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Islands sign to Anti- for second album
The URL of the Islands' website reads "Islands are Forever." Even during the tumultuous departure of bandmate and co-founder J'amie Tambeur (née Jamie Thompson) in 2006, lead singer Nick Diamonds (née Nick Thorburn) remained unwavering in his commitment to the band and its longevity. And the recent news that the band has been signed to Anti- Records, home of rock greats Nick Cave and Tom Waits, seems to confirm that Islands really might be forever. With the announcement comes the news that the band's second record, entitled Arm's Way will be released on May 20. Co-produced by the band and... read more
After the Goldrush: Does Seattle's Music Scene Still Matter?
The city responsible for innovators from Hendrix to Heart to (Wayne) Horvitz—the Ground Zero of grunge, the home of the influential Sub Pop label and the inspiration for period-perfect 1992 film Singles—has seen better days, musically speaking... read more
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Neil Young, John Lennon, more featured in Body of War
Eddie Vedder is currently campaigning for the two-disc effort Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran which features John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, among others. These songs were picked for more than just how they mesh with a visual; Tomas Young had the key role of selecting the 30 songs that were used for the film as they relate to his personal experience. Phil Donahue and Ellen Shapiro’s documentary follows Young’s story after he returns home from Iraq. He was paralyzed from the chest down after less than a week of active service, having not... read more
Read Paste's live blog of the Oscars
For those of you without the television or the desire to observe the Academy Awards on Sunday evening, why not tune in to PasteMagazine.com? Our very own Sean Gandert will be watching the ceremony so you don't have to, and live blogging it on Ctrl-V. Don't miss out on Paste's first live-blog event ever! It's easily going to be as fun as reading about someone watching TV could ever be. That, and we don't want Sean's feelings to get hurt. Related links: Oscar.com News: 2008 Oscar nominees Got news tips for Paste? Email news@pastemagazine.com.... read more
Tim & Eric to take Awesome Show on tour
Did you know there's a right way to rock? And a wrong way to roll? Casey and his brother have all the answers. Didya click that link and watch the video? Feel confused? Maybe a little agitated? How about elated? The Cartoon Network's late-night Adult Swim programming can be a bit polarizing, to say the least. Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are the creators of Casey and his brother, who are a few of many zany characters from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, the only live-action show currently on the Adult Swim roster. Awesome Show combines choppy public-access-style... read more
What is your favorite Will Ferrell movie?
Sporting a star-studded cast, Semi-Pro hits theaters this Friday. What is your favorite movie starring Will Ferrell? [1155 votes total] Blades of Glory (23): 2% Stranger Than Fiction (231): 20% Talladega Nights (66): 6% Bewitched (1): 0% Kicking & Screaming (8): 1% Anchorman (345): 30% Elf (147): 13% Old School (211): 18% Zoolander (105): 9% Other (18): 2% Full Results Comments... read more
M83 announces U.S. tour
M83, the brainchild of French electronica-rock (electronirock, perhaps?) auteur Anthony Gonzalez, will take off on a North American tour this spring in support of his brand new album Saturdays = Youth, which will be released April 15 on Mute. The first single from the album, "Couleurs," will be released digitally Feb. 26, and includes an exclusive remix by Jori Hulkkonen. The live setup for this tour includes Gonzalez on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Loic Maurin on drums, Pierre-Marie Maulini on bass and guitar and featured album vocalist Morgan Kibby (of LA-based band The Romanovs) on vocals and keyboards. This is... read more
Catching Up With... Jon Poll
To say Jon Poll's career has been successful would be a pretty extreme understatement. He's edited some of the highest grossing cinematic projects of the past decade, including the two Meet the Parents films and all three movies of the Austin Powers franchise... read more
Coldplay to add finishing touches to next studio album
One last round of mixing is all that stands between now and the release of Coldplay's next album. With production assistance from Brian Eno and Markus Dravs, the group plans to release its fourth studio record sometime this summer. Chris Martin and Co. made pop-chart history when their last LP X&Y (2005) became the first worldwide top-selling album of the century. As reported at Billboard.com, Coldplay will release the as-yet-untitled album through Capitol Records despite issues at the label's parent company, EMI, which was recently bought out by Terra Firma. Related links: Coldplay.com Coldplay on MySpace Paste: Coldplay working on... read more
All Points West 2008 confirms full line-up, dates
