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Mountain Goats, Tift Merritt, Jake Bugg, Catfight   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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TELEKINESIS plays Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" for the A.V. Club Undercover.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS play a set at the Newport Folk Festival

TIFT MERRITT played a set at the Newport Folk Festival, with a cameo from Andrew Bird.

FUTUREBIRDS play psych-tinged folk-rock live in the KEXP studio.

JAKE BUGG performs an acoustic mini-set at The Current

JANE'S ADDICTION drops "Another Soulmate" as a single.

NINE INCH NAILS drops "Copy of A" as a single.

JAN & DEAN:  I figured I'd slip in "Surf City" for the dog days of Summer.  Toss in an off-the-TV clip of "Dead Man's Curve" from their comeback and you have Twofer Tuesday, not to mention an argument between Barry & Dick.  FYI, technically, neither Barry nor Dick is right, though Dick is closer to the truth.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle talks to Weekend Edition about recording All Hail West Texas on a boombox.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Scott Hutchison talked songwriting with Chicago magazine ahead of Lollapalooza.

NEKO CASE talked to Vue Weekly about the more personal songs on The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

REM's rare fan club singles could be released as a charity box set, guitarist Peter Buck has told the BBC.

AMANDA BYNES' psychiatric hold was extended for another 30 days.

JUSTIN BIEBER jammed out a naked serenade for his grandma. There's a picture.

PAULA DEEN: In one of the most supremely ironic court decisions in a long time, a judge threw out the racial discrimination claim that caused the celeb her career.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE is on the cover of Vogue.

GEORGE LUCAS and his wife welcomed their first biological child. No word on the midichlorian count.

ANGUS T. JONES, cut as a lead from Two and a Half Men six weeks ago, has close friends and family worried about his well-being.

WORLD WAR Z has become Brad Pitt's highest-grossing film.

THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED: Behind-the-scenes footage from the shelved Jerry Lewis Holocaust movie surfaced online.

A SENIOR US OFFICIAL said the recent al Qaeda threat "expanded the scope of people we could go after" in Yemen because it shed light on those who are providing direct support for terrorism.

 

EGYPT: Authorities said they have postponed plans to disperse two Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo. A Muslim Brotherhood official said authorities would be able to disperse the sit-ins only "through a massacre of tens of thousands". The detention of former president Mohammed Morsi was extended for the second time.

IRAQ: After almost eight years in power, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is showing signs he never wants to leave.

DOGS break up a cat fight.

THE BUTTER COW, an Iowa State Fair tradition since 1911,was vandalized by the group Iowans for Animal Liberation. BONUS: There are more than 60 foods on-a-stick at this years fair; they celebrate them in song.

JURASSIC SQUIRREL: 165m years ago, when feathered dinosaurs shared the land.

SLOTH HOARDING: Monique Pool came to the rescue of the sloths when their habitat was marked for destruction - but she never expected to find 200 of them.

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Superchunk, No Age, Ty Segall, Julia Holter, Cat vs Horse   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS play The Ramones' "Go Lil' Camaro Go" for The A.V. Club Undercover.

SUPERCHUNK is advance streaming I Hate Music.

NO AGE is advance streaming An Object.

TY SEGALL is advance streaming Sleeper.

JULIA HOLTER is advance streaming Loud City Song.

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: "Summerlove Sensation."

HARRY NILSSON: American Beatle, filthy drunk, and the great lost music genius of the 1970s.

JOHN VANDERSLICE: Engadget tours his Tiny Telephone studio.

THE CIVIL WARS: Joy Williams talks to the CBC about the band's tension-laden second LP.The New York Times performs an autopsy of sorts.

