Murder By Death played the Flat, Black and Circular record store in Lansing, MI, last year, supporting its third full-length, In Bocca Al Lupo. This low-key performance of “Dynamite Mine” puts much more emphasis on the inherent tension of Turla’s doom-country stomp compared to the fiery dynamics of the full band’s electric show.

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Southland Tales, Richard Kelly’s follow up to the sleeper hit Donnie Darko, finally has a trailer (on youtube, too). Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star […]

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Actors and actresses who turn to singing usually end up the butt of endless jokes, eh Bruno? Yet, somehow, Scarlett Johansson’s dabbling seems exempt from such jaded scorn. Oh, it’s just because she’s she’s mind-bogglingly hot. Well, probably, but Miss Johansson has certainly upped her credibility since she recorded this old jazz standard, having announced […]

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For the ever-dwindling loyalists who still haven’t given up on ole Fat Bob, here’s at least one train-wreck you don’t have to worry about anymore: Surgically enhanced, professional lip-syncher Ashley Simpson has publicly denied that there was any truth to a collaboration with The Cure’s Robert Smith: “That was never true. I was like, ‘Oh my God, […]

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If nothing else, John Lydon has always been good for a soundbite. And when you give him an easy target like Sting, you know he won’t miss: “You know listening to Stink try to squeak through ‘Roxanne’ one more time, that’s not fun. It’s like letting air out of a balloon.” Amusing as it is, Lydon […]

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Amy Winehouse won Best UK Female last night on the MOBO Awards, but her performance was “disheveled and lackluster”, according to NME: “The singer swayed precariously on stage, fidgeting with her mini-dress and gazing distractedly to the side of the stage, whilst she struggled with the words to ‘Tears Dry On Their Own’ before mumbling […]

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Gina Gershon, who we all remember from that lesbian bondage flick, Bound, with Jennifer Tilly, wrote an entire album about the search and recovery of her beloved cat, Cleo. No lie. She’s doing a residency at The Box in NYC two days a week the month of October. Check out this insane cover art: Stream the crazy-ass video for “Pretty […]

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