are no strangers to the film music game. In 2006 alone, the band provided music for Half Nelson and Snow Cake. They re continuing the trend in 2007 with their score for , which on February 8 will open the Panorama program of the .
Ellen Page (Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand) plays the film s protagonist, Tracey Berkowitz. Vancouver author Maureen Medved wrote the screenplay based on her own book of the same title, a psychodrama about a girl looking for her lost brother who thinks he s a dog. According to a press release, the film is a stirring tragic comedy and a 21st century Catcher in the Rye, told in a dazzling pop-art fashion.
Though it sounds like a little bit like a Wes Anderson movie, it s actually Canadian director Bruce McDonald s project.
The February 8 screening will be the film s world premiere, and there is no word of future screenings or a commercial release of Broken Social Scene s score. What happens when , , and get together?
They have a seance, apparently. On January 25, Trentem ller provided a live soundtrack to Eyerophany, an abstract David Lynch film.
This event was a s e ance without spirits calling for the apparition and the impossible act of seeing with the Mystery Eye, according to the website for the in Bologna, Italy, where the thing took place.
(No, we have no idea what they re talking about either.) And that s not even mentioning the shortcircuits with part of the night. We thought that guy never left the house!
Those of us who weren t able to attend the s e ance of the century can console ourselves with Trentem ller s Moan , the second single from . The single will come out digitally and in two separate vinyl editions on March 6.
We ve been swooning over s concept-heavy albums (like last year s ) for a while now, but the British producer has not limited his output to just records.
He has also been quietly recording film music for a decade now. will release a 17-track compilation of these pieces in April, simply titled Score.
Score collects Herbert s soundtrack work from seven films and one ballet piece, much of which was arranged by frequent collaborator Pete Wraight.
The compilation includes his work with Blanca Li (the choreographer of Daft Punk s Around the World ) and Etienne Chatiliez, who Herbert is currently recording with at Abbey Road s Studio One for a new film. That project is, according to a press release, a musical called Agathe Clery, about a white racist who turns black. could not be reached for comment.
True to his dedication to avoid the use of pre-set keyboard sounds, drum machines, or secondary musical sources, the sounds Herbert sampled for these pieces relate conceptually to the films for which they were recorded. Thus, in his rejected demos for Manolete (a bullfighting flick), he used the sound of blood and hair, dust and cloth, and even the bull itself to generate percussion. And in his score for Set Boundaries , a live performance piece about borders, all the percussion [was] made out of bullets from RAF Tornado shells that were used in Iraq, and from Israeli bullets.
I just wanted to reinforce the idea that national boundaries are defended with ruthless violence. Man, talk about commitment. R.
E.M., Lips, Ward Cover Radiohead, More on Comp
Also: Magic Numbers, Paul Weller, Robert Plant, Sia, Dido, Damien Rice, Girls in Hawaii is making mornings more eclectic than ever.
On the way to the office, listeners can now catch its diverse programming, get their daily grind on with a wide assortment of Starbucks joe, and, while they re at it, pick up a Starbucks/KCRW covers compilation. How s that for variety? On March 13, KCRW and Starbucks Entertainment will co-release Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project at select Starbucks locations (Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, San Diego, Austin, Boston, and Washington, D.
C.) and . covers from the Flaming Lips (doing Radiohead s Knives Out ), R.
E.M. (John Hartford s Gentle on My Mind ; made famous by Glen Campbell), M.
Ward (David Bowie s Let s Dance ), Rufus Wainwright and Chris Stills Fears Mad World ; made famous in Donnie Darko), and more, all originally performed live in the KCRW studio for Nic Harcourt s Morning Becomes Eclectic program. Well..
.except for the Lips, who studio. K.
D. Lang also does us the disservice of giving the world yet another inferior cover of Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah . will assist the station in digitizing its huge (60,000+ albums) music library.
put toward the same cause. The event is set to take place on April 14 at University City, California s Gibson Amphitheater. The Shins, Lily Allen, Cold War Kids, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Bitter:Sweet will perform, and the Pinker Tones will entertain at the after-party.
Still one of the hardest working men in indie showbiz, folk-pop institution has lined up a month-long set of live engagements across the U.S. The jaunt kicks off tonight with a string of four East Coast through the 27th, hitting fifteen more cities along the way.
features an original score by Richman, as well as his, er, riches: Jonathan While the film is currently without a release date, it s never too early people adrift in The City, and the choices they make in their search for meaning in the face of an increasingly oppressive and alienating society. Could be the next There s Something About Mary, who knows?
