S03E04 The bit where she just cried into the microphone

THE 66TH ANNUAL GRAMMYS and WHERE I’M MEANT TO BE BY EZRA COLLECTIVE: Reviewed!

It’s time to get musical! First, with actual music. Recorded music. And then, with a self-congratulatory ceremony in which music occasionally features! Live music! La la laaaaaa etc. 

The Grammys were almost a month ago so even the hottest of takes are nothing but embers by now. But your boys are here with some gasoline and some lighter fluid and getting shit going again. The hot take corporate bigwigs are furious but we’re out here throwing around these fire soundbites and viral clips on the hot take black market … takes … anyway, the nominees and winners are: https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list

If you’re looking for an alternative to the state sponsored official website … here’s the wikipedia entry for the event lol power to the people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Annual_Grammy_Awards

A fun review of this year’s Grammys from Stereogum. Stereogum is so fun: https://www.stereogum.com/2250480/ranking-the-performances-at-the-2024-grammys/lists/

A little rundown of the history of the Grammys: https://www.musicguard.co.uk/history-of-the-grammys

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Ezra Collective’s new album can be found here, if you’re cool enough to click the link and support the artist: https://ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/where-im-meant-to-be

The 2023 Mercury Music Prize Ceremony can still be seen for another 6 months here. Ezra Collective perform twice, and there are some other amazing performances to boot, as there always are at the Mercury Music Prize. Shout out the Hammersmith Apollo. You will forever be known as the “Hammersmith Apollo”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001q7r8/mercury-prize-2023-mercury-prize-2023-with-freenow-album-of-the-year

Ezra Collective perform Victory Dance on The Graham Norton Show, New Year's Eve 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Ce9c0t5Wk

60 seconds of cuteness as the band survey their first billboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoV66MxJZcs

This isn’t quite the debut of YouTube Shorts in the show notes (one audience member in particular is pissed lol) but with these minute long videos, we’re coming close! Ezra Collective’s bandleader Femi Koleoso talks influences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DHy2IdH09E

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SPOILERS BELOW FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONTENT: 

CHRISTOPHER’S pitch for JEFFREY: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-Hedgehog-Jim-Carrey/dp/B084MLQVHV

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JEFFREY’S pitch for CHRISTOPHER:

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/joe-lycett-vs-sewage

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