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2025 Grammy nominations for Best Musical Theater Album

Best Musical Theater Album

For albums containing greater than 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principal vocalist(s), and the album producer(s) of 50% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of 50% or more of a score of a new recording are eligible for an Award if any previous recording of said score has not been nominated in this category.

Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Merrily We Roll Along — Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria Friedman & David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

The Notebook — John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers; Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

The Outsiders — Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine & Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay & Justin Levine, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

Suffs — Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub, producers; Shaina Taub, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

The Wiz — Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording)

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Grammys 2025: Here Are the Nominees

BY: Walker

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It’s music’s biggest night! Or it will be on February 2, 2025, when the 67th Annual Grammy Awards take place inside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The 2025 Grammy nominations were announced on today (November 8).

Check out the full list of 2025 Grammy nominees below. 

Pop Solo Performance

“BODYGUARD” Beyoncé “Espresso” Sabrina Carpenter “Apple” Charli xcx “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” Billie Eilish “Good Luck, Babe!” Chappell Roan

Pop Duo/Group Performance

“us.” Gracie Abrams Featuring Taylor Swift “LEVII’S JEANS” Beyoncé Featuring Post Malone “Guess” Charli xcx & Billie Eilish “the boy is mine” Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica “Die With A Smile” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

Dance Pop Recording

“Make You Mine”Madison Beer Madison Beer & Leroy Clampitt, producers; Mitch McCarthy, mixer “Von dutch” Charli xcx Finn Keane, producer; Tom Norris, mixer “L’AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]” Billie Eilish Billie Eilish & FINNEAS, producers; Jon Castelli & Aron Forbes, mixers “yes, and?’ Ariana Grande Ariana Grande, ILYA & Max Martin, producers; Serban Ghenea, mixer “Got Me Started” Troye Sivan Ian Kirkpatrick, producer; Alex Ghenea, mixer

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Jessi Alexander

Amy Allen

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

RAYE

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Alissia

Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Daniel Nigro

Rock Album

Happiness Bastards The Black Crowes Romance Fontaines D.C. Saviors Green Day TANGK IDLES

Dark Matter Pearl Jam Hackney Diamonds The Rolling Stones No Name Jack White

Alternative Music Performance

“Neon Pill” Cage The Elephant “Song Of The Lake” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Starburster” Fontaines D.C. “BYE BYE” Kim Gordon “Flea” St. Vincent

Best New Artist

Benson Boone Sabrina Carpenter Doechii Khruangbin RAYE Chappell Roan Shaboozey Teddy Swims

R&B Performance

“Guidance” Jhené Aiko “Residuals” Chris Brown “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” Coco Jones “Made For Me (Live On BET)” Muni Long “Saturn” SZA

R&B Album

11:11 (Deluxe) Chris Brown VANTABLACK Lalah Hathaway Revenge Muni Long Algorithm Lucky Daye Coming Home Usher

Melodic Rap Performance

KEHLANI Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani SPAGHETTII Beyoncé Featuring Linda Martell & Shaboozey We Still Don’t Trust You Future & Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd Big Mama Latto 3:AM Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu

Musical Theater Album

Hell’s Kitchen Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) Merrily We Roll Along Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez & Daniel Radcliffe, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Joel Fram, Maria Friedman & David Lai, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast) The Notebook John Clancy, Carmel Dean, Kurt Deutsch, Derik Lee, Kevin McCollum & Ingrid Michaelson, producers; Ingrid Michaelson, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) The Outsiders Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Brody Grant & Sky Lakota-Lynch, principal vocalists; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine & Lawrence Manchester, producers; Zach Chance, Jonathan Clay & Justin Levine, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast) Suffs Andrea Grody, Dean Sharenow & Shaina Taub, producers; Shaina Taub, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) The Wiz Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Nichelle Lewis & Avery Wilson, principal vocalists; Joseph Joubert, Allen René Louis & Lawrence Manchester, producers (Charlie Smalls, composer & lyricist) (2024 Broadway Cast Recording)

