Here are my picks and predictions for the Rock music
categories for The 58th 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
58TH 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/
