Beck, Wilco, Feist, Jamie Lidell Team Up to Cover Skip Spence's Album Oar: PHOTO
Beck's Record Club: Can it get any more awesome? Yes it can. And it just did.As you know ...

Buzz-Worthy Video: Beck, Feist, Wilco Performing Together: PHOTO
Guaranteed way to make me drop everything I'm doing and press play: tell me that Beck, Feist, and Wilco are collaborating. It's true; Beck recruited the folk chanteuse, the rock band, and British singer Jamie Lidell to join him to perform a tribute to '60s musician Skip Spence. Their cover of Spence's song, "Little Hands," was recorded in the famous Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood in ultrahip black and white. The song is beautiful, but I'm still just beaming to see some of my favorite artists...

Music Notes: The Late Edition, November 13, 2009: PHOTO
King Khan & BBQ Show arrested, possibly charged with drug possession. Exclaim Beck, Wilco , Feist & Jamie Lidell to collaborate for Skip Spence "Record Club" tribute. Stereogum Rush's Alex Lifeson to appear on Trailer Park Boys . Chart Fucked Up , NOFX & King Khan & BBQ Show to work on 7" series. Exclaim ' St. Vincent to play Victoria & Vancouver. Exclaim [Photo: King Khan & BBQ Show in Ottawa, submitted by missionlessdays to our Last Night's Gig Flickr pool ]

News in Brief: Rock for Kids, Kevin Barker, Home, Laneway Festival: PHOTO
-- The Chicago music-education nonprofit Rock for Kids will hold its 21st annual Rock & Roll Auction at Chicago's Park West on December 4. The list of artists contributing items includes Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, Conor Oberst , Bloc Party, Andrew Bird, the Hold Steady, Phoenix, Sonic Youth, and Leonard Cohen. -- On January 25, Devendra Banhart's Gnomonsong label will release You and Me , the first album that Vetiver...

Jet, Passion Pit join Big Day Out
Aussie rockers Jet, indie electronica act Passion Pit and warped crooner Devendra Banhart are the highlights of the second Big Day Out announcement. The second addition of bands, confirmed today, also includes the Simian Mobile Disco DJs, Sasha, Jet, Midnight Youth, Head Like a Hole, Beenie Man, The Veils, Deja Voodoo, Kidz in Space, Cairo Knife Fight, Mountaineater, The True Lovers, Tim Phinn, Bandicoot and Lord of Tigers. Jet have just released their third album Shaka Rock , and are known for...

New Releases From The Music Tee: Monsters of Folk and Devendra Banhart: PHOTO
You may recall back in the summer of 2008 when Of Montreal released their album Skeletal Lamping in the form of buttons, paper lanterns, decals, tote-bags and t-shirts . Each of the items served as a port-key of sorts, transporting the audiophile on deck to a little place called the Internet where albums are downloaded. With the demise of the physical album predicted by just about every modern-day Nostradamus , professional musicians have begun to get creative with their packaging. The Music...

The 15 Scariest (and Most Culturally-Relevant) Beards of All Time
In honor of National Beard Month (and Movember , though we’re focusing on actual beards

Today, Devendra Banhart is excited about carrot juice.
Today, Devendra Banhart is excited about carrot juice. Today, Devendra Banhart is excited about carrot juice. On any other given day, he might focus his excitement on something else, like skateboarding, eyeglasses or the Wu Tang Clan. But, today, carrot juice. Calling from his rehearsal space in New York City where he is preparing for a secret show supporting Little Joy , he announces this quite matter-of-factly: "Today is the day I get stoked about carrot juice." Banhart's tendency to get...

David Poland's Oscar underdogs … where are the ladies?
For those of you bored of reading the same ever-narrowing list of names in the assorted Oscar-speculation pieces across the web, David Poland’s latest column is a slight breath of fresh air. Decrying the fact that many pundits are making ludicrous long-shot calls like “This Is It” for Best Picture, while ignoring more deserving contenders who could use the attention, Poland provides a list of less-hyped contenders in the top categories that he feels merit consideration. His...

Morning Roundup: Villegas Attorneys File Suit and More
Lawyers sue for documents relating to last year's incarceration of Juana Villegas, the illegal immigrant who was nine months pregnant and on the verge of childbirth, after a routine stop for a minor traffic violation.... Does the IRS owe you money for a change? Find out here .... Despite yesterday's setback , Common Cause Tennessee continues to push for paper ballots for the 2010 election.... Convention center supporters, um, support the convention center (who knew?), while Metro Council...

Music Notes: The Late Edition, November 5, 2009: PHOTO
Feist to play free show in Toronto tonight. Exclaim A.C. Newman , Leonard Cohen , Metric , K'Naan make Amazon Editors' Best Albums of 2009 list . Stereogum Broken Social Scene , Kardinal Offishal , Cale Sampson make Now Magazine's Readers' Best Music List . nowtoronto.com Patrick Watson to tour Europe. Chart Blue Rodeo to play rooftop show in Toronto Nov 10. Chart Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart to tour solo album. Exclaim [Photo: BSS @ Harbourfront Centre, submitted by ryanophoto to our Last Night's...

