The Bob Dylan rumor mill has been in overdrive the past few months about recording sessions for a new album, but now more first-hand details and trusted sources have surfaced to corroborate evidence...Read More
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Bob Dylan LP, Titanic Song Reportedly Due This Fall
Watch: Nick Zinner – 41 Strings
Last year, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner premiered his first proper foray into symphonic composition with “41 Strings,” a seasonally-themed piece celebrating the 41st anniversary of...Read More
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Bob Dylan’s Letter to the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Bob Dylan will receive honors at the White House for the second time next week, following a 2010 celebration of his contribution to the civil rights movement with “the country’s highest...Read More
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Nick Cave & Friends’ Lawless Soundtrack
Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, and director John Hillcoat have a flawless track record collaborating on music for film so far, but for their latest project, Lawless, Cave and Co. may have outdone...Read More
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Beck & Jack White Collaborate Again
Great news, especially given Beck’s run of impressive one-off cuts of late: he and Jack White’s first studio collaboration since 2007 arrives next week as a digital/vinyl single. Last...Read More
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Video: Woodkid – “Run Boy Run”
Yoann Lemoine had already begun making a name for himself as a filmmaker and music video director when, last year, he applied that talent for visual arts to a tune of his own under the moniker...Read More
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Preview Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’ feat. Jonny Greenwood Score
Back in December, reports surfaced that Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood was planning to team up with director Paul Thomas Anderson once again to score The Master, the pair’s collaborative...Read More
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Amanda Palmer: “Do It With a Rockstar”
We were just watching Neil Gaiman discuss the changing distribution model for artists among a range of inspiring topics in his commencement address over the weekend, and now comes news of his wife,...Read More
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Angelo Badalamenti Revisits Twin Peaks
The vital role of music in illustrating a conflict between light and dark themes in David Lynch’s cult series Twin Peaks cannot be understated. “Laura Palmer’s Theme” is a...Read More
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Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Address
Beloved fiction writer and occasional songwriter Neil Gaiman just turned in one of the best music/art-related commencement speeches of the year so far. Addressing the class of 2012 at...Read More
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Video: Alabama Shakes, “I Ain’t the Same”
Watching the meteoric rise of Alabama Shakes — formerly just the Shakes — has been an exciting trip this year, as the Brittany Howard-led quartet have gone from being an unsigned act with...Read More
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Patti Smith: This Is The Girl
Patti Smith has paid tribute through music and poetry to Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and a number of late legends over the years. Now comes her latest musical eulogy, “This Is The Girl,”...Read More
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Neil Young Memoir, Film, and Crazy Horse News
Film, music, and literary worlds collide for Neil Young this year, as he prepares to release a new autobiography in October, the final film in his Jonathan Demme-directed trilogy this summer, and a...Read More
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New Eleni Mandell Duet w/ Benji Hughes
“Benji Hughes is a good friend and I knew he’d sound great like George Jones, helping fulfill my longtime dream of singing like — in my California, Valley Girl way — Tammy Wynette.”...Read More
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Video: Mick Jagger & Friends on SNL
Mick Jagger was joined by Arcade Fire, legendary guitarist Jeff Beck, Foo Fighters, and the Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture for the season finale of Saturday Night Live tonight for a string of...Read More
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Wes Anderson Mines Hank Williams Catalog for Moonrise Kingdom
As a longtime fan of musical moments in Wes Anderson movies (Nico’s version of “These Days” and Elliott Smith’s “Needle in the Hay” for The Royal Tenenbaums, the...Read More
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Video: Tom Waits Narrates ‘A Brief History of John Baldessari’
Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (of Catfish fame) received a special request from John Baldessari, the subject of their new short, on who should narrate the 6-minute documentary: Tom Waits....Read More
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The Tallest Man on Earth: 1904
Where the title track’s live reveal saw Kristian Matsson dabble with a fresh full-band sound, our first studio glimpse at The Tallest Man on Earth’s third LP, There’s No Leaving...Read More
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Ryan Adams Covers Danzig – “Mother”
It was only a matter of time before the self-proclaimed “Danzig of alternative country” stripped down his hero’s most famous song into a low-key solo number. “Everything is...Read More
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Jesus’ Chariot (She’ll be Coming Round The Mountain)
Let’s head back into the barn with Neil Young & Crazy Horse for our second taste of the reformed legends’ new LP, Americana. Once again, the boys keep things very loose and...Read More
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