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2015 proved to be another explosive year for BMI songwriters. In advance of the 58th Annual GRAMMY awards, BMI is very proud to congratulate all of our many affiliates who have earned impressive nominations for their musical contributions across a wide range of genres, including Taylor Swift and Maroon 5…
BMI Offers Bold Breakout Performers During Lollapalooza
BMI is proud to present the performers on its 2010 Lollapalooza stage. Running August 6, 7, and 8 at Grant Park’s Hutchinson Field in Chicago, IL, BMI’s stage will kick off performances at 11:15 a.m. each day, setting the pace at the mammoth music festival. The BMI/Lollapalooza stage, a superstar…
Indie Spotlight: Mini Mansions
Mini Mansions are a three-piece psych pop band from Los Angeles—featuring Michael Shuman from Queens of the Stone Age, Tyler Parkford and Zach Dawes —who serve a mix of baroque-pop requiems, Motown eulogies, and Mersey-era break beats. Let’s just say it’s like The Zombies playing at ODB’s funeral. In addition…
Ties That Bind: The Dead Weather Resuscitate Art, Vinyl and Rock & Roll
There are some questions about Jack White that will probably never be answered: why, for instance, he wanted everyone thinking of his White Stripes bandmate Meg White as his sister, when she’s actually his ex-wife. Chalk that one up to perverse humor and brilliant mythologizing. The mystique kept people interested.…