We already flipped out about the announcement that Radiohead will be headlining two, count 'em, two nights of the inaugural All Points West Music and Arts Festival at New Jersey's Liberty State Park August 8-10. Now, finally, we've been given the rest of the story concerning the lineup of this event, which is being put on by the same folks as Coachella. The remaining one-third of the festival's headline space will be occupied by none other than the oft-shoeless songster Jack Johnson, fresh off the release of his latest album, Sleep Through The Static. The ever-casual Johnson's certainly been making... read more
Leonardo DiCaprio, Warner Bros. remaking Akira
Abiding by the classic philosophy that if something is a success elsewhere in the world it should be adapted and Americanized, Warner Bros. recently announced through The Hollywood Reporter that it will be involved in a remake of Akira. More surprising is that Leonardo DiCaprio and his company Appian Way will be producing the project, leading to speculation about whether he will appear in the work or if he'll do what Brad Pitt did with The Departed and sit out. Akira is one of the seminal works of anime, one of the first features in the form to gain any... read more
David Fincher to direct Charles Burns adaptation
There are a few things our mandatory health education left out. Like the terrifying (or...awesome?) concept behind Teeth. Or the sexually transmitted "bug" that has propelled Charles Burns' horror graphic novel Black Hole to be adapted for the big screen. Variety caught wind that David Fincher (of Zodiac and Fight Club fame) will direct the Paramount film, having just completed his latest collaboration with Brad Pitt entitled The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman were called to write the screenplay two years ago. Black Hole, originally a 12-issue series, is next in a series of graphic... read more
Black Eyed Peas acting in Wolverine and Street Fighter
Sometimes it seems like every actor wants to be a musician and every musician an actor. In this week's newsworthy chronicles of the latter category, two members of the Black Eyed Peas are headed to Hollywood in a couple of big-budget features. will.i.am is starring as John Wraith (alias Wraith... or Kestrel), a mutant with the ability of teleportation and a fetish for explosives, in the upcoming film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Wraith is part of the Weapon X program that was involved with Wolverine in the X-Men universe. This is will.i.am's feature debut, though he previously appeared on the show... read more
Blitzen Trapper tours extensively, releases many albums
It's been business as usual for the ubiquitous boys of Blitzen Trapper, who recently signed to grunge-turned-indie-music-loving label Sub Pop. Determined to truly turn the United States into a Wild Mountain Nation, the band has taken to the road, and will be on the move, zig-zagging across a better part of the country well into April, with stops at the requisite spring festivals (Langerado and SXSW, we're looking at you). Labelmates Fleet Foxes will join them on the road for the entire tour (with the exception of the very beginning and the very end, sorry Portland, but really - you... read more
John Sellers takes Perfect book party on the road
Angry writer John Sellers may have spent his preteen years lost in the cool luminescent glow of MTV faves like Duran Duran and Wham!, but he managed to pull himself out of the miasma of hair spray and synthesizers thanks to the soul-saving power of alternative music (meaning "an actual alternative" as opposed to "Northwestern grunge"). But, in the wise words of LeVar, you don't have to take my word for it—Sellers himself explains it all in his memoir, Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, due in its first paperback edition on March 4. For more... read more
Mike Doughty: Golden Delicious
Mike Doughty’s songs have always been punctuated with... read more
Bobby Bare Jr. touring with Son Volt this spring
This April Bobby Bare Jr. will play 14 cities in 16 days alongside Son Volt, prior to which Bare will embark on a solo stint in March of six shows in seven days, two of which are on the same day at SXSW. Not that we’re keeping count or anything. The point is two quality artists are going on one quality tour this spring to a multitude of quality venues. What more can you ask for? Bobby Bare Jr. solo dates: March 7 - Asheville, N.C. @ The Grey Eagle 8 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Star Bar 11 - Fort... read more
Calvin Owens: 1929-2008
Calvin Owens—a fixture of SugarHill Studios ever since the 1940s—died yesterday morning at the age of 78. The accomplished trumpet player, band leader and musical arranger performed with blues legend B.B. King for much of his life. From the mid-'90s onward, Owens recorded and produced several of his own albums, including The House is Burnin' (2002), a remixed/remastered version of True Blue (2005) and a hip-hop album entitled Say Boy How You Do That Thing? (2006). Related links: CalvinOwens.com SugarHillStudios.com Paste: Gold Star Studios – Houston Texas (1948) Got news tips for Paste? E-mail news@pastemagazine.com.... read more
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