Country Solo Performance

16 CARRIAGES Beyoncé I Am Not Okay Jelly Roll The Architect Kacey Musgraves A Bar Song (Tipsy) Shaboozey It Takes A Woman Chris Stapleton

Country Album

COWBOY CARTER Beyoncé F-1 Trillion Post Malone Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves Higher Chris Stapleton Whirlwind Lainey Wilson

Song of the Year

A Bar Song (Tipsy) Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry & Mark Williams, songwriters (Shaboozey)

BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish O’Connell & FINNEAS, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Die With A Smile Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)

Fortnight Jack Antonoff, Austin Post & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone)

Good Luck, Babe! Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro & Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)

Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

Please Please Please Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

TEXAS HOLD ‘EM Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Gospel Performance/Song

Church Doors Yolanda Adams; Donald Lawrence & Sir William James Baptist, songwriters

Yesterday Melvin Crispell III

Hold On (Live) Ricky Dillard

Holy Hands DOE; Jesse Paul Barrera, Jeffrey Castro Bernat, Dominique Jones, Timothy Ferguson, Kelby Shavon Johnson, Jr., Jonathan McReynolds, Rickey Slikk Muzik Offord & Juan Winans, songwriters

One Hallelujah Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters

Latin Pop Album

Funk Generation Anitta

El Viaje Luis Fonsi

GARCÍA Kany García

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Shakira

ORQUÍDEAS Kali Uchis

Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Diamantes Chiquis

Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 Carín León

ÉXODO Peso Pluma

De Lejitos Jessi Uribe

African Music Performance

Tomorrow Yemi Alade

MMS Asake & Wizkid

Sensational Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay

Higher Burna Boy

Love Me JeJe Tems

Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

American Fiction Laura Karpman, composer

Challengers Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers

The Color Purple Kris Bowers, composer

Dune: Part Two Hans Zimmer, composer

Sh?gun Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross, composers

Song Written for Visual Media

Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma [From “Twisters: The Album”] Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs & Jonathan Singleton, songwriters (Luke Combs)

Better Place [From “TROLLS Band Together”] Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake)

Can’t Catch Me Now [From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”] Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)

It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

Love Will Survive [From “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”] Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer, songwriters (Barbra Streisand)

Record of the Year

“Now and Then” The Beatles

Giles Martin & Paul McCartney, producers; Geoff Emerick, Steve Genewick, Jon Jacobs, Greg McAllister, Steve Orchard, Keith Smith, Mark ‘Spike’ Stent & Bruce Sugar, engineers/mixers; Miles Showell, mastering engineer

“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” Beyoncé

Beyoncé, Nate Ferraro, Killah B & Raphael Saadiq, producers; Hotae Alexander Jang, Alex Nibley & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer

“Espresso” Sabrina Carpenter

Julian Bunetta, producer; Julian Bunetta & Jeff Gunnell, engineers/mixers; Nathan Dantzler, mastering engineer

“360” Charli XCX

Cirkut & A. G. Cook, producers; Cirkut & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Idania Valencia, mastering engineer

“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish & FINNEAS, producers; Thom Beemer, Jon Castelli, Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, Aron Forbes, Brad Lauchert & Chaz Sexton, engineers/mixers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer

“Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar

Mustard, Sean Momberger & Sounwave, producers; Ray Charles Brown Jr. & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Nicolas de Porcel, mastering engineer

“Good Luck, Babe!” Chappell Roan

Dan Nigro, producer; Mitch McCarthy & Dan Nigro, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

“Fortnight” Taylor Swift f/ Post Malone

Jack Antonoff, Louis Bell & Taylor Swift, producers; Louis Bell, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Michael Riddleberger & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

Album of the Year

New Blue Sun André 3000

André 3000 & Carlos Niño, producers; André 3000, Carlos Niño & Ken Oriole, engineers/mixers; André 3000, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño, songwriters; Andy Kravitz, mastering engineer

COWBOY CARTER Beyoncé

Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Dave Hamelin, producers; Matheus Braz, Brandon Harding, Hotae Alexander Jang, Dani Pampuri & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Ryan Beatty, Beyoncé, Camaron Ochs, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Dave Hamelin, S. Carter & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer

