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In issue 399, the Aubreys, DED, Bishop Briggs and Sueco make their AltPress cover debuts. Plus, articles on Tom Morello, Spiritbox, Ice Nine Kills and more.

For her speech, Megan Thee Stallion held back tears before thanking her fellow nominees, those on her team and her mom. “First of all, I wanna say [that] everybody is amazing,” she says. “Every artist that was nominated for this award is so amazing so shout out to all of you. Secondly, I just really want to thank God because thank you for putting life into my body to even be here today….I really wanna say thank you to my mama, she’s not here with me today, but I know she’s here with...

Sound & Color. This win also marks the last time a female won the Best Rock Performance category. Alabama Shakes has been nominated in this particular category three other times for 2012’s “Hold On,” 2013’s “Always Alright” and 2015’s “Joe (Live From Austin City Limits).” Throughout Howard’s career, she has earned a staggering 16 Grammy nominations and 4 wins for both her solo music and work in Alabama Shakes. Although her song “ Stay High” is nominated in the Best Rock ...

 The Grammys is a big night for first-time nominee Bridgers. Thanks to her new album Punisher, she earned four nominations including Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for “Kyoto” as well as Best New Artist. Bridgers recently told Variety that she is grateful to be nominated amongst so many artists she listened to during the global pandemic this year. “One of my favorite people called me and was like, ‘If you hadn’t gotten nominated, the Grammys would be bullshit establis...

Entertainment Weekly that it’s incredibly gratifying to have one album nominated in multiple genre categories. “The thing I was most excited about, honestly, is one album being nominated for so many different genres,” Howard told  Entertainment Weekly. “That’s really unusual. That’s exactly how I wanted it to go, because I like all kinds of music and I create my music just with whatever I’ve heard before.” Throughout Howard’s career, she has earned a staggering 16 Grammy nom...