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Plus: Willie Nelson, Roger McGuinn of the Byrds Sorry, Adam Duritz. You don t get to be . But guess what?

In Velvet Goldmine/Far From Heaven director Todd Haynes forthcoming feature I m Not There, six other people do-- including Richard Gere, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and even Cate Blanchett. Each plays a Dylan of a different period in the experimental flick, presently in post-production and tentatively slated for release later this year.
A lot of fine folks who aren t playing Dylan get to do the next best thing-- cover the man s timeless songs for the film s soundtrack.

While details have not yet been completely confirmed, we do know , , and -- with , , and the Byrds -- are among the acts giving it the old Dylan try.
According to Rollingstone.com, Stephen Malkmus takes on Dylan s Maggie s Farm and Ballad of a Thin Man -- with Dylan bandmember Tony Garnier in his band and Sonic Youth s Lee Ranaldo in the producer s chair.

Judging from a post on the Malkmus website, it seems the indie icon s cover will appear in the film itself with an actor mouthing the words: Maybe we arent supposed to talk about this too much. but one of our favorite movie stars inhabits senor jick s voice to perfection, claims the Malkmus site.
The Hold Steady, meanwhile, take on B-side Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?

, according to a post on sound engineer s website (intense high five to reader Kaley Evans for the tip!). Mustachioed Hold Steady keyboardist confirmed the band s participation in I m Not There on his own website.

Calexico contribute a rendition of Street Legal s Se or (Tales of Yankee Power) , joined by folk legend Willie Nelson and flamenco guitarist Salvador Duran. The band performed and briefly discussed their cover on Minnesota Public Radio last September. Check out the video .

Finally, in an August 2006 with The Daily Californian, Joey Burns of Calexico mentioned My Morning Jacket s Jim James had lent vocals to another Calexico-backed I m Not Here Dylan cover (apparently set to appear in a Richard Gere scene), and that Calexico had recorded tracks for Roger McGuinn for a third soundtrack contribution.
Contrary to early reports, Jack White will not be participating, according to his publicist. Other rumored participants include PJ Harvey, Aimee Mann, and Michael Stipe.

Now that new rave is all the rage in the UK press, there s never been a better time to embrace an old rave touchstone: London electronic duo , who ve been making you gyrate for nearly 20 years now.
You ll probably want to keep your hips in check, however, while viewing the Underworld co-scored drama in movie theaters this winter. , Underworld s Karl Hyde and Rick Smith teamed up with film composer Gabriel Yared to compose the score to the film, the latest from director Anthony Minghella (Cold Mountain, The English Patient).

The Underworld/Yared soundtrack hits shops December 5 via V2, while the corresponding film-- which stars Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, and some other pretty people enduring conflict, rising action, and resolution in London-- lands in New York and L.A. cineplexes on December 9.

The rest of us uncultured Americans will have to wait until January 19 to throw popcorn at it.
Given the setting, Law s presence, the poster portraits, the trailer s allusions to infidelity, and the press release s claim the film explores the darker side of relationships and human emotion , this thing looks an awful lot like Closer lite. Check out the trailer and stream two soundtrack selections by tapping the links below.

We ve been jamming here in Abbey Road [studios] for a while now and having a really good time, producing some very different music, Hyde told Pitchfork late last year regarding Underworld s collaboration with Yared.
Minghella can dig it: Witnessing Gabriel, Karl and Rick in a room together was a revelation, said the director in the aforementioned press release. Aw, group hug!

If your anorak feels extra snuggly and your chai tastes especially sweet today, that s probably because are on the prowl once again. The seminal Glasgow shambling indie pop trio has returned in earnest, with a new album, a collaboration, and a live score for a theatre production all in the works for you, their polite and devoted fanbase.
First up, the Pastels have contributed original music to , a new, somewhat experimental play written and directed by Gerard McInulty-- aka Caeser, formerly of Factory/Sarah Records act (which also at one point included a young Bobby Gillespie) and presently of .

The work previews November 17 and 18 and runs from the 21-25 at Edinburgh s , with Pastels Stephen McRobbie and Katrina Mitchell in attendance to contribute live music to each performance.
According to their and current label home, , the band have also been diligently working on a brand new full length-- technically the follow-up to 1997 s Illumination, and their first collection of new material since the 2002 film soundtrack The Last Great Wilderness. Chalk up the long wait to the fact that the Pastels have been busy concentrating on their Domino-affiliated imprint , and also busy being honest and adorable.

Also on the way: a collaboration with Tokyo twee duo . No word yet on titles or release dates for either record, but after a nearly ten year Pastels hiatus, I suppose we can stand to wait just a wee bit longer. Since manic emo-ters -- for whom she shredded cello for four years, lending an electrifying edge to band s live show, LP The Ugly Organ, and EPs Burst and Bloom and 8 Teeth to Eat You-- s days have only gotten busier.

Presently she s collaborating all willy-nilly, chipping away at a solo/not-solo record, and appearing with and Charles Barkley on national late-night television.
Cohn joined Chan Marshall s Memphis Rhythm Band for several shows on the chanteuse s recent tour. As the ace cellist and sometime Pitchfork contributor-- now living once again in her native New York-- wrote in a recent e-mail to Pitchfork, playing with Chan Marshall and Co.

has been an absolute blast.
They were so welcoming, and we just sat around for hours in between shows, talking about music..