Short n’ Sweet Sabrina Carpenter

Jack Antonoff, Julian Bunetta, Ian Kirkpatrick & John Ryan, producers; Bryce Bordone, Julian Bunetta, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, Oli Jacobs, Manny Marroquin, John Ryan & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, Julian Bunetta, Sabrina Carpenter, Ian Kirkpatrick, Julia Michaels & John Ryan, songwriters; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers

BRAT Charli xcx

Charli xcx, Cirkut & A. G. Cook, producers; A. G. Cook, Tom Norris & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Charlotte Aitchison, Henry Walter, Alexander Guy Cook, Finn Keane & Jonathan Christopher Shave, songwriters; Idania Valencia, mastering engineer

Djesse Vol. 4 Jacob Collier

Jacob Collier, producer; Ben Bloomberg, Jacob Collier & Paul Pouwer, engineers/mixers; Jacob Collier, songwriter; Chris Allgood & Emily Lazar, mastering engineers

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish & FINNEAS, producers; Thom Beemer, Jon Castelli, Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, Aron Forbes, Brad Lauchert & Chaz Sexton, engineers/mixers; Billie Eilish O’Connell & FINNEAS, songwriters; Dale Becker, mastering engineer

Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess Chappell Roan Daniel Nigro, producer; Mitch McCarthy & Daniel Nigro, engineers/mixers; Daniel Nigro & Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift

Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, producers; Zem Audu, Bella Blasko, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Jonathan Low, Michael Riddleberger, Christopher Rowe, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering enginee

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"STAY GOLD"

DE LA GRABACIÓN DEL REPARTO ORIGINAL DE THE OUTSIDERS

La nueva canción cuenta con las voces de Sky Lakota-Lynch y Brody Grant.

Mira el videoclip de "Stay Gold" AQUÍ

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Sony Masterworks Broadway, junto con los productores The Araca Group, American Zoetrope, Olympus Theatricals, Sue Gilad & Larry Rogowsky y Angelina Jolie, estrenan el nuevo tema "Stay Gold" de la próxima Grabación original del reparto de Broadway de The Outsiders - A New Musical: ESCÚCHALO AQUÍ.  "Stay Gold" cuenta con las voces de Sky Lakota-Lynch (Johnny Cade) y Brody Grant (Ponyboy Curtis), con música y letra de Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) y Justin Levine. El videoclip que lo acompaña está protagonizado por Sky y Brody en el estudio de grabación, intercalado con imágenes del memorable viaje del reparto a Tulsa, Oklahoma, también conocido como el lugar de nacimiento de The Outsiders: MÍRALO AQUÍ.  

"Stay Gold" llega tras el estreno del tema "Great Expectations", interpretado por Brody Grant, que ya está disponible en todas las tiendas digitales AQUÍ.

El estreno en Broadway de The Outsiders, el nuevo musical basado en la novela de S.E. Hinton y la emblemática película de Francis Ford Coppola, arrancó el sábado 16 de marzo, antes de su estreno el jueves 11 de abril en el Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street, NYC).

En Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, su mejor amigo Johnny Cade y su familia Greaser de "marginados" luchan contra sus rivales acomodados, los Socs. Este emocionante nuevo musical de Broadway navega por las complejidades del autodescubrimiento mientras los Greasers sueñan en quién quieren convertirse en un mundo que quizá nunca los acepte. Con una música original de gran dinamismo, The Outsiders es una historia de amistad, familia, pertenencia... y la constatación de que todavía hay "mucho bien en el mundo".

El reparto de The Outsiders está encabezado por Brody Grant como Ponyboy Curtis, Sky Lakota-Lynch como Johnny Cade, Joshua Boone como Dallas Winston, Brent Comer como Darrel Curtis, Jason Schmidt como Sodapop Curtis, Emma Pittman como Cherry Valance, Daryl Tofa como Two-Bit, Kevin William Paul como Bob y Dan Berry como Paul. La compañía también incluye a Jordan Chin, Milena J. Comeau, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tilly Evans-Krueger, Henry Julián Gendron, RJ Higton, Wonza Johnson, Sean Harrison Jones, Maggie Kuntz, Renni Anthony Magee, SarahGrace Mariani, Melody Rose, Josh Strobl, Victor Carrillo Tracey, Trevor Wayne.

