Over the next four minutes, you will see Julian Casablancas, lead singer and final member to go side-projectile from The Strokes, talk about stuff—his new solo album named Phrazes For The Young, The new Strokes album, his favorite new bands, his favorite song, his favorite Pilates instructor, his favorite vestmaker, his favorite type of peanut butter, his favorite ore, his favorite Picasso period etc etc—for the first time in three years. You will also hear snippets from said new album, which sounds like The Strokes made by one guy on many instruments. Don’t act like you’re not excited! (via A Modern Age via The Daily Swarm)
Attempting to pick a favorite movie from John Hughes’ filmography would be near impossible, so instead of trying, we’re taking the easy road and celebrating his easily best soundtrack. Known during his untouchable stretch of classic teen comedy-dramas in the ’80s—Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), Weird Science (1985), The Breakfast Club (1985), Sixteen Candles (1984)—for basically creating the seamless connection between the pitch-perfect scenes on screen and the underground, cutting edge pop music of the score, Hughes’ ultimate achievement on this front ironically never got a proper release. So, to celebrate his life and contribution to ours, here’s a (most likely temporary) link to the long-underrated soundtrack (with an assist from music supervisor Tarquin Gotch) for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Check the tracklist after the jump. So long, John.
Rumors abound that Ryan Gosling was dropped from Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Lovely Bones for having, eh how to put this, a touch of the pudge. And while that is hard to believe coming from the director who so publicly cast his own spare tire into the fires of Mordor, the fact that Gosling and Zach Shield’s music project is called Dead Man’s Bones (signed with Anti-Records) now takes on a new dimension as the band’s and film’s release dates approach. Is Dead Man’s Bones a shot at Jackson? A threat? An insult? Is Lovely Bones Jackson’s way of saying he’s sorry? Actually no, none of that makes any sense but how else can we get you excited about a tracklist and cover art?
01. Intro
02. Dead Hearts
03. In the Room Where You Sleep
04. Buried in Water
05. My Body’s a Zombie for You
06. Pa Pa Power
07. Young & Tragic
08. Paper Ships
09. Lose Your Soul
10. Werewolf Heart
11. Dead Man’s Bones
12. Flowers Grow Out of My Grave
Venerable Oxford, Mississippi label Fat Possum has recently been snatching up great new bands as if they knew something everyone else didn’t. Wavves and Crocodiles were the first surprise signings, and now they’ve got former Be Your Own Pet dude Jonah Stein’s band Turbo Fruits coming with a new album named Echo Kid in September. It’s loaded with twangy, loose and scratchy rebel rock that would sound really good as you and your buddy floor it towards the cliff’s edge to impress some girl. Don’t do that, just saying. We’re happy to offer one of Echo Kid’s finest moments—full of whistles and shouts, pounding drums and guitars about to fall apart. Check for Turbo Fruits on tour with the maniacal Monotonix in September and October and, if you gotta date coming up, catch them playing in the round in Drew Barrymore’s sure-to-be-classic rollerderby flick Whip It! on October 9th. Ellen Page is attached!
Thom Yorke and his fellows in Radiohead recently recorded “Harry’s Patch (In Memory Of)” as a tribute to the man of the title (must’ve been fun growing up with that name), the UK’s lone surviving soldier from WWI, who passed away at the age of 111 on July 25th from, we are assuming, boredom. 111 years is a longass time to be British (JUST KIDDING DUDES). Patch’s appearance on BBC radio inspired Yorke et al to record this war hymn in an abbey just before his death, as according to Yorke, “The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me… It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us. I hope we do not forget.” The former, fair enough, totally subjective; the latter, some (namely vets of that other World War) would argue that there are still many profound lessons to be gleaned from the millions still living who have fought and continue to fight in wars around the world. Anywayyyy, plenty of lessons for everyone. Listen to the song at Stereogum and buy it (with proceeds going to the British Legion) here.
Featuring music from: The Radio Dept., Badly Drawn Boy, Love Raid, Broken Social Scene, Portugal. The Man, Neon Indian, The Constellations, Everything Everything, The Drums, Crystal Fighters, Setting Sun, My Gold Mask, Overnight Lows, Me + Z, Cloud Nothings, Static Jacks, The Answering Machine, Bear Ceuse, Emma Pollock, Ash, The Seabellies, Here We Go Magic, Trances Arc, The New Pornographers, and Dr. Dog
We’re not sure Fela Kuti’s epic story should be told in any other format besides the musical, and we don’t even like musicals! That said, it just so happens we’re giving away two tickets to see the show for zero dollars. All you need to do is leave us a haiku in the comments before [...]
