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Eagles of Death Metal order up new album shaken, stirred

By Christina Hansen on 12:23 PM on August 4, 2008

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

By Christina Hansen on 12:30 PM on July 31, 2008

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

By Sean Gandert on 3:58 PM on July 25, 2008

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?

By Sean Gandert on 11:22 AM on July 24, 2008

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

By Sean Gandert on 1:15 PM on July 22, 2008

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

By Christina Hansen on 4:15 PM on July 14, 2008

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

By David Marek on 10:15 AM on July 9, 2008

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

By Christina Hansen on 5:30 PM on July 3, 2008

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

By David Marek on 4:17 PM on June 23, 2008

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

By Christina Hansen on 2:45 PM on June 20, 2008

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

By Christina Hansen on 10:30 AM on June 20, 2008

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

By Christina Hansen on 3:48 PM on June 16, 2008

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