Radiohead to Release Newspaper in Celebration of King of Limbs Physical Release
Earlier this week, we got some details about the physical release of Radiohead’s most recent record The King of Limbs, including information about a special thanks to Drew Barrymore. The band has now announced their plans to commemorate the physical release of Limbs by publishing their own newspaper.... read more
Watch Tom Waits' Rock and Roll HOF Induction Speech and Performance
The importance of Tom Waits’ influence on contemporary music cannot be overstated. Earlier this week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame emphasized this point by inducting the musical troubadour and artist as part of this year’s class of musicians that also included Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love and Leon Russell.... read more
Ringo Starr's Childhood Home Facing Destruction
Ringo Starr’s childhood home will soon be razed to the ground, as the Liverpool City Council has marked it for demolition.... read more
Fate of the World Review (PC, Mac)
For the first couple hours, I really didn't get Fate of the World. The game repeatedly and unrelentingly kicked my ass, and if that's what I wanted out of something game-related I'd just go to PAX and shout “Ebert was right.” My every action was met with an opposite reaction, generally ending with some variation on the phrase “Russia, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Lost City of Atlantis have gone to war, and it's all your fault.”... read more
Best of What's Next: Anna Calvi
The 20-something Anna Calvi seems an old soul. But her explosive blend of raunchy blues guitar; sultry, powerful vocals; and dark-clouded atmospheric swirls is a fresh take. read more
Hear The New Flaming Lips And Neon Indian Collaboration
Several months ago, Wayne Coyne announced plans to collaborate with Neon Indian. After getting together in New York, the two groups have created a limited-edition 12” EP, which after yesterday has already around sold out its first pressing.... read more
Warhol Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor To Go On Auction
An Andy Warhol portrait of the late actress Elizabeth Taylor will go on auction May 12.... read more
Musicians Commemorate Alex Chilton's Death With Big Star Tribute Show
On March 26, several musicians will come together to pay tribute to Alex Chilton of Big Star roughly one year after his death. Among the artists performing Third/Sister Lovers will be Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake, Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, db’s Chris Stamey and others. The show, which will take place at Baruch College’s Mason Hall, will follow up a performance of the record last December in Carrboro, N.C.... read more
The Office Review: "Garage Sale" (Episode 7.19)
So…where do we go from here?... read more
Gomez Announces U.K. and Ireland Tour Dates
NME reports that Gomez has announced tour dates in the U.K. and Ireland.... read more
Catching Up With… John Oliver
John Oliver plays an uppity know-it-all on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart; in his five years on the job, he’s become a reliable fixture for full-fledged British smarminess. But there are only traces in his stand-up, where the seasoned comic is free to mock trashy American culture and politics with a much more ingratiating presence. read more
Watch Rainn Wilson Murder Blitzen Trapper
In a short film entitled The Blitzen Trapper Massacre, actor Rainn Wilson attempts to join Blitzen Trapper. After the band turns him down, the Office star snaps and begins murdering the band members one by one. Once his bloody retribution has been served, Wilson takes to the stage to cover the band’s song “Furr.” The film was co-written by Wilson and Blitzen Trapper’s Brian Adrian Koch.... read more
Johnny Depp Moving Forward with Thin Man Remake
Back in October of last year, word around the campfire was that Johnny Depp was aggressively pursuing his Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides director Rob Marshall to helm a contemporary re-make of The Thin Man (1934). The film would feature Depp in the lead role of Nick Charles, a hard-boiled ex-private eye who solves crimes with his wealthy socialite wife.... read more
Phantogram Unveils Summer Tour Dates
Saratoga, N.Y.-based electronic duo Phantogram will be touring this summer with bands The Glitch Mob and Com Truise.... read more
Freezing Your Wits Off … Or, Catching Up With John Moe
Talking to John Moe over the phone is an extremely difficult task. This isn’t because he doesn’t have a lot to say, but because this is Minnesota in February, and the simple act of carrying on a phone conversation takes a bit more effort than usual. read more
The Streets To Score New Inbetweeners Film
Mike Skinner, better known as The Streets, will pen the score for The Inbetweeners movie.... read more
Adele, Beady Eye, Mogwai And More To Play iTunes Festival
The iTunes Festival will return this year with more than 60 artists performing at the Roundhouse in London over the course of 31 consecutive nights.... read more
Bon Iver to Release New Album in June
Rolling Stone reports that a new Bon Iver album is headed our way this summer: “The album, which is still untitled, is scheduled to come out sometime in June.”... read more
Johnny Depp to Appear On Ricky Gervais' Sitcom
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Johnny Depp will appear on an upcoming episode of Ricky Gervais’s BBC2 and HBO sitcom, Life’s Too Short.... read more
The Final Fantasy VII Letters, Part 4
Part four in our ongoing retrospective letter series. An index of all letters can be found here.... read more
