L.A. Noire Honored as Official Selection at 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Upcoming detective thriller L.A. Noire has been selected to be a part of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, marking the first time a videogame has been granted this honor.... read more
Miral
There’s nothing wrong with making a film for personal reasons. In fact, I might argue that they should always be made for personal reasons. The best movies, like the best books or paintings or whatever else, are works of passion. Unfortunately, though, while passion can drive you, it can also blind you to truly seeing what you’re creating, which is almost certainly the case with Julian Schnabel’s Miral. read more
Those Darlins: Screws Get Loose
Whether you thought they were a quirky-obnoxious novelty act or a gang of infinitely charming, boots-are-made-for-rockin’ Americana party girls, forget your initial impression of Those Darlins. Because, over the last few years, the band has become the spirit of rock ’n’ roll incarnate.... read more
Catching Up With... Middle Brother
With Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and John McCauley of Deer Tick, Middle Brother is an indie-rock super-group of sorts. read more
The National's Matt Berninger and Sharon Jones Sing Duet for Booker T. Jones Album
Pitchfork has a stream of the song “Representing Memphis” from the legendary Booker T. Jones, who gathered Matt Berninger of The National and Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings to duet for the track. The song appears on T. Jones’ forthcoming album The Road From Memphis, which we previously reported on.... read more
New Normal Music Launches Series of SXSW Acoustic Shows
Blurt reports the internet radio station New Normal Music will soon launch a series called “The ABC’s of SXSW on NNM,” which showcases 15 artists playing acoustic shows, all on Paul Reed Smith guitars, in a wine cellar from SXSW 2011.... read more
This Week's New Album Releases (3/29/11)
Each week we highlight notable album releases we care about. This week’s baker’s dozen is packed with good music including the latest from Those Darlins, Southeast Engine, Mountain Goats and Peter, Bjorn and John.... read more
Eminem Wins Royalty War, Other Artists Stand To Benefit
A long-standing lawsuit battle between Eminem and Universal Music Group has finally been resolved, with courts granting the rapper 50 percent of the royalties for digital sales.... read more
Bit.Trip Flux Review (Wii)
Commander Video has had a long journey. Since his debut in 2009’s Bit.Trip Beat—the first in the six-game Bit.Trip series, which melds a slick retro look with modern design sensibilities—the series’ lo-fi consciousness-cum-protagonist has lived the full, digitized life of a world-weary traveler. The realms that Video explored were pixellated abstractions of videogames’ would-be evolution, and his path an externalization of himself.... read more
Amy Adams to Play Lois Lane in Zack Snyder's Superman Reboot
News has been rolling out concerning director Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman movie, tentatively titled Superman: Man of Steel. We recently reported that Kevin Costner and Diane Lane would play Superman’s adoptive parents Jonathan and Martha Kent, and now the LA Times is reporting that three-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams has joined the cast as Lois Lane.... read more
Stream the Flaming Lips & Neon Indian Collaboration 12"
The anticipated Flaming Lips & Neon Indian collaborative 12" is finally here. However, as previously reported, the four-track EP is only available at two record stores in the U.S., and no plans have been announced for a wide release. The record is currently limited to 1,000 individually unique records pressed on special-colored vinyl, hand-picked by frontman Wayne Coyne.... read more
The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck
On any Mountain Goats record, John Darnielle’s unflinchingly elegant lyrical turns of phrase are all but given. On All Eternals Deck, the first Goats effort for Merge, they are also packaged in effortlessly clean trappings, culminating in the album’s gorgeous centerpiece.... read more
Duncan Sheik to Release Album of '80s Cover Songs
Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter and Broadway composer, will release an album called Covers 80s that features reworkings of tracks like Depeche Mode’s “Stripped,” New Order’s “Love Vigilantes” and The Cure’s “Kyoto Song.”... read more
Neil Gaiman's American Gods Gets Movie Adaptation
Totalfilm reports that British author Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel American Gods will soon become a feature film.... read more
Southeast Engine: Canary
Ohio band writes a fanfare for the common man... read more
Harry Potter, Inception Added to Facebook Rentals
Collider reports that Warner Bros. has released Inception, Life As We Know It, Yogi Bear and the first two Harry Potter movies for rental on Facebook.... read more
Beck, Beastie Boys, Jónsi to Release Record Store Day Vinyl
Via Consequence of Sound: As Record Store Day draws nearer, more artists’ releases are being announced; Jónsi, Beck, Beastie Boys and Bat for Lashes are just a few to be added to the already substantial list.... read more
Listen to Justice's "Civilization" in Full
A few weeks ago, we got our first glimpse of the second coming of French electro-house duo Justice with a commercial rip of their new track “Civilization” from the “All Adidas” ad campaign. Now a full version of the track has surfaced, thanks to 107.7 The End.... read more
Woody Harrelson Joins HBO Film Game Change
Woody Harrelson is the most recent actor to sign onto the political film, Game Change. He’ll portray John McCain’s senior campaign strategist and advisor Steve Schmidt.... read more
Cowboy Bebop +
Mass Effect + FemShep = Awesome
It's no secret that we here at Paste love Mass Effect. It's also no secret that when it comes down to choosing our protagonist's gender, we prefer FemShep—the female version of Commander Shepard—to her more popular BroShep counterpart. What you may not know is that we're also huge fans of the late 90's anime Cowboy Bebop. And so today... well, today was a good day.... read more
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