Watch Video For Fever Ray’s Cover of Nick Cave’s “Stranger Than Kindness,” Which Is Scarier Than Either The Strangers, Dr. Strange, or Quark-Based Strange Matter (Only Barely, Though…That Shit Is Mysterious) [Gorilla vs. Bear]
In Other Fever Ray News, She’s Giving Away a Live Version of Her Self-Titled Debut With This Weeks The Guardian In the U.K….Good News For Those In The UK. Bad News For Us Running New York Based Music Blog [NME]
Josh Homme/Dave Grohl/John Paul Jones Supergroup Them Crooked Vultures Announce Album Details; Self-Titled LP Released November 17, Containing Song Called “An Interlude With Ludes” Which is Such a Dated and Awesome Drug Reference That I’m Red Faced With Joy [Pitchfork]
R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, and Pearl Jam Push For Closure of Guantanamo Bay, Joining The Rest of Rational Americans Who Believe Torture Is Even A Little Not Cool [BBC]
Hold Steady Frontman/Promoter of All Things Positive Craig Finn, To Co-Adapt Chuck Klosterman’s Fargo Rock City Into a Movie; Finn Says of the Subject: “I’m Writing a Screenplay/ Camera, Lights, and Clever Kids Getting Action, Bab-ay/ I Hope The Oscars Recall It Fairly Fondly” [Idolator]
Former Island Records Boss Marc Marot Wants a Clause in Record Contracts That Allows Record Labels To Intervene When Artists Are Suffering Drug Problems; Next Year, Labels Set to Introduce “Nap Time” Clause, Requiring All Artists To Take 20-Minuter Whenever Label Deems Them “Cranky” [NME]
Stream Former Pulp Frontman Jarvis Cocker’s Contribution To Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox Adaptation, “Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey’s Song” – It’s Cute and Stuff [Stereogum]
Watch Video For Weezer’s “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” Off Upcoming LP Ratitude; It’s Very 1950s-Chic; Meanwhile, Rivers Is Probably Knee-Deep in a Melding of the Minds With Katy Perry Right Now [Babelgum]
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Ryan Adams To Appear At New York Public Library To Discuss His New Book, HelloSunshine…With Weeds Star Mary Louise Parker; Journalists Confused As To What Weeds Has To Do With Ryan Adams [Brooklyn Vegan]
Stream Chicago’s Smith Westerns New Track “Imagine Pt. 3” (First Impression: It’s Awesome, Sunshiney, Poppy, Optimistic, Bombastic…Did I Say Awesome?) [Gorilla vs. Bear]
Watch New Grizzly Bear Video For Veckatimest Highlight “While You Wait For The Others” (Video Makes No Sense, But May Just Be A Tribute To Underappreciated Fencing); Better Yet, Don’t Waste Your Time And Just Listen To This [Pitchfork]
Weezer Releases Upcoming LP Ratitude’s Cover Art (I’ll Save You A Click: It’s A Picture of a Dog Jumping Really High…and It Says Ratitude. That’s All); Ratitude Released October 27 [Idolator]
Portland Dance-Poppers Starfucker Change Name From Starfucker; Awesome Band Names Get Less Awesome (And I Swear To God, If Anal Cunt Stops Being Anal Cunt, I’ll Scream) [The Tripwire]
French House Duo Daft Punk To Appear In Upcoming DJ Hero Videogame; First Screenshot Here…Which Yet Again Proves My Theory That Daft Punk Are Actually Highly Sophisticated Robots [Spin]
Frank Sinatra Estate Releases “Come Fly With Me” Limited Edition Wine; Meanwhile, Japanese Company Makes Bad Brains Flip Flops (I Favor the Latter As a Superior Tribute) [Prefix]
Seattle Math-Rockers Minus The Bear To Debut New Material At The Gramercy Theater On October 15; New Single “The Mirror” Released October 27 [Brooklyn Vegan]
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Rivers Cuomo Explains Crappy Name For New Weezer Album, Ratitude: His Friend Came Up With It! Swear! [SPIN]
Hitch A Ride To Rock Rock Rockaway Beach Tomorrow For A Whole Lotta Music and Art [The Tripwire]
Dead Man’s Bones (Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields) Announce First Tour. Better Start Rehearsing: Each Opening Act Will Be A Talent Show! [Pitchfork]
Watch New Dan Deacon Video, “Paddling Ghost.” The Finger Puppet Ghost Is Cute, But The Finger Puppet Dan Deacon Is Even Better [Stereogum]
Ooh Ooh! This Just In, New Yorkers: Insound’s Tenth Anniversary Party Tonight At Brooklyn Bowl Featuring The Drums, These Are Powers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, And Real Estate. Hot Damn, The Week Is Lookin’ Up [FREEWilliamsburg]
Jimi Hendrix Biopic In The Works [Prefix]
What With Inglorious Basterds Opening Today, Why Not Read What Tarantino Has To Say About Some Of His Career’s Key Soundtrack Picks? [Rolling Stone]
Willie Nelson Stayin’ Busy With Myspace Show and New Album of Jazz Standards, American Classic, Out On Aug. 25, Available To Stream Via Myspace Tomorrow [The Tripwire]
Harlem, Yeasayer, Kid Sister Added to Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup [Gorilla vs. Bear]
Bon Iver Just Got Way Cooler In My Eyes. Why? Oh, Just A Little Show He’s Gonna Play At Sunrise. In A CEMETERY! [The Tripwire]
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