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+ Bob Dylan performed "Blind Willie McTell" at the Critics' Choice Awards last night to honor Martin Scorsese. Scorsese was selected as the Music + Film honoree for his music documentary body of work, which includes The Rolling Stones' "Shine A Light." (MTV News)

+ Looks like Adele's recovering well from throat surgery as she, Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Florence + The Machine are among the 2012 BRIT Awards nominees who are also slated to perform. They take place Feb. 21 at London's O2 Arena. (Idolator)

+ More Grammy performers have been announced: Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean are tapped to play the show on Feb. 12. (MTV News)

+ Lil Wayne's gearing up to publish the diaries he kept while serving eight months in prison at New York's Rikers Island. Entitled Gone Till November, it's slated to hit shelves on Nov. 28. (Pitchfork)

+ Watch as Dolly Parton impromptu raps (!) to Queen Latifah's beatboxing, before singing "Not Enough" from their movie musical "Joyful Noise on "The Today Show." (Rolling Stone)

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Tags Adele, Bob Dylan, Bruno Mars, Buzz Bites, Coldplay, Dolly Parton, Florence + The Machine, Foo Fighters, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Queen-Latifah, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones

Many a musical talent have called Seattle home. Jimi Hendrix was born there, producer Quincy Jones and bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Death Cab For Cutie have made their name there. Now, with the new online music series, "$5 Cover: Seattle" you're about to meet the next wave of Seattle musical talent.

Directed by acclaimed indie filmmaker Lynn Shelton (Humpday, My Effortless Brilliance), "$5 Cover: Seattle" takes place over one weekend in the lives of 13 up-and-coming Seattle bands, following their trials, tribulations, gigs and practices.

Get to know the new music and musicians of "5 Cover: Seattle" in our complete guide below.

+ Champagne Champagne: MC Pearl Dragon is a native of Seattle who spent some time in Houston before returning home to form the unique hip-hop group. This trio follow the Outkast blueprint of socially conscious funk with a distinctly Emerald City outlook.

+ The Maldives: Fans of Wilco and Drive-By Truckers will feel right at home with The Maldives. Formed by singer/guitarist Jason Dodson, with an evergrowing and rotating cast of musicians, this band has a reputation for being one of Seattle's best live acts.

+ THEESatisfaction: Relatively new to the Seattle scene (they arrived in 2008), this duo, made up of Stasia and Catherine Satisfaction, have been turning heads with their interplanetary, futuristic soul.

+ Sean Nelson: The former singer for alt-rock act Harvey Danger ("Flagpole Sitta"), Nelson is no stranger to the Seattle scene or Shelton's cameras; he starred in her 2008 feature, My Effortless Brilliance.

+ Tea Cozies: Led by singer/guitarist Jessi Reed, Tea Cozies at once pay tribute to the Pacific Northwest's garage rock tradition while also referencing lush '60s pop.

+ Weekend: This electro-pop duo make slinky, minimal soundscapes with girl-group-esque vocals laid on top. Experts at pulling back the veil on Seattle, after dark.

+ The Moondoggies: Calling to mind the pastoral country-rock of The Byrds, The Moondoggies can go from a whisper to a Neil Young-like scream at the drop of a dime.

+ Thee Emergency: Passionate garage-R&B that runs through a fuzzed-out amplifier. Powered by the jaw-dropping vocals of Dita Vox.

+ The Spits: They may hail from present-day Seattle, but this is London calling, circa 1979. The Spits make note-perfect garage punk for the Johnny Rotten in all of us.

+ Whiskey Tango: Every music scene needs their snot-nosed, unrelentingly juvenile unbelievably catchy punk rock band. The long-running Whiskey Tango fills that role for Seattle.

+ The Lights: This raw indie-garage band calls to mind the early days of British rock, with a sound that references the early days of The Kinks and The Rolling Stones.

