Slash Records New Song With Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale
They both love guitar solos. They both write epic, chunky riffs. And they both have gigantic hair. So when we heard that Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale recorded a song for Slash’s upcoming solo album, we gave a nod of silent understanding.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to Ben Folds and Nick Hornby's "Levi Johnston's Blues"
As we learned a year ago, piano-pop maven Ben Folds and author Nick Hornby are collaborating on a soon-to-be-released but as-yet-untitled album. The duo’s wry self-awareness of music and literature seem like a natural fit, but it’s still hard to predict what fruit this pairing will bear.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMonsters of Folk Comes to Fruition in September
About a year ago, we whet your appetite with news of a Monsters of Folk album. Said monsters (Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and producer Mike Mogis) first announced their plans after their 2004 collaborative tour and are finally making good on their promise. The supergroup headed to Malibu, Calif. and Omaha, Neb. to record its self-titled album, scheduled for a Sept. 22 release.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTom Morello and Boots Riley Form Street Sweeper Social Club
If you thought the pairing of Chris Cornell and Timbaland was a bad idea, well, go ahead and keep thinking that. Meanwhile, the new collaboration between Tom Morrello (the ex-Audioslave guitarist who once helped funkify the politically charged Rage Against the Machine) and hip-hop vanguard Boots Riley (of Oakland, Ca.'s The Coup) is a bit more respectable and infinitely cooler.... read more
Found in: NewsBen Folds and Nick Hornby to collaborate on record
Last week, music collaborator extraordinaire, Ben Folds, told News.com.au about plans to possibly do a record with Nick Hornby. And it wouldn't be the first time; Hornby helped Ben Folds write a song called "That's Me Trying" for a William Shatner album in 2004. Yeah, we know. We just blew your minds.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsTracks released from J Dilla, MF Doom, Ghostface collab.
When J Dilla (born James Dewitt Yancey) died from a rare blood disease in February of 2006, he had unleashed instrumental hip-hop opus Donuts just three days earlier, on his thirty-second birthday.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDavid Lynch making new films with Herzog, Jodorowsky
Hot on the heels of a different announcement about Werner Herzog's collaboration with Nic Cage comes words of an even stranger paring. The Hollywood Reporter reports that a film co-written by Herzog and his longtime assistant director Herbert Golder will be produced by David Lynch and his Absurda production company.... read more
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