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Bad Veins, Lee Fields, Ida Maria, Deer + Kitteh   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 08:00 AM
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WHEAT talked ot The Phoenix about their new album, which is streaming this week via Spinner.  Plus, the band has a video out for "Changes Is."

BAD VEINS do the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. Their new album is also streaming in full this week.

LEE FIELDS: The veteran soul singer gets a profile by Oliver Wang + tracks streaming via NPR. 

WYE OAK gets some hometown love from the Baltimore Sun.  Their newly-released sophomore LP is currently streaming via Merge.

THE CAVE SINGERS have a new preview track from their sophomore LP, "At The Cut."

IDA MARIA talks to San Diego CityBeat about Norway's music scene, learning to write in English, and more...  You can check out her set for The Interface while you read.

FRIENDLY FIRES talk to The Guardian about the long and winding road from playing birthday parties to 35K at the Glastonbury festival.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Scott Hutchison talked to the Village Voice about heading to Coney Island for the Siren Festival.

JASON LYTLE is profiled by the Buffalo News.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND's five most over- and under-rated songs, according to MAGNET.

MICHAEL JACKSON: Both autopsies turned up needle marks and the powerful anesthetic propofol. The dancer thought to be Jacko's secret love child sat in the front row at the late singer's memorial service.

MISCHA BARTON is still seeking psychiatric treatment but "making improvements."  The actress has also struggled with a fluctuating weight and body image.

BILLY JOEL is dating Alex Donnelley, the former star of "The Young and The Restless," a month after separating from wife No. 3.

KIEFER SUTHERLAND is officially off the hook for that whole headbutting incident in NYC back in May.

ERIN ANDREWS: The ESPN sportscaster was the target of a peephole pervert who surreptitiously shot a video of her walking around her hotel room naked - and posted it on the Internet.  The New York Post has posted a barely-censored slideshow, so that you might share their outrage.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: The teaser trailer for the Tim Burton reimagining is online. The Mouse has lawyers busy, but even they miss a few.

IRON MAN 2: Check out some first look photos at USA Today.

JOHNNY DEPP may be in limbo after Alice in Wonderland.

SAM RAIMI has signed on to a movie adaptation of "World of Warcraft."

STEPHEN BALDWIN files for bankruptcy.

PAKISTAN is objecting to expanded American combat operations in neighboring Afghanistan, creating new fissures in the alliance with Washington at a critical juncture when thousands of new American forces are arriving in the region.

IRAN: Pres. Ahmadinejad showed rare defiance of his strongest backer, Iran's supreme leader, by insisting on his choice for vice president Wednesday despite vehement opposition from hard-liners that has opened a deep rift in the leadership.

DEER & KITTEH, bathing together... mass hysteria!

A MONKEY was caught on video burglarizing a nursery.

A DEER tries to see the dentist without an appointment. Slideshow at the link.

THE SWARM: A Miami Shores resident was shocked to discover what was buzzing inside her home -- a swarm of 250000 bees. Video at the link.

PLUMMETING TORTOISE causes amnesia.

GIDGET, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, dies of a stroke at 15.

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Thom Yorke, Pearl Jam, Lightning Dust, Badger + Otter   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 08:00 AM
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THOM YORKE debuted a new song, "The Present Tense" at a festival date over the weekend.

PEARL JAM is streaming a new single.

LIGHTNING DUST is advance streaming their Infinite Light album via NPR.

THE DECEMBERISTS: Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk talks to Seattlist, while drummer John Moen talks to Straight.com, and MAGNET lists the band's most overrated and underrated songs, with embedded audio.

A TRIPLE BILL of Lee Fields And The Expressions, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, and Fight The Big Bull played Joe's Pub in NYC last night; the entire gig is streaming via NPR.

THE DEAD WEATHER want you to "Treat Me Like Your Mother."

MY BLOODY VALENTINE: Unreleased songs leak.

THE MERCURY PRIZE shortlist is handicapped by the NME, which also offers a bluffer's guide to the nominees.

JOHN FOGERTY enlists Bruce Springsteen and members of the Eagles for "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again," due in Spetember.

THE RAVEONETTES: Sharin Foo tells Spinner Canada that the duo's much-anticipated new album is "the ultimate light album," but "the lyrics are probably the most harsh we've ever written."

