Eagles of Death Metal order up new album shaken, stirred
The Eagles of Death Metal will release their latest album this fall, and the band members have vowed to deliver a batch of “neck-lickin, boot-scootin, soul-scratchin, ass-shakin party tunes” that will rock our world.... read more
Juana Molina prepares new abum, tours with Feist
Argentinean songbird Juana Molina will release her fourth album Un Dia October 7 on Domino Records, featuring stripped-down instrumentation, bold rhythmic roots and some of the most personal lyrics she's ever written.... read more
Robocop to be reinvented by Darren Aronofsky
For the past several weeks, it's been floating around that Darren Aronofsky would be taking over Robocop and restarting the franchise. Frankly, we were too skeptical about the whole thing to report on it, since the whole thing sounded more like rumor than fact. But as strange as it sounds, it is indeed true. With David Self (Road to Perdition) writing the screenplay, the new Robocop movie is being fast-tracked for release in 2010.... read more
New Weezer/Rivers Cuomo material coming in November?
While putting the finishing touches on The Red Album and kicking off a tour to support it, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has been working on a side project of his own. Using YouTube to send videos to his fans, the singer has let folks submit every part of a new song from its chords to lyrics. The whole thing has been getting closer to completion after four months of work and, honestly, starting to turn out a really catchy power-pop song. When he wants to, that Cuomo knows his stuff.... read more
John Woo adds Caliber adaptation to his queue
Some genres seem made for certain directors. Terrence Malick and westerns. Alfred Hitchcock and thrillers. Weirdly, though, the genre that's probably most suited to John Woo is something he's never worked on: comic book adaptations. His worlds of improbable physics and superhuman feats of daring seem like a no-brainer transition for the genre. Even given his at-times-shakey work since coming to America, few will claim the man can't direct action.... read more
Amanda Palmer prepares solo record, tour
The Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer will set off on her own this summer for a string of tour dates in anticipation of the release of her debut solo album this fall.... read more
MGMT talks sophomore record, preps for tour
Brooklyn Psych-electo-poppers MGMT have announced plans for their sophomore record. Talking with 6 Music in the U.K. (where the band is bigger than Jesus), the fellas let slip that they're planning to record their next album this coming January. The final project should be out by this time next year. In a post-Glastonbury interview, Singer Andrew Van Wyngarden said:"We’ve been longing to get in the studio for a while because we got out of it recording our last album about a year ago. So we’re definitely ready to start working on some new stuff but I think in January we’re gonna start... read more
Pearl Jam benefit raises $3 million to fight poverty
Pearl Jam recently raised $3 million for the fight against poverty with a benefit concert in New York City.... read more
George Lucas not directing Red Tails
Episode VIIA SQUASHED HOPEIt is a dark time for movie blogs. Although they reported enthusiastically that George Lucas would be directing his first non-Star Wars film in over three decades, Lucasfilm has announced that he'll will merely serve as the executive producer for the project, restoring peace to the blogosphere...... read more
Nada Surf adds West Coast tour dates
Nada Surf has squeezed in a handful of West Coast dates amidst a host of European music festival appearances slated for the fall.... read more
Tegan and Sara announce U.S. tour dates
Songwriting twin sisters Tegan and Sara will be playing 16 U.S. concert dates this fall before taking some time off to begin work on a new album.... read more
Eddie Izzard adds benefit show, continues Stripped tour
Comedian Eddie Izzard has added a New Orleans benefit show to his nationwide Stripped tour, according to his website. Izzard kicked off the current tour April 28 in Boston. He recently announced the addition of a special date in New Orleans to benefit the city’s Neighborhood Housing Services . All proceeds from Izzard’s June 23 performance in the Big Easy will be donated to the organization, which helps low and moderate income citizens become sustainable homeowners.... read more
Harrison Ford to play scientist in Crowley
Harrison Ford will play a rogue scientist searching for the cure to a rare disease in CBS Films’ Crowley... read more
Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman to star in Human Factor
Matt Damon has signed on to star alongside Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood’s upcoming film The Human Factor, Variety reports.... read more
Coldplay adds dates and magic balls to tour
Coldplay has added a slew of dates to its Viva la Vida tour, and announced a mysterious addition to its live show.... read more
Calexico will be Carried to Dust this fall
Calexico will release its latest album, Carried to Dust, this fall on Touch and Go/Quarterstick, featuring a revolving door of musicians and special guests.... read more
The Raconteurs announce more tour dates
The Raconteurs have added 12 fall tour dates to their previously reported nationwide tour.... read more
The Zombies release retrospective, new tour dates
British pop-rockers The Zombies will be touring the U.S. and the U.K. to mark the 40th anniversary of their break-out 1968 album Odessey & Oracle.... read more
Yoko Ono loses copyright suit against Ben Stein's Expelled
Yoko Ono has lost her lawsuit against Ben Stein and the creators of his pro-intelligent design documentary Expelled.... read more
David Gordon Green to direct Your Highness
David Gordon Green has signed on to direct the Universal Pictures comedy Your Highness, Variety reports.... read more
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