Lo-fi king Daniel Johnston was admitted to the Tomball Regional Medical Center in his hometown of Waller, TX last Wednesday after experiencing incoherency and an inability to walk, his website reports.
OK, overweight hipsters. Time to turn off our computers and hit the pavement. We've got some pounds to sweat off, and the DFA 's James Murphy is our personal trainer.
Pop Multitasking Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt has written a song to accompany each of the A Series of Unfortunate Events books written by his pal Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, the last of which, The End, was published last week. (Actually, Merritt wrote two, "Freakshow" and "Walking My Gargoyle," for The Carnivorous Carnival.) And, rightly, he decided that of all his
Joshua Sharp and John L. Ferrer report: Rocketing into the air on the propulsive force of their onion-powered jetpacks, Radiohead have announced the release date for their forthcoming single.
Children around the world are braced for a bittersweet moment as the 13th and final volume of Lemony Snicket's best-selling children's books, "A Series of Unfortunate Events," hits stores today. [Podcast: Lunchtime with Lemony Snicket.] Titled...
Stephin Merritt, the Magnetic Fields' ringleader, has written and recorded songs inspired by Daniel Handler's Lemony Snicket books. The collection was released this week.
As previously reported, Tom Waits sets his Orphans : Brawlers , Bawlers & Bastards loose on America November 21 and Europe the day before, via Anti . Two already escaped prematurely-- "Bottom of the World" and "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" -- and Pitchfork just scooped up another one.
Oh, you tried to call me just now and I didn't answer? Sorry, I was busy undergoing the most pointless three minutes and forty-nine second of my existence, and the music was loud.
Surprise surprise! The new Art Brut track features Eddie Argos shouting over punky chords and a sloppy rhythm. No news there. However, the production on their forthcoming single "Nag Nag Nag Nag" (due November 13 on Mute ) is much slicker than that of Bang Bang Rock & Roll , and the band seems more sure of itself.
The "Conan" appearance, where the band plans to perform the brand new song "Fernando", happens tonight on NBC (12:35am EST). The NPR stint , a recording of Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins' 9:30 Club show, will be webcast live around 7:30pm EST Sunday evening.