.I ve never played a show where everyone smiled at each other during the set, she enthused.
Cohn also performed with Cat Power on this year s Halloween episode of Late Night With Conan O Brien .

Also a guest that night: none other than Charles Barkley, famous for having his name pun d by Gnarls Barkley. Apparently he played basketball too, or something.
Late night is so funny, wrote Gretta.

Hours of waiting, two minutes of playing, and some serious makeup on the face. Yo La Tengo, Animal Collective on Shortbus Soundtrack So yes, s (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) new film is the one where some dude sings our nation s national anthem into another dude s butt. Perhaps you ve also heard it s a skin flick with heart, or that it takes a thoughtfully candid look at the sexploits of various dispossessed persons, or that it s phenomenal and/or abominable.

What you may not have heard is that it also boasts a bangin soundtrack featuring an exclusive cut by , among other treasures. And who better than lovemonkey Conor Oberst and his label to bring that amor-rific soundtrack to the streets? Shortbus (the CD) arrives November 7 bearing previously unreleased YLT tune Wizard s Sleeve alongside still fresh selections from Animal Collective, Azure Ray, the Hidden Cameras, Swedish glam-rockers the Ark, and even a few Shortbus (the film) stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Justin Bond (aka Kiki of Kiki Herb fame), Scott Matthew, and Jay Brannan.

Perfect for, dear god, sing-alongs with your friends! When we heard that had created a new song for the soundtrack to the new Will Ferrell film , we knew not to anticipate an ambient drone piece or a skull-crushing noise dirge. And, as expected, Spoon deliver an upbeat ditty balancing just the right amount of polish and scuzz, with chugging acoustic guitar and piano infused with splashes of strings and horns (possibly synthesized).

Close your eyes, and a montage of Ferrell engaged in a series of goofy antics is right there. , Stranger Than Fiction opens in theaters on November 10, and the soundtrack comes out on Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax on November 7. The score was composed by s Britt Daniel in collaboration with Marie Antoinette/Lost in Translation/Thumbsucker music supervisor Brian Reitzell.

In addition to The Book I Write and pieces of the score, the soundtrack album includes the previously released Spoon tracks The Way We Get By , My Mathematical Mind , and Vittorio E , as well as songs by Delta 5, Califone, M83, Maximo Park, the Jam, the Upsetters, and more. In other Spoon news, the band recently updated its website to reveal that they are hard at work on their sixth album, working in their hometown of Austin, Texas with longtime producer Mike McCarthy. In an interview with Billboard.

com last week, Daniel said that the album is half done, and that it is tentatively slated to be released in April or May of 2007. According to their website, songs being considered for the album include Don t Make Me a Target , My Little Japanese Cigarette Case , Kindness Kills Them , Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga , Black Like Me (wha?!

), The Way You Said, Yeah He Did , and Eddie s Ragga . the year are a Britt Daniel solo show at the Parish in Austin next Thursday, November 2, with opening acts Pink Nasty and Sally Crew, as well as an The fest will also feature Peaches, the Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, Dead Meadow, Prefuse 73, Whitey, and more. The soundtrack to , the new Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson movie, now has a release date and a tracklist.

, the score was composed in part by s Britt Daniel, who collaborated with Marie Antoinette/Lost in Translation/Thumbsucker music supervisor Brian Reitzell.
The biggest news for Spoon fans, though, is that the band contributed The Book I Write , a completely new song written for the movie. Other artists on the soundtrack include Califone, M83, Maximo Park, the Jam, and omnipresent soundtrack man Vangelis.

Stranger Than Fiction opens in theaters on November 10, and the soundtrack comes out on Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax on November 7. Just three days after that their next album, Friend Opportunity, will be released on / on January 23, 2007, have dribbled out even more delicious morsels of newsy goodness. First of all, there s the Friend Opportunity tracklist, which is printed below, as well as the fact that the album artwork was created by Scottish artist , the man behind Bonnie Prince Billy s Agnes Queen of Sorrow and Blur s Good Song videos.

Then there s the announcement that the band is working with composer Ed Shearmur on the soundtrack to the film Dedication, directed by actor Justin Theroux (Mulholland Drive, Six Feet Under, Miami Vice) and starring Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson, and Amy Sedaris. Finally, and most amazingly, on October 23 and 24, at Waterman s Community Center in North Haven, Maine, the will perform a Milk Man ballet, based on Deerhoof s 2004 album of the same name. It will primarily feature kids from grades three through eight.

In fifteen years, if you meet a kid who graduated from North Haven Community School in North Haven, Maine, and they complain about how much their elementary school or middle school sucked, feel free to call them a liar, and then beat them up.
when music is described as cinematic, we imagine it as the soundtrack to some discovery of some lost civilization. We re certainly not thinking about Miami Vice, the kind of film that itself can barely be called cinematic.

Then again, maybe we underestimate the Foxx/Farrell vehicle, because have seen something in it. Or at least unbelievable (and kind of awesome) as it seems, Mogwai are indeed contributing two Mr. Beast tracks, We re No Here soundtrack, where they ll sit next to the likes of Goldfrapp, Moby, and India.

Arie. Ah, India.Arie and Mogwai, together at last.

released July 25, and also features contributions from Emilio Estefan and John Murphy, who sums up the Do you have a news tip for us? Anything crazy happen at a show you attended recently? Do you have inside info on the bands we cover?

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