EYDIE GORME, who – performing everything from ballads to bossa nova with singing partner and husband Steve Lawrence – made an indelible impression on American audiences during the swingin' '60s, died Saturday after a brief illness. She was 84.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Elysium tops the chart with 30.4 million against its 115 million budget.  That's disappointing for both the film and Matt Damon, whose post-Bourne career has been less than stellar. Consider that We're The Millers places with 26.6 million, but 38 million since opening Wednesday against a 37 million budget.  In which movie would you prefer to have invested? Last week, I was talking with my Dad about Jennifer Aniston's post-Friends career -- I don't care for most of her choices, but she's had a string of 100 million-plus pictures with considerably lower budgets.  Planes shows with 22.5 million against a 50 million budget.  That low budget will put Planes in the black, but it verges on bait-and-switch -- this poorly reveiwed kiddie-fare is the work of Disney's straight-to-video unit, not Pixar.  Percy Jackson debuts in the No. 4 slot with 14.6 million, a blah performance for a blah sequel in a blah franchise.  2 Guns rounds out the Top 5 with 11.1 million. That's a 59 percent plunge from its No. 1 debut, but still a lock to make money once the worldwide receipts are tallied.

LINDSAY LOHAN was reportedly up late partying with The Wanted, eight days out of rehab. Her rep denies, natch.

VINCE VAUGHN and his wife Kyla welcomed their second child, a son.

JAY LENO's final Tonight Show will air Feb. 6. The cast and crew will be paid through next September.

ASHLEY TISDALE is engaged to her musician boyfriend Christopher French.

CHRIS BROWN suffers a seizure, blames the media.

USHER wins his child custody battle.

SYRIA: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it has documented the deaths of 106423 people since the start of the conflict in March 2011, but estimated that the actual number of casualties is twice that.

IRAN's new defense minister masterminded the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Lebanon.

IRAQ: Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 69 people in a wave of car bombings in major cities throughout Iraq. Dozens of tribal leaders in Anbar province vowed not to shelter al Qaeda leaders and fighters who escaped from Abu Ghraib prison last month.

CAT vs HORSE: Who you got?

A BEAR stops by an Idaho kitchen for stir-fry.

KITTEN rescued in TV studio.

A CROTCH CHOMPING FISH invades the southeastern coast of Sweden.

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John Hughes, Franz Ferdinand, Savages, Cutout Bin, Bear JetSki   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, August 09, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with JOHN HUGHES! The sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, buds, wasteoids, dweebies and dickheads, they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. The writer/director behind "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Weird Science," National Lampoon's "Vacation" movies, "Home Alone," "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" and many more died Aug 5, 2009.  Hughes masterfully married music to movies, so I pay video tribute to him today, starting (of course) with "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds from The Breakfast Club (the drumming o­n this song is impeccable), and Karla DeVito's "We Are Not Alone," along with the Ramones playing "Blitzkrieg Bop" (from National Lampoon's Vacation), David Bowie's "Young Americans" and The Vapors o­ne-hit wonder, "Turning Japanese" and Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" (all from Sixteen Candles, which opens to a clip of veteran WLS DJs Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards), Van Halen's cover of "(Oh) Pretty Woman" and General Public's "Tenderness" (both from Weird Science), the Psychedelic Furs re-recorded title track from Pretty In Pink, which also featured Jon Cryer lip-synching to Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" (that last clip is a blistering live take from the 1967 Stax tour -- and excellent, btw), The Smiths' "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (a Hughes perennial), and OMD's "If You Leave," plus two more from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, "Danke Schoen" and "Twist and Shout" (which was shot o­n Dearborn and Randolph Streets in Chicago, with International Polka Queen Vlasta atop the float, though Cameron and Sloane were in front of the Post Office), plus Yello's unforgettable-no-matter-how-you-try "Oh, Yeah." Videos are scarce for Some Kind of Wonderful, but I found Flesh for Lulu's "I Go Crazy" and the March Violets' take on the Stones' "Miss Amanda Jones."

FRANZ FEDRINAND played sessions at Morning Becomes Eclectic and WNYC Soundcheck.

SAVAGES play a savage mini-set at WNYC Soundcheck.

KENDRA MORRIS plays a mini-set of her own stuff at WNYC Soundcheck, but also check out the embedded, soulful cover of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."

THE MONKEES' teaser reel and unseen pilot are embedded at Dangerous Minds

THE AVETT BROS drop "Another Is Waiting" ahead of Magpie and the Dandelion.

COOKIE MONSTER spoofs Icona Pop's hit song "I Love It".

PHOENIX talks to The Grid about writing songs like nature films, rejecting high society, and loving a Beastie Boy.  (Thx,Chromewaves.)

ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL: The fmr Pipette talks to The Quietus about her new music.

JON WURSTER, one of indie rock's best-known drummers, tals to Consequence of Sound about four years of sobriety.

THE STORIES BEHIND 22 Classic Album Covers.

CUTOUT BIN: From Sinatra to Steely Dan, from Big Star to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, fromBob Dylan to Run-DMC, plus Crowded House, the Beach Boys, Blondie, The Beatles mashed up with Nine Inch Nails and more  -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are: Pixar's Planes, which is currently scoring 26 ercent on the ol' Tomatometer (as I feared from the trailer);  Elysium, which is currently scoring 71 percent;  We're the Millers, which opened Wednesday and stands at 40 percent; and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, which also openedWed and stands at 33 percent.

LEAH REMINI filed a missing persons report on Shelly Miscavige, the wife of the leader of the Church of Scientology.

BRUCE WILLIS reportedly demanded a million a day for The Expendables 3.

AMANDA BYNES' parents hope doctors will seek a legal ruling to keep the troubled actress locked up for at least another 30 days.

KATE UPTON in Elle magazine, in time for Gratuitous Friday.

BEYONCE cut her hair; David Crosby hardest hit.

SIMON COWELL & HOWARD STERN top the Forbes list of TV's Highest-Paid Celebs.

KAREN BLACK, the Oscar nominee known for her roles in Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, Airport 1975, The Day of the Locust, Robert Altman’s Nashville and Hitchcock’s Family Plot, has died at 74 after a battle with cancer.

THE ARAB SPRING: A gift to Al Qaeda?

IRAN: A letter purportedly signed by over 50 prominent political prisoners, most of whom are currently incarcerated, was sent to President Obama urging him to seek dialogue with new president Rouhani, to remove sanctions, and to seek a "dignified" solution to the issue of Iran's nuclear program. Two days ago, in his first press conference, President Rouhani called for direct talks with the US on the nuclear issue, but said the US must take the initiative; the US said the ball was in Iran's court.

SYRIA: Rebels led by two al Qaeda affiliates, the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, have killed over 200 people, captured dozens of villages, and seized an airport over the past two days in an Alawite area. Rebels are targeting aviation hubs in Aleppo as well, including the Kweiris military airport, the Neyrab military airport, and Aleppo International airport.

EGYPT: Supporters of former president Morsi took to the streets despite calls by authorities to end ongoing sit-ins.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: A Bear On A Jet-Ski. Compelling and rich.

SPIDERS delayed flights in Kansas on Saturday after the pests took over an air traffic control center.

PIGS enjoy a mudslide in Holland.

100 SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS were saved by a police officer in Sarasota.

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Tanya Donnelly, Felice Bros, Okkervil River, Dog's Guide   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, August 08, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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DR. DOG plays “When You’re A Gardener” on Yo Gabba Gabba.

TANYA DONNELLY is advance streaming Swan Song Series Vol. 1.

THE FELICE BROS played a set at the Newport Folk Festival.

LORD HURON played a set at the Newport Folk Festival.

SHOVELS & ROPE played a set at the Newport Folk Festival

OKKERVIL RIVER drops "Stay Young" ahead of  The Silver Gymnasium.

STARS drops "Wishful," the A-side of a single dropping next month.

ELF POWER has “A Grey Cloth Covering My Face” ahead of Sunlight On The Moon.

JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL-STARS: Live at the Ram Jam Club, circa 1967. Dang.

NEKO CASE talks to Billboard about the catharsis of her upcoming LP, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You.

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS leader Alex Ebert reflects on the cynicism directed toward 'post-ironic' music

THAO NGUYEN talks to The Rumpus about touring and working with female prisoners. (Thx, LHB.)

100 AND SINGLE: How The Hot 100 Became America's Hit Barometer.

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CHARLIE SHEEN's new "angels" are.... wait for it... er, adult film actresses. Shocka.

SIMON COWELL's affair with the now-knocked up Lauren Silverman started in 2009.

LINDSAY LOHAN's mom was missing from the family sober night out.

SYLVESTER STALLON calls BRUCE WILLIS greedy and lazy, ditches him in favor of Harrison Ford in The Expendables 3.

