Björk, Belle & Sebastian, R. Kelly to Headline Pitchfork’s 2013 Festival

By Paste Staff at 10:50 AM on February 1, 2013

The Pitchfork Music Festival just announced the headliners for its 2013 festival: Björk, Belle & Sebastian and R. Kelly. According to the festival’s website, over 40 more artists will be confirmed over the next few weeks. Tickets for the event are on sale now, which you can see here. The event takes place on July 19-21 in Chicago’s Union Park....  read more

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Björk and Broadcaster David Attenborough to Make Music Documentary

By Nicole Oran at 11:25 AM on August 2, 2012

Björk and U.K. broadcaster David Attenborough are teaming up again for a new documentary in which they will co-narrate a story about the evolution of music and how people and technology have altered its form. The Hollywood Reporter reported Attenborough and Björk: The Nature of Music will be the second project the two have worked on together after he narrated her multimedia creation Biophilia—a collection that will have a prominent place in the new documentary....  read more

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Björk's Biophilia Remixed by Matthew Herbert

By Nicole Oran at 10:54 AM on June 21, 2012

After Björk released Biophilia last year, electronic musician Matthew Herbert decided to remix cuts from the album, and in the sixth installment of the eight-part remix series, we get his interpretation of “Mutual Core,” “Sacrifice” and “Virus.” Björk seems to be flattered and appreciative of Herbert’s perspective....  read more

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Bon Iver to Release iTunes Session

By Ryan Bort at 11:04 AM on June 15, 2012

It was recently announced that Grammy-winning folk artist Bon Iver has recorded a live session for iTunes that will be released on June 19. The exclusive session will consist of six songs from the band’s acclaimed 2011 self-titled album, as well as a cover of Bjork’s “Who Is It?”...  read more

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Björk to Release New DVD of Later With Jools Holland Performances

By Nicole Oran at 12:40 PM on May 24, 2012

Björk , a frequent guest on the BBC program Later With Jools Holland, is set to release another DVD featuring her 13 performances on the show from 1995 to 2011. This one, due out June 18, will include six more performances in addition to those included in the previous DVD released in 2003....  read more

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Björk, Jeff Mangum, Guided by Voices to Headline Primavera Sound

By John Barrett at 5:30 PM on November 11, 2011

Primavera Sound, Barcelona's premier music festival, is due to take place next year from May 30 to June 3. Earlier today, the festival organizers announced a small portion of the planned 2012 lineup.  read more

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Watch the Flaming Lips' Tribute to Steve Jobs

By K. Alexander Smith at 3:30 PM on November 1, 2011

Last night MTV held their second O Music Awards, featuring performances and award categories dedicated to music and culture in the digital sphere. Notable highlights include Björk taking home a Digital Genius Award, Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" being awarded Best Vintage Viral Video, the Flaming Lips paying tribute to Steve Jobs with a cover performance of The Beatles' "Revolution" composed entirely on iPads, and the accompanying O Music Awards dance party achieving its goal of breaking the Guinness World Record for the Longest Team Dance Marathon.  read more

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Björk: Biophilia

By Jeff Gonick at 10:22 AM on October 11, 2011

It's hard to even explain the 'what' of Bjork's eighth album, Biophilia, much less the ‘how’. An entire article could be devoted to exploring and explaining the process by which the album was created, the collaborations with National Geographic and Apple and David Attenborough, the creation and inclusion of "gravity harps", the release of the album as not a piece of music but as a part of an experiential interactive semi-educational “project” to be released as a collection of iPad and iPhone apps, and on and on and on.  read more

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The 30 Greatest Music Videos of the 1990s

By Ross Bonaime at 10:01 AM on September 26, 2011

Music videos were so great in the ’90s, MTV actually showed them, launching the careers of directors like Spike Jonze, Brett Ratner and David Fincher.  read more

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Björk Provides Explanation for Album Delay

By John Barrett at 2:43 PM on September 15, 2011

Björk announced earlier this month that the release of her forthcoming eighth studio album, Biophilia, would be pushed back from Sept. 27 to Oct. 11, yet no reason was given. Yesterday, however, Björk herself released an explanation.  read more

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