The legend goes like this: In 1963, producer Lee Mendelson made a documentary about Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, for which he needed music. One night, Mendelson was driving over the Golden Gate Bridge, tuned into a San Francisco jazz station. “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” came on the air,… Source: Music News
Replacements Participate in Authorized Biography 'Trouble Boys'
The Replacements’ frontman Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson and guitarist Slim Dunlap have all participated in a new in-depth biography about the influential rock group. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, written by journalist Bob Mehr, will arrive March 1st from Da Capo Press. The 520-page biography tracks the… Source: Music […]
Here Come The 2015 SAG Award Nominations
Here’s the list of nominees for the upcoming Screen Actors Guild awards. Source: MTV Movie News
Justin Theroux Responds To ‘Zoolander 2’ Transphobia Controversy
“Zoolander 2” co-writer Justin Theroux has responded to backlash about the film’s trailer from the transgender community. Source: MTV Movie News
Sheer Mag's Kyle Seely Roughs Up Classic Rock
WHO: Sheer Mag guitarist Kyle Seely acknowledges that “everyone thinks I was born and raised on nothing but Seventies rock,” and it isn’t hard to understand why. His boogie-ing, fuzz-drenched riffs and barbed-wire solos often draw comparisons to acts like Thin Lizzy and Lynyrd Skynyrd, while his band’s tuneful, if raw and… Source: Music News
Flashback: The Smiths Play an Epic Version of 'How Soon Is Now?'
“How Soon Is Now?” was the Smiths hit that never quite was. Their U.K. record company buried it on a B-side in 1985 because they thought the track – built around a swooping tremolo attack on a single F-sharp chord that sounded like guitarist Johnny Marr was surfing a tsunami… Source: Music News
‘The Hunger Games’ Could Get A Prequel — But What Would It Be About?
In an investor conference today, Lionsgate entertainment vice chairman Michael Burns said that he expects to film prequels in the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise one day. Source: MTV Movie News
Eagles of Death Metal Return to Bataclan, Thank U2
Eagles of Death Metal returned to Bataclan in Paris less than one month after gunmen interrupted the band’s show at the venue as part of a series of terrorist attacks around the French capital, The New York Times reports. Frontman and co-founder Jesse Hughes did not offer a comment to reporters gathered outside the venue, though he and his bandmates added flowers… Source: Music […]
Bluenote Café
On the one hand, the 1988 LP This Note’s For You was an admirably perverse move from Neil Young – an album decrying the use of pop music as a corporate branding tool (quaint, right?), dressed up as a big-band rhythm-and-blues review. On the other hand, it was a collection of mostly… Source: Music News
Sharon Jones Pleads 'Please Come Home for Christmas' on 'Conan'
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings brought the holiday blues to Conan Monday with a pining, web-exclusive rendition of “Please Come Home for Christmas.” Jones belted the somber, mid-tempo tune with characteristic aplomb, running vocal circles around a clever arrangement by the Dap-Kings that mixed sultry guitars, gritty horns and seasonally apt orchestral… Source: Music […]
