The indie-rock band Fleet Foxes, including (from left) Casey Wescott, Josh Tillman, Christian Wargo, Robin Pecknold, and Skye Skjelset, was shut out from Grammy nominations.
(David Belisle)
What's so alternative about this roster?
The indie-rock band Fleet Foxes, including (from left) Casey Wescott, Josh Tillman, Christian Wargo, Robin Pecknold, and Skye Skjelset, was shut out from Grammy nominations.
(David Belisle)
In 1991, when the Grammys handed out the first award for best alternative music album, the winner was already a household name. OK, so she was a chrome-domed pop star who would later rip up a photo of the pope on national television, but Sinead O'Connor was still an acclaimed artist who broke out the previous year with "I Do ... (Full article: 1043 words)
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