Las entradas ya están a la venta en Telecharge.com, llamando a Telecharge al 212-239-6200 y en persona en la taquilla del Teatro Bernard B. Jacobs. Para más información, visita www.OutsidersMusical.com.   

The Outsiders cuenta con libreto de Adam Rapp con Justin Levine, música y letra de Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) y Justin Levine, supervisión musical, orquestación y arreglos de Justin Levine, coreografía de Rick Kuperman & Jeff Kuperman y dirección de Danya Taymor.  

The Outsiders cuenta con escenografía de AMP con Tatiana Kahvegian, diseño de vestuario de Sarafina Bush, diseño de iluminación de Brian MacDevitt, diseño de sonido de Cody Spencer, diseño de proyección de Hana S. Kim, Diseño de Efectos Especiales de Jeremy Chernick y Lillis Meeh, diseño de pelucas y cabello de Alberto "Albee" Alvarado, Diseño de Maquillaje de Tishonna Ferguson, especialista en Efectos de Sonido de Taylor Bense, Consultor Creativo, Jack Viertel. Dirección musical y orquestaciones adicionales de Matt Hinkley. El casting es de Tara Rubin Casting/Xavier Rubiano, CSA.

The Outsiders está producido por The Araca Group, American Zoetrope, Olympus Theatricals, Sue Gilad & Larry Rogowsky y Angelina Jolie. La dirección general es de 321 Theatrical Management. 

Entre los coproductores figuran Betsy Dollinger, Jonathan & Michelle Clay, Cristina Marie Vivenzio, The Shubert Organization, LaChanze & Marylee Fairbanks, Debra Martin Chase, Sony Music Masterworks, Jamestown Revival Theater, Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros, Tanninger Entertainment, Tamlyn Brooke Shusterman, Geffen Playhouse/Howard Tenenbaum/Linda B. Rubin, Kevin Ryan, Mistry Theatrical Ventures, Galt & Irvin Productions, Tulsa Clarks, Paul Liljenquist, Bob & Claire Patterson, Voltron Global Media, James L. Nederlander, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, The John Gore Organization, Independent Presenters Network, Stephen Lindsay & Brett Sirota, Jeffrey Finn, Playhouse Square, Sue Marks, Indelible InK, Lionheart Productions, The Broadway Investor’s Club, Starhawk Productions, Distant Rumble, Green Leaf Partnership, Michael & Elizabeth Venuti, Leslie Kavanaugh, Deborah & Dave Smith, Belle Productions, Chas & Jen Grossman, Miranda & Sahra Esmonde-White, Rungnapa & Jim Teague, Michael & Molly Schroeder, Casey & Chelsea Baugh, James L. Flautt, Jon L. Morris, Becky Winkler, William Moran Hickey Jr. & William Moran Hickey III, Oddly Specific Productions, Melissa Chamberlain & Michael McCartney, Rachel Weinstein, Wavelength Productions, Rob O’Neill & Shane Snow, Eric Stine, Cornice Productions y La Jolla Playhouse.

El estreno mundial de The Outsiders fue producido por La Jolla Playhouse, Christopher Ashley, director artístico y Debby Buchholz, directora gerente, en marzo de 2023.

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Horror Movie Review: Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

Horror Movie Review: Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

Jacob’s Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, produced by Alan Marshall, written by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, and Danny Aiello. On October 6, 1971, an American infantryman, Jacob Singer, is with the 1st Air Cavalry Division. Deployed in a village in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, when his close-knit unit comes under sudden attack.…

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“Manny the manager”

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Ed Wood (1994) dir. Tim Burton

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Ed Wood

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Falling Down (1993)

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It’s been a hot minute since I got to see I the Mighty, missed these guys so much!!

