  | Music to Your Ears50 Years Later, The Grammys Got GoodAlthough our man Rahim Alhaj didn't pick up Grammy gold for Best Traditional World Music Album, all in all—and I never thought I'd say this—the Grammys were totally entertaining. Awkward and tedious at times, sure, but I challenge any massive award show to shake those fugly bedfellows. I really couldn't ask for more.
 Show Up!LiarsA case study in perpetual reinventionOnce unhappily lumped into the genre of dance punk, Los Angeles, Calif., power-trio Liars can now only be described as ever-changing.
 Demian Ginther Listening RoomLe Chat Lunatique’s Demonic Lovely Gives Dancers and Listeners Cause for CelebrationCD captures the verve, swing and musicality of this “filthy, mangy jazz” quartetThe appeal of Le Chat Lunatique’s live performances owes as much to its bandmates patter and seriocomic stage presence as it does to their music—and the music is damn good. They’ve managed to translate that appeal to their new studio CD, Demonic Lovely, without visual or verbal aids. The music and the commitment with which it is played, it turns out, are really what it’s all about, whether you’re on the dance floor or sinking into a sofa.
Music InterviewThe Hot Club de AlbuquerqueLe Chat Lunatique on work, style, corn and moreHow long have you existed, and how did you come to be?
 [click to enlarge] Flyer on the WallThe Breakfast ClubExperience noise in the a.m. at Speakerwaffle, possibly the most damage you can do to your ears and mouth simultaneously. Redbeard (AGL and Dameon Lee of Lowlights), William Fowler Collins, Gun Safe and Olvidese fry up together at The Stove (114 Morningside NE) on Sunday, Feb. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring $5 or breakfast to share. (LM)
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