Hey, even the academically successful get a little choked up sometimes!
Hence, Canadian agit-pop tremblers have Tears of the Valedictorian, the quartet s fourth full-length, set for Swan Lake) and company, featuring typically zany titles and copious punctuation. The LP follows up last July s Acuarela EP , and guess what? Frog Eyes hit the road this spring to support their latest creation, yapping and yelping down to SXSW for a one-off showcase spot, then circumnavigating the continent in May.
The den will be empty for the next month, as the band kicks off an extensive North American tour tonight in Philadelphia. Dirty Projectors will lend support for much of the first half of the trek, with the latter half handled by San Francisco s Papercuts. spring festival appearances on the calendar as well; they ll perform at in California on April 29, ATP vs the Fans in England on May 18, and Barcelona s on May 31.
second LP, Back Numbers (out February 27 via / ), are ready for a little Avventura on the open road. The couple-- Dean, surname Wareham, best known for his work in Luna and Galaxie 500, and Britta, surname Phillips, known for playing in Luna and the Belltower, providing cartoon voice-overs, and whipping up a mean water filter-- take to the the tour trail this March, beginning in Philadelphia. Along the way they ll hit up most major cosmopolitan areas in the U.
S. and Canada, closing things out Johnson and keyboardist/melodica player Lara Meyerratken.
To get the kids stoked for the forthcoming jaunt and record release, Dean finished.
..it was something we were creeping around with at home.
Appropriately, it has that gauzy, homespun feel, and will likely make you wish you were back at your place cuddling up with a loved one, instead of staring at this cold, dispassionate computer screen.
Bjork, Chili Peppers Set to Rock Roskilde
Bjork also primed for Coachella, Glastonbury, Open'er Quickly shaping up to be Europe s answer to Coachella, the its name. Expect many, many more acts to join the bill in the coming weeks.
And if you re feeling a d e j vu-like sensation right now, that s probably Does this mean Rage Against the Machine s gearing up for the Rosk as well? Considering had Guns lsquo;n Roses, we won t rule out the Timbaland, Antony, Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt), Konono No 1, and more. Gal must have festival fever, too: she s also playing Gdynia, Poland s Open er Festival alongside the Beastie Boys.
That fest crashes Eastern Europe from June 29 to July 1. As if that weren t enough, she s onboard for Glastonbury as well will record their first proper studio album in February at Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, New Jersey. s Lee Ranaldo will produce the record, and bandmate Thurston Moore will release it on his label.
According to drummer Pete Nolan, former guitarist Leah Quimby is currently enjoying domestic bliss with Rob [Thomas] from Sunburned [Hand of the Man] in Boston. Thus, the new record will feature Nolan and guitarist/vocalist Elisa Ambrogio as a duo, along with whomever they snare as a guest here and there, according to Moore.
There are also plans for a DVD documenting the legendary Was it a memory or were we dreaming?
first phase of Markers history: the trio with original member Leah Quimby. This will rule, says Moore.
Also ruling is the name of the Markers upcoming tour, which begins March 8 at a venue to be announced in Brooklyn: Relax in a Panic Free Environment Spring 2007 Deep Fucking South Tour .
Noise rockers give everything the best titles.
Back. Street s.
Back. Alright! Oh, wait-- wrong Everybody .
Whoops! Guess I just had boy bands on the brain. But Chicago indie institution They ve got experience, having played together for nearly 15 years, and they ve got fidelity, having stuck with hometown label since the beginning.
Come May 8, Thrill Jockey will serve up yet another Sea and Cake testament to raging manliness, the quartet s seventh album to date: drummer John McEntire (werewolf). What they may lack in synchronized dance moves, they more than make up for with sparkling, graceful arrangements and thoughtful every Sea and Cake album before it-- exactly 10 songs. Unlike the band s previous LPs, this one was recorded with some help from sound engineer Brian Paulson (Wilco, Slint) at Michigan s Key Club.
It was like a little slowly piecing together a electronic record, while Prekop also has a book of photography on the way. Expect the Sea and Cake to hit the road this spring to rock your body right.
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