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7.5 / 10

Título Original: Jacob's Ladder

Año: 1990

Duración: 115 min

País: Estados Unidos

Director: Adrian Lyne

Guion: Bruce Joel Rubin

Música: Maurice Jarre

Fotografía: Jeffrey L. Kimball

Reparto: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven, Macaulay Culkin, Jason Alexander, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Ving Rhames, Patricia Kalember, Eriq La Salle, Brian Tarantina, Anthony Alessandro, Brent Hinkley, S. Epatha Merkerson, Suzanne Shepherd, Doug Barron, Jan Saint, Sam Coppola, Jaime Perry

Productora: Carolco Pictures

Género: Drama, Horror, Mystery

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

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The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Review

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Review

Clarice Starling a young FBI cadet is given the chance to be part of a special project. This leads her to meeting Dr Hannibal Lecter a manipulative cannibal killer who is securing locked up. But she needs his help to find another serial killer who targets women.

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An October Film Review: Ed Wood (dir by Tim Burton)

An October Film Review: Ed Wood (dir by Tim Burton)

From start to end, the 1994 film Ed Wood is a nearly perfect film. Consider the opening sequence.  In glorious black-and-white, we are presented with a house sitting in the middle of a storm.  As Howard Shore’s melodramatic and spooky score plays in the background, the camera zooms towards the house.  A window flies open to reveal a coffin sitting in the middle of a dark room.  A man dressed in a…

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Danny Dayton, Norman Alden, Max Casella, and Brent Hinkley in Ed Wood (1994)

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Falling Down

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I The Mighty at the Gramercy Theatre 4/11/19

I know it’s been quite a long time since I’ve posted or updated really anything on here. Apologies, money gets tight and time gets short.

I did however see I The Mighty last night as they supported Polyphia on tour along with Tides of Man at the Gramercy Theatre and I was not disappointed.

Gramercy Theatre isn’t the biggest venue in NYC by any means. Their capacity is just around 500

Tides of Man opened first. The Prog Rock band from Florida did a decent job of holding the audiences’ attention throughout their short set. The entire set was solely instrumental (which was a perfect fit for a tour supporting Polyphia). Mainly due to their lead vocalist leaving back in 2010. These guys let the music speak for itself. That being said there wasn’t much of a stage performance from the band. But if you’re looking for a good band just to vibe to when you don’t want to be distracted from lyrics and really connect to the music. Overall, recommend.

I The Mighty was up next. Although they were the supporting band on tour, a majority of the crowd was fully amped for when they came on stage.  While in the crowd there were many people who had no idea who I The Mighty were; yet all were thoroughly enjoying the performance and bobbing along.

The band played a good number of songs from their latest album Where the Mind Wants to Go/Where You Let it Go, the biggest crowd pleaser was “Chaos in Motion”. Bassist Chris Hinkley did an excellent job engaging with the audience throughout and getting them on their feet and moving around to the music. Brent Walsh’s vocals sound exactly as it does on the record. The amount of passion and fun these guys had on stage truly showed through and radiated throughout the venue.

Their stage performance was highly entertaining. From Chris jumping onto the drum riser mid song, Brent running around the stage, Ian completely owning his skill set on the guitar, and Blake just killing it on the drums; there was never a dull moment on stage.

The most heartfelt moment of the night was right before they played their newest single “Cave In”. Brent tells the crowd how this song in particular took around 15 years to write, because of the personal aspects that he’s dealt with and all that going into the song. He tells of how most people have dealt with addiction in some form, drug, alcohol, etc. and how his connection was through his father and alcohol. He makes a point not to preach and say for each and every person to live their own lives, but to apologize to the people you’ve hurt along your way once you realize it. A very sentimental and intimate moment shared in a most intimate way.

I’m not gonna lie, I’m still a student and needed to go to bed so I didn’t stay for the entirety of Polyphia’s set. I did stay for the first few songs they played though. I did appreciate their running joke of asking the audience to sing along if they know the words being a primarily instrumental band. I’ve never seen an audience mosh so hard to instrumental music before so that was new and exciting to see (from afar). Much more intense than Tides of Man with a lot of great energy and passion. While I didn’t stay for the entire show, I do see myself listening to more of the self proclaimed “Greatest Metal Band Ever” in the future.

--Em