Leonard Cohen at TPAC's Jackson Hall, 11/5/09: PHOTO
Steve Cross Check out the slideshow for more photos . When Leonard Cohen took the stage at TPAC's Jackson Hall last night, he and his band probably could have soaked up the rapturous applause for half an hour, but they went right to work, opening with a breezy rendition of "Dance Me to the End of Love." Sitting in our snug theater seats (an unusual comfort for us), we needed about three songs before we got our heads around the fact that yes, we were actually here. In the same room with Leonard...

Leonard Cohen: The latest on the greatest: PHOTO
S o, you thought you'd missed your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this world's contemporary Shakespeare -- Leonard Cohen -- up-close and personable since his wildly successful world-wide tour concludes next Friday the 13th @ San Jose's HP Pavilion? Have I got news for you. More dates for the European leg of the tour have just been announced. Commencing in Caen, France on March 1st next year, the maestro of munificent magnanimity will call it a wrap in Zagreb, Croatia March 15th. Visit...

Meet Maggie Castle: VIDEO
Say hello to Maggie Castle , one of the multi-talented stars of the upcoming Starstruck . JJJ had a chance to meet with the 26-year-old actress, who plays big sis Sara in the DCOM starring Sterling Knight and Danielle Campbell . Maggie dished to us on her love of wizards, Cat Stevens and AMC’s hit series Mad Men . Check it: On grooving to old music : “I like older things - this is weird - like I love Cat Stevens and Leonard Cohen and I love The Beach Boys. If I could see any band in...

Bowl fundraiser brings in $235K
Winnipeg Harvest's Empty Bowls Celebrity Auction raised $235,000 on Tuesday night. The highest bid for a bowl at the food bank fund raiser was $2,500 for the one signed by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Cohen was among the rich and famous who lent a hand to help the city's poor and hungry. Muhammad Ali, Celine Dion and Martha Stewart are among the many celebrities, humanitarians and business leaders who decorated and autographed unique bowls that were auctioned to raise money for Winnipeg...

Album: Leonard Cohen, Live at The Isle of Wight 1970, (Columbia): PHOTO
Now that Leonard Cohen is acknowledged as a musical treasure, it's fascinating to revisit this performance from a time when his star was in its early ascendancy. The 1970 Isle of Wight Festival was a glorious disaster – 600,000 starving youngsters stranded in a field with barely enough facilities for 100,000 – with conditions exacerbated by the "free festival" revolutionary faction, leading to a fractious atmosphere that saw quieter performers like Joni Mitchell and Kris...

Leonard Cohen calls down angels in the palace of Caesar: PHOTO
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 | 2:55 p.m. - If heaven has a house band, you can be sure Leonard Cohen will lead it. But heaven will have to wait. - Leonard Cohen back in limelight after 15 years (11-11-2009) Leonard Cohen Listen to Conspiracy of Beards, the Leonard Cohen tribute choir Leonard Cohen Intergalactic Tour ...

Meet Maggie Castle: VIDEO
Say hello to Maggie Castle , one of the multi-talented stars of the upcoming Starstruck . JJJ had a chance to meet with the 26-year-old actress, who plays big sis Sara in the DCOM starring Sterling Knight and Danielle Campbell . Maggie dished to us on her love of wizards, Cat Stevens and AMC’s hit series Mad Men . Check it: On grooving to old music : “I like older things - this is weird - like I love Cat Stevens and Leonard Cohen and I love The Beach Boys. If I could see any band in...

Leonard Cohen back in limelight after 15 years
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 | 2 a.m. - Some might view this most auspicious yet unlikely occasion as a harbinger of the End Times. Forget hell freezing over, pigs flying, the mountain coming to Muhammad or other adynatons. - What: Leonard Cohen When: 8 p.m. Thursday Where: Colosseum at Caesars Palace Admission: $75-$275; 737-7110, caesarspalace.com Leonard Cohen at The Colosseum Leonard Cohen Listen to ...

Tegan and Sara Take Over ONTD : AltPress Article: PHOTO
Entry tags: hunter burgan / afi , Tegan and Sara Tegan and Sara Take Over ONTD : AltPress Article So in my earlier post I failed to mention the Tegan and Sara article in my Alternative Press. Here are some high lights with the full scan behind the cut ! : * "Hell" is one of three songs co-written with AFI bassist Hunter Burgan. ( Here's their recent performance of that song on Conan O'Brien ) * "Sainthood" draws its title from the Leonard Cohen song "Came So Far For Beauty" * "Sainthood" was...

Lily Tomlin, Leonard Cohen coming to Vegas: PHOTO
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 | 2 a.m. - Who ever thought we'd see the day that brilliant comic actress Lily Tomlin, 70, and iconic singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, 75, would deign to perform in Las Vegas? - What: Lily Tomlin: “Not Playing With a Full Deck” Where: Hollywood Theatre at MGM Grand When: 8 p.m. tonight-Friday, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, 8 p.m. Nov. ...

Music Notes: The Early Edition, November 10, 2009: PHOTO
Happy 40th birthday Sesame Street ! Feist's appearance revisited . Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle

Leonard Cohen stirs passions during spirited Caesars show
He sang the songs as if he were whispering them into a lover's ear. His voice was husky, seductive and more than a little worn around the edges, a coiled snake of sensuality.