Arcade Fire might want to make a record in the month of May, but they'll be performing it in front of the entire nation at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
The Grammys announced the first line of its performances this morning. Those taking the stage at the Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 13 will be Arcade Fire, Eminem, Cee-Lo Green, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, and Katy Perry.
I don't really get excited about the Grammys. Actually, scratch that; I despise the Grammys. As the highest award of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Grammys have rarely lived up to its promise, generally considered by critics as a staple within the industry's top professionals to execute a self-aggrandizing event, as well as systematically ignoring the major efforts of many independent labels and/or non-established genres of music.
BUT, I'm going to see where this goes. Arcade Fire — who are nominated for Album of the Year, Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals ("Ready to Start") — are coming off the high of critically acclaimed The Suburbs, which was consistently on many critics' top 10 albums of 2010, including mine.
Eminem is carrying a whopping ten nominations for various ventures in his new album Recovery, including Album of the Year, Best Rap Album and Record of the Year ("Love the Way You Lie"). Cee-Lo is still reeling from the soul knockout "Fuck You,"which is instantly recognizable at any decent party, Miranda Lambert's Revolution was a critical, Nashville sensation, Lady Gaga's always a fun, hot mess to watch on television, and Katy Perry was ... well, she was on Sesame Street. Remember that?
Easy there, Elmo. Her eyes are higher up.
But if Arcade Fire's first Grammy performance is anything nearly as electrifying as the beautiful shitshow that was their YouTube Madison Square Garden concert, it'll be one hell of a gig.
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