JENNIFER ANISTON really doesn't want to discuss babies.

USHER's ex-wife blames the singer for the near-death pool accident that landed their 5-year-old in ICU.

KEVIN FEIGE: Master of the Marvel (movie) Universe.

THE UNITED STATES filed murder charges against Ahmed Abu Khattala, who is linked to Ansar al Sharia, for his role in the murder of US personnel in the 2012 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi; sealed charges have also been filed against about a dozen others.

YEMEN: US officials said the recent flurry of drone strikes in Yemen were an attempt to disrupt an al Qaeda plot, but they are not sure if the strikes have disrupted it. The State Dept. evacuated some diplomatic staff from Yemen and urged US citizens to leave the country.

ISRAELI Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Iran is accelerating its uranium enrichment efforts. Former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said US opposition to an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program has moved from a red light to a yellow light.

LIBYA: Commenting on the US expectation that Libya will arrest accused Ansar al Sharia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala, a Libyan news outlet said that "any arrests or seizures could make the present security crisis in Benghazi look like a minor disturbance in comparison."

EGYPT: The presidency announced that foreign efforts to mediate the country's political crisis had failed.

A DOG's GUIDE to Training Your Owner.

FRANKENFISH: Caleb Newton hooked the record-breaking, 17-pound, 6-ounce northern snakehead in a creek in northern Virginia during a fishing tournament June 1.

SHARK ON THE SUBWAY: Leftover from Sharknado?

SWIMMING PIGS rule Big Major Cay in the Bahamas.

 

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Washed Out, Phosphorescent, Kitchens of Distinction, Baboon Strike   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, August 07, 2013 - 08:00 AM
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YO LA TENGO breaks out the whiteboard for "Is That Enough?"

WASHED OUT is advance streaming Paracosm.

PHOSPHORESCENT played a set at the Newport Folk Festival.

KINGSLEY FLOOD played a set at the Newport Folk Festival.

JOHN McCAULEY played a set at the Newport Folk Festival.

KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION drop “Japan To Jupiter” ahead of Folly, their first new music in 18 years.

EUGENE McGUINESS drops "Fairlight"; no news about a sophomore LP.

ISLANDS drops “Becoming The Gunship” ahead of Ski Mask.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., JR. still charm me with the McCartney-esque "Simple Girl."

THE CIVIL WARS: Joy Williams talks to the All Things Considered about their sophomore LP.

GRIZZLY BEAR: Ed Droste talks record sales, Spotify and more at the Denver Post.

REGINA SPEKTOR talks to Rolling Stone about her theme for Orange Is The New Black.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, ranked by Stereogum.

BRITNEY SPEARS can't hold a conversation, according to former Cheetah Girls star Adrienne Bailon, who worked with Spears on The X Factor.

TERRENCE HOWARD's ex-wife alleges he sucker punched her in the face, grabbed her by the neck and threw her against the wall.

DUSTIN HOFFMAN has been successfully treated for cancer.

CHARLIE SHEEN is now calling his harem "angels."

ZOOEY DESCHANEL is profiled by Marie Claire.

AMANDA SEYFRIED & PETER SARSGAARD, co-stars in the upcoming Linda Lovelace biopic, talk to GQ about watching pr0n.

JOHN MALKOVICH & BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH join the cast of Penguins of Madagascar.

THE AVENGERS 2: Loki is out.

AL QAEDA: Recent threats against US assets prompt a split in analysts about Ayman al-Zawahri.

EGYPT: The army and government are preparing to reach a deal with the Muslim Brotherhood that would see some members released from jail, assets unfrozen, and three ministerial positions given to the Islamist group.

IRAQ: Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 12 people in bombings in Baghdad, a policeman in a shooting a Fallujah, and two more civilians in a bombing in Khanaqin. Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda leader during a series of raids in western Anbar province.

 

A CAT sees his owner for the first time in six months. Sort of.

FLORIDA MAN survives shark attack. And monkeys. And a rattlesnake. And lightning.

A DOZEN BABOONS go on strike at a Dutch Zoo.

MAN SAVES DOG, then wife.

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