GRAMMY WATCH – Rock Music Categories: My Picks and Predictions

Here are my picks and predictions for the Rock music categories for The 58^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Best Rock Performance
• Don't Wanna Fight
      Alabama Shakes
      [ATO Records]

• What Kind Of Man
      Florence + The Machine
      Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
      [Republic]

• Something From Nothing
      Foo Fighters
      Track from: Sonic Highways
      [RCA Records]

• Ex's & Oh's
      Elle King
      Track from: Love Stuff
      [RCA Records]

• Moaning Lisa Smile
      Wolf Alice
      Track from: My Love Is Cool
      [RCA Records/Dirty Hit]

My Pick: EX’S & OH’S

My Prediction: DON’T WANNA FIGHT…though, this is a really tough one to call.

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Best Metal Performance
• Identity
     August Burns Red
      [Fearless Records]

• Cirice
      Ghost
      [Loma Vista Recordings]

• 512
      Lamb Of God
      Track from: VII: Sturm Und Drang
      [Epic Records]

• Thank You
      Sevendust
      [7Bros Records]

• Custer
      Slipknot
      Track from: .5: The Gray Chapter
      [Roadrunner Records]

My Pick and Prediction: CUSTER

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Best Rock Song
• Don't Wanna Fight
      Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes)
      [ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing/Break Mirrors Music]

• Ex's & Oh's
      Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King)
      Track from: Love Stuff
      [RCA Records; Publisher(s): Elle King Music/EMI Music Publishing, Inc./Bassett Songs/EMI April Music, Inc.]

• Hold Back The River
      Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay)
      Track from: Chaos And The Calm
      [Republic; Publisher(s): B-Unique/Kobalt/Iain Archer/Kobalt]

• Lydia
      Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
      Track from: Mister Asylum
      [300 Entertainment; Publisher(s): MCID]

• What Kind Of Man
      John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine)
      Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
      [Republic; Publisher(s): Rodeoman Music/EMI April Music/Universal Music Publishing]

My Pick: EX’S & OH’S

My Prediction: DON’T WANNA FIGHT

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Best Rock Album
• Chaos And The Calm
      James Bay
      [Republic]

• Kintsugi
      Death Cab For Cutie
      [Atlantic]

• Mister Asylum
      Highly Suspect
      [300 Entertainment]

• Drones
      Muse
      [Warner Bros. Records]

• .5: The Gray Chapter
      Slipknot
      [Roadrunner Records]

My Pick & Prediction: .5: THE GRAY CHAPTER

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Best Alternative Music Album
• Sound & Color
      Alabama Shakes
      [ATO Records]

• Vulnicura
      Björk
      [One Little Indian]

• The Waterfall
      My Morning Jacket
      [Capitol Records]

• Currents
      Tame Impala
      [Interscope]

• Star Wars
      Wilco
      [Anti/Dbpm]

My Pick & Prediction: SOUND & COLOR

THE 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST.  For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/

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