BRITNEY SPEARS may get out of her dad's conservatorship after her concert tour ends in November.

LINDSAY LOHAN flips out after on-again off-again galpal Samantha Ronson dined with Drea de Mateo.

MICHAEL JACKSON's family is feuding over who will call the shots in probating the will, and where Jacko will be laid to rest.

BEN ROETHLISBERGER: The Steelers QB has been accused of sexual assault... by a woman who may have some psychiatric issues.

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO & CAMERON DIAZ were seen getting coxy at hip London club Maddox after earlier having dinner, on Saturday night.

 

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: /Film has photos of Tim Burton's reimagining, in advance of a trailer Friday.

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT & JAMIE KENNEDY got "engaged" as part of his stage act over the weekend.

HARRY POTTER: Emma Watson confirms her college plans. Bonnie Wright does a high-fashion shoot.

AFGHANISTAN: You could call David Guttenfelder the man behind the man in the pink boxers.  But his photo of Specialist Zachary Boyd returning the Taliban's fire while wearing pink boxers and flip-flops is just the tip of the iceberg. On a more serious note, Taliban suicide bombers dressed in burkas killed six people in eastern Afghanistan when they stormed government buildings and a military base.

IRAN: As Iran's political elite and clerical establishment splinter over the election crisis, the nation's most powerful economic, social and political institution - the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - has emerged as a driving force behind efforts to crush a still-defiant opposition movement. And its aggressive drive to silence dissenting views has led many political analysts to describe the events surrounding the June 12 presidential election as a military coup.

BADGER and OTTER, playing together... mass hysteria!

PERVERTED BABOONS involved in underwear theivery. Aweomely awesome pic at the link.

DOGS not really feeling the recession just yet.

DOG adopts panda cubs. Awww...some pic at the link.

NEW GADGET translates dog barks. Wasn't this in Pixar's Up?

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New Releases, Richard Swift, Islands, Beagle & Raccoon   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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I MAY BE COMING DOWN WITH SOMETHING, or having an allergic episode, so this will be a quick one: 

NIRVANA & RICK ASTLEY, together at last.

NEW RELEASES: Fiery Furnaces, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Blue Roses, Wheat and more are streaming in full this week via Spinner.

RICHARD SWIFT did three free songs for Daytrotter.

ELIZABETH and the CATAPULT played the World Cafe on Friday, so you can stream the gig on demand via NPR.

THE MONSTERS OF FOLK (Conor Oberst, Jim James, M Ward & Mike Mogis) will give you an advance track for an e-mail address. Stream at the link also.

ISLANDS have an advance track streaming via Pitchfork.

ADAM YAUCH of the Beastie Boys announced Monday, by way of a homemade video placed without fanfare on the band's Web site, that he would be receiving treatment for cancer and that as a result the group would cancel some future shows and push back the release of a new album. "This is something that's very treatable and in most cases it's, um, they're able to completely get rid of it," he said.

MERGE RECORDS: Pitchfork looks at the label's 20th anniversary with insight from Arcade Fire's Wim Butler, Spoon's Britt Daniel, The Rosebuds' Kelly Crisp & Ivan Howard, M Ward and David Kilgour.

JACK WHITE is profiled by The Wall Street Journal for takin' care of business.

MICHAEL JACKSON: Sony Pictures Entertainment is closing a deal to make a feature film on Jacko from the 80 hours of rehearsal footage filmed for the concerts Jackson was preparing to perform in London when he passed away -- at a cost of over 50 million bucks.

MISCHA BARTON's TV series is on hold while she is under psych care, while her rep dismisses claims of a coke binge.

DEMI MOORE got a Photoshopped Mohawk from hubby Ashton Kutcher.

SIENNA MILLER nearly burnt her breasts making new movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

CHRIS BROWN finally apologizes for smacking Rhianna around.

TONY ROMO is emotionally drained after dumping Jessica Simpson, which doesn't explain the partying with new girls all this week. Maybe he's one of those "get right back on the horse" people.

AFGHANISTAN: Michael Yon

IRAN: Germany's foreign intelligence agency has amassed evidence of a sophisticated Iranian nuclear weapons program that continued beyond 2003.