+ Corespondents: Mysterious guitar explorations from a mysterious Seattle band. Awkward rhythms and instrumentation that come together at just the right moment.

+ Watch every rocking, funny, dramatic and intimate episode of "$5 Cover: Seattle" right now at fivedollarcover.com.

Tags $5 Cover Seattle, Death Cab For Cutie, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Rolling Stones

+ So the big moment that everyone is talking about today is from last night's MTV Movie Awards, when Brüno flew down in what looked like a feathered jock strap and nearly sat on Eminem's face. Let's just say Em didn't wait around to see Zac Efron win for Best Male Performance. (MTV Movie Awards)

+ P.S. Megan Fox doesn't really give a s*** what you thought about her hairdo at the Movie Awards. Suck her Tweet! (US Magazine)

+ Golden Popcorn winner and resident it-girl Miley Cyrus just renewed her Hannah Montana contract for a fourth season with Disney. GIrl ain't no fool! Make that money, honey. (Pop Crunch)

+ Joss Stone is willing to pony up millions of dollars to be let go from her recording contract with label EMI. Add her name to the list of bands or musicians who have left the label since 2007, including the Rolling Stones and Radiohead. (NME)

+ Shy crooner Susan Boyle came in second on Britain's Got Talent, then promptly checked herself into the hospital for going a little exhausted from all the media attention. Get better, Susie. (ICYDK)

+ P!nk slammed Kanye West recently for showing up to a Stella McCartney fashion show wearing fur and talking about how he wished designers used more fur (all while the VP of PETA was sitting in earshot). Whups? (Bossip)

Tags Bruno, Eminem, Joss-Stone, Kanye West, Megan Fox, Miley Cyrus, P!nk, Radiohead, Stella McCartney, Susan Boyle, The Rolling Stones, Zac Efron

Which would you rather be: The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? Canadian new-wave indie mainstays Metric pose the biggest question of the past 40 years in their new single, "Gimme Sympathy."

Their answer -- which you'd think would be implied in the title, as it simultaneously references two Rolling Stones songs ("Gimme Shelter" and "Sympathy For The Devil") -- is confused by the fact that the lyrics contain the line Come on baby play me something/ like "Here Comes The Sun." So what's the answer? Who would you rather be?

Either answer plays perfectly into the title of Metric's latest album, Fantasies, which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.

Watch the Frank Borin (Good Charlotte, Story Of The Year)-directed video for "Gimme Sympathy," in which the band takes over a blown-out disco with irresistible hooks and an army of kids.

Tags Good Charlotte, Metric, Story of the Year, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones

+ The Rolling Stones are suing rapper Lil Wayne for copyright infringement -- and for putting out a much, much worse version of their '65 classic "Playing With Fire." (MTV)

+ Meanwhile, we've always thought "I'm a venereal disease" was up there with Lil Wayne's most questionable line. But that was before we remembered this gem: "Listening to Lil Wayne is like picking up a Bible." Amen, brother. (Spinner)

+ Metromix NY draws a highly editorial parallel between Maroon 5's Adam Levin and Counting Crows' Adam Duritz, and it's not just their first name. (Metromix NY)

+ Meanwhile My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has announced he's got a "pretty freakin' cool" Bob Dylan cover track on the way. (NME)

+ David Cook's reportedly been sporting an "I Love David" bracelet on the American Idol tour. The weird part? It's really in reference to Idol runner-up David Archuleta! "I'm actually a pretty big Archuleta fan," Cook admits. (Billboard)

+ 50 Cent changes the lyrics in "My Life" to something that doesn't scream "I hate Eminem." (MTV)

+ Simon & Schuster sues Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown for taking hefty book advances without ever delivering the books. (Idolator)

Tags 50 Cent, American Idol, Bob Dylan, Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Counting Crows, David Archuleta, David Cook, Eminem, Foxy Brown, Lil Wayne, Lil' Kim, Maroon 5, Music, My-Chemical-Romance, News, The Rolling Stones