The Carter, a documentary about Lil Wayne, which reportedly reveals the rapper’s dire addiction to cough syrup, was originally touted by film industry sources for a possible wide theater release. The film, however, hit a bumpy road after its...
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Lil Wayne Documentary "The Carter" Gets Trailer, DVD Release Date
Stream: Alison Mosshart & James Spankie´s "Electricity"
“Why prowl around and make a spectacle of yourself when you can lay in wait under some darkened bridge and swill whiskey like a troll full of hate until your victim appears?” That’s the Dead Weather’s Alison Mosshart in this cinematic spoken word...
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Nick Cave & John Hillcoat Plot Bunny Munro TV Series
Nick Cave and director John Hillcoat are developing quite the symbiotic relationship: Cave wrote the script for (and scored) Hillcoat’s The Proposition (one of our favorite movies here at 24b) and scored Hillcoat’s upcoming The Road. Now the pair...
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NIN Fans Demand Liz Cheney Apologize for Trent Reznor "Pathetic" Comment
As previously reported, NIN’s Trent Reznor, Rage’s Tom Morello, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, the Roots, Rise Against, Billy Bragg, Jackson Browne, and other famous musicians have joined the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo and released a string of...
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IRS Forces Echo & The Bunnymen to Cancel U.S. Tour
The Internal Revenue Service has thwarted Echo & the Bunnymen's invasion of the United States before they even ventured beyond the West Coast. Despite having played two successful shows, including performances of Ocean Rain in its entirety in Los...
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Diplo: M.I.A. Album Sounds "Like Gucci Mane meets Animal Collective"
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but with new albums on the way from Arcade Fire (likely), LCD Soundsystem (def.), Spoon (yup), Leonard Cohen (?), and M.I.A. next year, it’s shaping up to be an epic ‘10. The anticipation for M.I.A.’s upcoming third LP...
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Bloc Party´s Kele Okereke is Going Solo
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Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong pretty much called it earlier this summer when he said that the band members “definitely need to have a break and gain a bit of perspective on life outside of the band.” Not only that, but Tong seemed to have a hunch...
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Listen: Producer Ethan Johns´ Solo Project, Caballeros
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In a previous report on Ray LaMontagne’s split from longtime collaborator/producer Ethan Johns for his next LP, I neglected to point out that Johns did a rare run of solo performances this fall in the UK as one of Ray’s opening acts (the other was...
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David Byrne Rants, Tom Waits Tweets, & Spoon Song Leaks
In case you haven’t heard, David Byrne takes his blogging very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that past entries to his official journal have taken on Czech Republic steel foundry/coal mine complexes, “The Kindle Experience,” and Bono. But in his...
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Stream: Norah Jones' "Light As a Feather" (Co-Written by Ryan Adams)
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Aside from her duet with Ryan Adams on Jacksonville City Nights, “Dear John,” I can’t say I’ve listened to much Norah Jones over the years. Now that Marc Ribot, my favorite living guitarist, Joey Waronker, of Thom Yorke’s still nameless supergroup,...
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Third Man Records to Release Carl Sagan Remix "A Glorious Dawn" on Vinyl
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Ready for another unusual surprise from Jack White and company? Third Man Records have announced the upcoming 7-inch vinyl release of "A Glorious Dawn," an Auto-Tuned remix of Carl Sagan's dialogue from his "Cosmos" television series; the remix,...
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Watch: David Lynch Foundation Visits Billy Corgan
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David Lynch Foundation Television, aka DFL.TV, followed Billy Corgan around recently and have posted a great HD video (via Flavorwire), which includes footage from the recording studio, the audition of 19-year-old Smashing Pumpkins drummer Mike...
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Elliott Smith Documentary Feat. Gus Van Sant & Jennifer Chiba Hits the Festival Circuit
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I first heard about Gil Reyes’ documentary Searching For Elliott Smith after stumbling upon an early IMDB page that listed the likes of Mary Lou Lord, Gus Van Sant, producer Larry Crane, Heatmiser’s Tony Lash, Smith’s friend Sean Croghan, and many...
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Kings of Leon Have a Fashion Line
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Sure, the Kings of Leon have made the cover of Rolling Stone, won a Grammy award, headlined a bunch of massive festivals, and been covered by Nickelback, but they haven't made it until now: KOL have teamed up with French designers Surface to Air and...
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