Typically precious and bizarre yet ultimately uneventful mock interview between director Wes Anderson and actor Owen Wilson. It was billed as Owen Wilson’s first interview since his alleged suicide attempt, but anyone familiar with either of these guys will immediately pick up on the utter contrivance and affectation implicit in both men’s disingenuously casual banter. […]

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Win Butler of Arcade Fire wrote a lucid and unpretentious letter in response to Sasha Frere-Jones’ controversial piece that ran in The New Yorker recently regarding race and indie rock. Butler accompanied his letter with an audio response mp3, which included samples of Arcade Fire’s music to support his points: “Being as I am in […]

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I honestly can’t complain too much about this arbitrary list of the 11 best Joy Division songs, even with some unsurprising balkers making some noise. I’d probably jumble the order around a bit, while, perhaps, swapping out one or two selections, but, overall, it’s nothing to get a Joy Division fan’s dander up. Control opens […]

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Sidewise video? It’s worth it, trust me. 400+ Calvin Johnson’s can’t be wrong as they fill in for the “sample” at the end of “Pocketful of Money.” If you have the opportunity to catch Jens on this tour, I highly recommend it. In fact, it was by far the best show I’ve seen in years. […]

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By complete happenstance I came across Beat Crappening on YouTube the other day while trying to dig up a clip of Beat Happening. I only recently discovered that these talented cover artists are actually students from my Alma Mater. Kismet. Or some crap like that.

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Via House of Tomorrow comes word that the new Magnetic Fields release, entitled Distortion, will drop on January 15th, 2008. No details regarding a potential Volvo tie-in were mentioned. New single “I’m in a lonely way” is available now on iTunes.

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Rolling Stone is citing a post on a forum as its source, so whether this is legitimate news is up to you, but the rumor is that Heroes star Hayden Panettierre is set to portray the Plasmatics’ legendary front-woman, Wendy O. Williams, whose decade-spanning on-stage antics resulted in beatings, bans, and endless controversy. Williams is far more famous for […]

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