Smoking Popes performed “Simmer Down” for the Live! From the Rock Room series.
Smoking Popes – “Simmer Down” Live Video
Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Molly’s Game’ Adds to Cast
Jessica Chastain, Michael Cera, and Idris Alba have all been tapped to star in the upcoming film, Molly’s Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Borys Kit, writing for The Hollywood Reporter:
Chastain is starring as the film’s title character, a skier who, after her Olympic dreams are dashed, heads to Los Angeles and becomes a cocktail waitress. But she rises through the social circuit to became an organizer of underground poker games for the Hollywood elite, with players including Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. The real-life Bloom’s poker games came to an end when she was arrested by the FBI.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Go Robot” Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers have released their new video for “Go Robot.”
Joe Manganiello Cast as Deathstroke for Batman Movie
Joe Manganiello has been cast as Deathstroke for the upcoming Ben Affleck helmed Batman movie.
Geoff Johns, president of DC Entertainment and co-chief of DC Movies, confirmed the casting during an interview with The Wall Street Journal. It was also revealed that Johns, who was recently promoted to oversee DC’s film division, is currently writing the solo Batman feature that’s set to be directed by Affleck. In addition to Batman, the prolific comic book writer is working to develop The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg for the big screen. (WSJ also reports that Johns did a rewrite of the Wonder Woman script and worked with director Patty Jenkins to get it right; similarly, he worked with Zack Snyder on rewrites for The Justice League, which is currently filming in London.)
Peter Gabriel – “The Veil”
Peter Gabriel has debuted the new song “The Veil” on BBC Radio 6. The track was inspired by the upcoming Snowden film. Peter had this to say about the song:
As we become so visible in the digital world and leave an endless trail of data behind us, exactly who has our data and what they do with it becomes increasingly important.
Snowden’s revelations shocked the world and made it very clear why we need to have some way to look over those who look over us. With increasing terrorist attacks, security is critical, but not without any accountability or oversight.
I was very happy to learn Oliver Stone had decided to make a film about Edward Snowden and believe this is a powerful and inspiring film.
Oliver takes his music very seriously and I have always enjoyed collaborating with him and [music supervisor] Budd Carr.
The Snozzberries Taste Like Snozzberries
Super Troopers 2 has begun filming in Boston.
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – “Fire Escape”
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness has released their new track, “Fire Escape.”
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Cymbals Eat Guitars Stream New Album
Cymbals Eat Guitars are streaming their new album, Pretty Years, on NPR.
The Chain Gang of 1974 – “I Still Wonder”
The Chain Gang of 1974 have released their new track, “I Still Wonder.”
Regina Spektor – “Black and White”
Regina Spektor has released her new track, “Black and White.”
Beach Slang – “Atom Bomb” Video
Beach Slang have released their new video for “Atom Bomb.”
Zack de la Rocha – “Digging for Windows”
Zack de la Rocha has released his new solo single, “Digging for Windows.”
Against Me! Stream New Album ‘Shape Shift With Me’
The new Against Me! album, Shape Shift With Me, is streaming in full over at NPR. The album is due out next Friday, September 16th.
Interview: Anthony Green (Video)
Anthony Green’s new solo album, Pixie Queen, comes out on Friday. In this video interview, the singer-songwriter talks about love, family, addiction, mental health, and how they all found their way into his music. Green, in his music and in person, is candid, frank, and honest. He is also currently on tour to support this new album and the live show is a cross between a fireside sing along (fans literally joined armed and swayed in Baltimore) and a psychedelic rock trip. You’ll find the interview below.
2016: The Year Movies Sang
Nathan Hall, writing on Medium, about the relationship between movies and music in 2016:
Sing Street is another film about a band, focused more on the actual lifestyle and artistic side than the killing skinheads aspect. It’s one of the most beautiful distillations of what draws us to music, what it means to us to hear things expressed musically in a way we’ve never felt before, and the development of one’s own expression through the same medium. Ferdia Welsh-Peelo plays Conor, a young teen whose parents are fighting and whose brother is a burnout and who just had to enroll in a new school where the headmaster would rather you didn’t wear shoes at all if you don’t have the dress-code approved black ones. Amidst this angst, there’s the music.