My Own Grammy's

Recently, the nominations for the 2010 Grammy's were announced. Now, I don't like the Grammy's at all, and I don't listen to or like a majority of the music that gets awarded. That said, I watch the show every year. And I always think, "How are the Dixie Chicks getting Album Of The Year while Animal Collective sits at home?" It doesn't seem fair. So I decided to make my own nominations. The rules are that the music in question has to have come out between October 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009, so that limits some of my favorites from '09. But that's okay. (Also, the distinctions between some of the awards are pretty hazy. Record Of The Year seems to be more of a producer-oriented award, and Song Of The Year seems to be more about songwriting. So I nominated songs accordingly. Also, basically none of my current music is actually "rock" music, so I used the term loosely. For me, rock means that the music was made with guitars. Also, I will be picking winners when the real winners are announced sometime in 2010. That is, of course, if I remember.) Oh. And the real nominations are here.

Evan suggested I let you folks vote. I think that's a good idea. So comment below with your winners for each category, and we'll see who the Grammy's should really go to.

Record Of The Year

Joy Orbison--Hyph Mngo

Gold Panda--Quitters Raga

Dirty Projectors--Stillness Is The Move

DJ Kaos--Love The Night Away (Tiedye Mix)

Dan Deacon--Snookered

Album Of The Year

Deerhunter--Microcastle

Animal Collective--Merriweather Post Pavilion

Fever Ray--Fever Ray

Dirty Projectors--Bitte Orca

Dan Deacon--Bromst

Song Of The Year

Arthur Russell--I Couldn't Say It To Your Face

Deerhunter--Nothing Ever Happened

Antony & The Johnsons--Aeon

Dirty Projectors--Two Doves

Animal Collective--My Girls

Best New Artist

Gold Panda

Joy Orbison

Micachu

Girls

Sun Araw

Best Dance Recording

The Juan Maclean--Happy House

Joy Orbison--Hyph Mngo

Dan Deacon--Snookered

Gold Panda--Quitters Raga

DJ Kaos--Love The Night Away (Tiedye Mix)

Best Electronic/Dance Album

DJ/rupture--Uproot

Fever Ray--Fever Ray

Bat For Lashes--Two Planets

Dan Deacon--Bromst

Bibio--Ambivalence Avenue

Best Rock Song

Deerhunter--Nothing Ever Happened

Grizzly Bear--Two Weeks

Animal Collective--My Girls

Antony & The Johnsons--Aeon

Dirty Projectors--Two Doves

Best Rock Album/Best Alternative Music Album

Deerhunter--Microcastle

Fucked Up--The Chemistry Of Common Life

Dirty Projectors--Bitte Orca

Sun Araw--Heavy Deeds

Animal Collective--Merriweather Post Pavilion

Best Rap Song

Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane--Shine Blockas

Raekwon feat. Cappadonna and Ghostface Killah--10 Bricks

Rakwon feat. Inspectah Deck, Method Man, GZA, and Ghostface Killah--House Of Flying Daggers

Das Racist--Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper. Remix)

Dil Jackson--Player Has Butterflies

Best Rap Album

Raekwon--Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2

(It's the only rap album I've heard this year. But it's a good one.)

That's what I think. I'm only talking about these categories because I'm not qualified to give my opinions on the others.