RACCOON & BEAGLE, playing together... mass hysteria!

A GIANT HALIBUT weigihing 309 lbs. took five grown men to lift and then an entire day to chop it into 600 portions.

GIANT JELLYFISH descend on the Sea of Japan, causing untold devastation to coastal villages and leaving a trail of destruction and human misery behind.

SCORPION ON A PLANE rocked an Indianapolis-bound Southwest Airline passenger like a hurricane.

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Meat Puppets, Jayhawks, Pitchfest, Puppy & Fawn   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, July 20, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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GRIZZLY BEAR returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater to play, "Ready, Able."

THE MEAT PUPPETS have a feature + tracks streaming via NPR.

THE JAYHAWKS stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set, streaming via MPR.

DIRTY PROJECTORS stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

THE HANDSOME FAMILY did four free songs for Daytrotter.

SEALS & CROFT: "Summer Breeze."

PITCHFORK MUSIC FEST: I was unable to attend this year, but you can get recaps from Aquarium Drunkard and All Songs Considered. And you may want to check Pitchfork today, as they were streaming bits of the lineup over the weekend.

RHETT MILLER: Should you ever meet the Old 97s frontman, be sure to tell him he has not aged well.

NEKO CASE talks to Kentucky.com about not wanting to be pigeon-holed.

WOXY is moving from Cincinnati to Austin. Of course, once you're on the 'net, you're everywhere.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: As expected, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince dominated with 79.5 million over the 3-day weekend, having made 159.7 million in the US since Tuesday midnight.  The falloff from that record-breaking premiere suggests the franchise is becoming increasingly front-loaded.  Some execs might worry about that, but for the fact that we are now staring down the big finale (albeit split over two movies), and the 5-day haul is  bigger than any other Potter film.  Ice Age 3 comes in second, with 17.7 million, which may be Potter spillover, but may be legs.  Transformers 2 takes the third spot adding another 13.7 million to its 363.8 million in the US alone.  Bruno drops 73 percent from No.1 to No.4, suggesting this was even more frontloaded than the Potter flick.  Indeed, when the actual numbers some in, Bruno could be No. 5 -- both The Hangover and The Proposal are withing striking distance.  A year after The Dark Knight premiered, the Top 12 movies made 39% less than last year.

HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE was on my weekend slate, generally meeting my expectations. I should explain that this is a series where I have preferred the odd-numbered movies to the even-numbered ones, so I was expecting to like this less that Order of the Phoenix -- and did.  I liked the movie overall, and am always pleased with the development that the young actors show in each movie.  But as noted above -- minus one shocking development for casual fans -- this movie serves largely as a set-up for the Deathly Hallows movies, and focused more on the adolescent entanglements of the students than big set-pieces.

500 DAYS OF SUMMER also opened near me this weekend -- and lived up to my much higher expectations for it.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who most probablys till think of as the kid fro Third Rock From the Sun or 10 Things I Hate About You) is so good that you don't mind that he is really the main character, instead of the lovely Zooey Deschanel, who gets a star turn in an indie dramedy that is not really a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.  As the narrator says in the trailer you should watch now, this is not a love story.  But it is a good one.

THE HURT LOCKER: I was remiss in not reviewing this immediately. Director Kathryn Bigelow has made the first Iraq War film that is not didactic or preachy from either side, but a war movie that is part thriller and part character study of the members of a bomb disosal unit in the last days of their rotation, circa 1984.  The first eight minutes are on Hulu to whet your appetite.

PUBLIC ENEMIES clears my backlog of reviews.  It was a good, but not great, look at the end of John Dillinger -- and of a certain chapter of gangster history.  It is a case where the whole is less than the sum of it parts.  Michael Mann's direction is fine, and the main performances from Johnny Depp & Co. are also fine.  And the technical work is quite good (with plenty of greatChicago locations for locals like me). The problem probably rests with the script, which is quite matter-of-fact.  We are used to seeing gangsters either glamorized or humanized.  This film touches on those issues, but largely avoids them.  I might admire the ethics of that, but it makes for a less gripping movie.

WALTER CRONKITE, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday at his home in New York. He was 92. CBS News has a special tribute on their website, including video of his anchoring the JFK assassination.  But as today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, it seems like the clip to watch.

