ...

Nashville-based Bonaventure duo, vocalist Andrew Albert and guitarist Dan Smyers, are originally from Atlanta, GA and Pittsburg, PA respectively, and are thriving as their new Tennessee home inspires their pop-southern-rock songwriting. Bonaventure packs meaning into its material, hoping to tell a story and let its listeners know not just what Bonaventure is, but who Andrew and Dan are. Recently, they’ve recorded with producer Dan Hannon (Manchester Orchestra) and are hoping to put out a debut record this year. Read on to learn about the formation of the band and quirky details of Nashville life. Extra points if you remember ...

2006 was a long time ago, and our memory of the film is a little fuzzy, but we're pretty sure that Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny was a universally adored box-office smash that spawned a mega-selling soundtrack album. (Or maybe it totally flopped .) Things have been mostly quiet in the D camp since then, though the duo recently was back on stage supporting the Foo Fighters for dates in Australia. Now comes news that Tenacious D will release its first album in six years, Rize Of The Fenix , in May. No other details to share at the ...

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Is there anything Dave Grohl can’t do? If you’ve seen any of the Foo Fighters’ promos or music videos, then you know that Dave Grohl is a big comedy fan. And now it looks like the frontman will soon add the title “Comedy executive producer” to his credentials. According to Deadline, Grohl has signed on [...]

The Jealous Sound A Gentle Reminder Music Is Subjective [2012] Fire Note Says: A solid melodic rock return after nine years for The Jealous Sound. Album Review: I am sure that nine years in the music business probably equates around 100 years in the real world but that is how long it has been since The Jealous Sound released their critically praised debut Kill Them With Kindness [2003] . The group's sophomore follow up, A Gentle Reminder , is a sonic success and sounds like the band never took any time off with its soaring guitars, strong emo grooves and frontman ...

My personal musical hiatus and longer-standing exile from musical innovation and creativity meant that grunge pretty much passed me by. It would not be a lie to say that I had never heard of Nirvana until the late nineties, by which time Kurt Cobain was long dead and grunge was fast becoming a relic of a bygone age itself. But then, just as we have post-punk, post-hardcore, post-rock, it is inevitable that we should have post-grunge. I have to admit though, I didn't catch onto that either at the time of its heyday and to this day I struggle ...

Compact Discs : Released: Sep 18, 2011 Genre: Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge, Indie Rock, Pop Rock Label: Warner Bros Number Of Tracks: 12 "Money And Celebrity" saw The Subways record in London with producer Stephen Street. The album itself bridges the gap between the garage indie-rock sound of debut album "Young For Eternity" and the heavy rock (almost Foo Fighters) sound of follow-up "All Or Nothing".