Spoon's New Album, Transference, Coming in January
Merge Records has confirmed a Jan. 26 U.S. release of Spoon’s seventh-full length album, Transference.... read more
Watch Ted Leo Perform New Song, "One Polaroid a Day"
Signs of a new Ted Leo album continued to surface at this year’s CMJ, thanks to a new song and one resourceful audience member.... read more
Fourth Annual David Lynch Weekend for World Peace and Meditation Taking Place in Iowa
David Lynch, signature director of quintessentially dark, sometimes confusing, occasionally erotic, often non-linear films, is also a representative for world peace and meditation. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker and his David Lynch Foundation will present the fourth annual David Lynch Weekend at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa on Friday, Nov. 13 through Sunday, Nov. 15.... read more
Tony Scott to Direct Chippendales Biopic
Action director Tony Scott (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Man on Fire) has signed on to make a biopic about Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee, who ran afoul of the law in the 1980’s and hung himself in his prison cell in 1994.... read more
Watch Weezer Perform as Insects on Yo Gabba Gabba!
The song? "All My Friends are Insects." The verdict? Pretty fun... read more
Un Prophète Wins Inaugural Best Film Award at London Film Fest
French prison drama Un Propète (A Prophet) has won the first-ever Best Film Award at the 53rd Times BFI London Film Festival.... read more
Jason Molina and Will Johnson Announce U.S. Tour
To kick off 2010, Jason Molina and Will Johnson have confirmed they will showcase their campfire folk they created in Texas to the rest of the United States.... read more
Scrubs Season Nine to Debut Dec. 1
Whimsical hospital comedy Scrubs is enduring a daring makeover without Zach Braff for its ninth season, which debuts Thursday, Dec. 1 at 9 p.m. EST on ABC, Variety reports.... read more
Watch the Trailer for Invictus: Is This the Next Best Picture?
It’s a movie about the transformation of the racial culture of South Africa. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Anybody else feel like they know where this is headed?... read more
Who Frontman Roger Daltrey Hints at Upcoming Rock Band Game
"Music is our last true great freedom," Daltrey says. "They can burn our books, they can burn our paintings, but they can't stop us singing and making music." read more
Watch Heath Ledger's Music Video for Rapper N'fa
Rapper N’fa (short for No Fixed Abode) was childhood friends with the late Heath Ledger, which is how the directing job for his music video, “Cause An Effect,” fell into the actor’s hands, according to NME. Now a year after Ledger’s passing, the video has been released online, and you can watch it below.... read more
Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis Have Written a Children's Book and it's Coming out Sometime
Decemberists lead singer Colin Meloy and his wife Carson Ellis are certainly no strangers to intra-marital artistic alliance—she’s responsible for the art for all of his band’s albums and of his solo CDs, plus most of The Decemberists’ merchandise and a couple of live show backdrops, too. And, according to Ellis’ blog, sometime soon you’ll be able to add a children’s book to their collective CV.... read more
Is Lil Wayne's No Ceilings Mixtape a Taste of What's to Come?
Lil Wayne’s had a more-than epic career trajectory this decade. No news there. But with the word that he’ll report to jail early next year, his seemingly unstoppable forward charge could get clogged up, especially considering his label, Cash Money, has hinted that Weezy’s still got three albums left in him before he’s locked up. And so it was a pleasant surprise that, before the supposed holiday season feast of Weezy, yesterday he dropped a mixtape appetizer for us to munch on.... read more
Broken Social Scene Member Releases Children's Book, Learn to Speak Music
While Rockabye Baby aims to develop a child’s taste for music, Broken Social Scene’s John Crossingham wants to teach them precisely what to do with it.... read more
Microsoft Bows Out as Sponsor for Family Guy Television Special
Microsoft is now the latest to call foul on Seth MacFarlane, as the company relinquished sole sponsorship of the upcoming Family Guy television special.... read more
Free U2 Concert Commemorates Fall of Berlin Wall
Just one of the big acts slated for the MTV Europe Music Awards on Nov. 5, U2 will play a free concert in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.... read more
Behold: Fantastic Mr. Fox Happy Meal Hits the U.K.
Which is it: hipster event, public-health debacle, proof that British kids get way better toys than American kids do?... read more
Yeasayer, Tanlines, More Perform at "It Came from Brooklyn" Show Tomorrow
As you may well know, the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan has started putting on monthly concerts in celebration of its 50th anniversary to highlight the multi-discipline creativity bursting out of Brooklyn. This Friday evening will mark the third show in the aptly-titled "It Came from Brooklyn" series, this time hosted by up-and-coming comedian Max Silvestri with performances by Yeasayer and Tanlines and a reading by writer Rachel Sherman. And in the spirit of Halloweekend, the concert boasts a favorite childhood delight: that's right, 3-D glasses!... read more
Warpaint Signs to Rough Trade Records
When Paste caught Warpaint at this year’s CMJ, we were impressed by the band’s unique blend of psychedelia, jagged rhythms and gurgling vocals.... read more
NBC Renews Community, Parks and Recreation and Mercy
TV Nation is a vicious place; some shows get cut down before they really find their audience, some shows are extinguished before they even hit the screen. But some shows do make the cut. Among them this season are the new ensemble-comedy Community, hospital drama Mercy and Amy Poehler-vehicle Parks and Recreation; NBC ordered nine more episodes of each, Variety reports.... read more
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