MISCHA BARTON, whose career cooled following her exit from the hit television show "The O.C.," has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for psychiatric observation.  According to the ever-relaible NYP, Barton was so high on coke following a marathon three-day bender that friends called cops afraid she would kill herself.

KATHERINE HEIGL & GERARD BUTLER, co-starring in the upcoming The Ugly Truth, were forced to evacuate the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles during a bomb scare. The punchline writes itself.

IRAN: Protesters clashed with security forces in Tehran after a sermon in which top cleric Hashemi Rafsanjani criticizes the election and calls for rule of law, unity and dialogue. A serving member of the paramilitary Basiji militia tells the Jerusalem Post of his role in suppressing opposition street protests in recent weeks, and his earlier service in the force, including his enforced participation in the rape of young Iranian girls prior to their execution.

IRAQ: The Iraqi government has moved to sharply restrict the movement and activities of US forces in a new reading of a six-month-old U.S.-Iraqi security agreement that has startled American commanders and raised concerns about the safety of their troops.

PUPPY & FAWN, playing together... mass hysteria!

BUZZARDS & DREADFUL CROWS attack joggers in Britain (home of the late Alfred Hitchcock).

WILD CAMELS are wreaking havoc in huge parts of Australia, eating the vegetation, destroying property, fouling and consuming water sources, desecrating indigenous sites and causing road accidents.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: A puppy with five legs... for the low price of four grand. A touching story, actually.

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CCR, Cracker, McCartney, Cutout Bin, Penguin Gas   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, July 17, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL!  Been a while since I featured Fogerty & Co., so here are live clips of "Travelin' Band," "Proud Mary," "Born on the Bayou" and "Green River."  You might also check out the synced clips for "Fortunate Son" (because the song is so good) and "Down on the Corner" (because the visuals are amusing).

CRACKER stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set streaming via NPR.

BEN LEE also stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set streaming via NPR.

NOMO stpped by OPB for a chat and mini-set in audio and video.

THE TOP SUMMERTIME SONGS, according to Spinner, comes with streaming audio, though there is some Mungo Jerry to avoid.

PAUL McCARTNEY stopped by the Ed Sullivan Theater after 45 years, for an interview and performances including "Get Back" and "Band On the Run."

HOW I STOPPED WORRYING and learned to love Phish. Carrie Brownstein is trying, anyway.

NEKO CASE talks to the Kansas City Star about songwriting, incorporating old songs into new sets, cameos, and more...

FIERY FURNACES: Matt Friedberger shuffles his iPod for The A.V. Club. 

THE CUTOUT BIN: From the Clash to Cream, from Grizzly Bear to ZZ Top, from the Velvet Underground to Glen Campbell, plus Tommy Keene, the New York Dolls, Bruce Springsteen, the Replacements and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide release is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, currently scoring 87 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.  500 Days of Summer, currently scoring 91 percent, opens in limited release.

MISCHA BARTON was removed by police from her West Hollywood home Wednesday, related to a "medical issue."

JESSICA SIMPSON is dazed and confused after being dumped by Dallas QB Tony Romo a day before her 29th birthday.

ORLANDO BLOOM wuz robbed! Burglars made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from his Hollywood Hills home.

MADONNA's tour set in Marseille, France collapsed yesterday, killing one person and injuring six.

WHIP IT, the roller-derby flick starring Ellen Page and directed by Drew Barrymore, has a trailer online.

AMY WINEHOUSE is officially divorced.

IRON MAN 2 is featured in Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con issue.

IRAN: 28-year-old protester Taraneh Mousavi (and others) are getting raped in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.  Iranian leaders are turning inward and rejecting engagement with the West as they blame outsiders for street protests. Iran's vice-president -- and nuclear chief --  has resigned. Israeli warships have deployed to the Red Sea for what has been described as a rehearsal for a possible attack on Iran.

UNDERWATER FARTING PENGUIN: Let's go to the video.

PIGS OF THE CARIBBEAN: Awww...some pics.

A FLORIDA PIG was tazed and taken into custody after the animal led Chipley police on a merry chase through downtown.

PET AIRWAYS: On Tuesday, the first flight for the first-ever all-pet airline took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y.

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