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Someone created a 166 track playlist of almost every song from Wes Anderson films

For nearly 20 years, Texas filmmaker Wes Anderson has been making his viewers come back for more especially when it comes down to his signature sounds, which includes everything from Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat, The Kinks, or Seu Jorge. With that, there has recently a 166-track Spotify playlist that collects almost every song in a Anderson-directed film.

Rob Dean from The A.V. Club had shared this knowledge of this gem earlier today, saying that it overlooked Mark Mothersbaugh’s orchestral arrangements and anything from Satyajit Ray on The Darjeeling Limited. However, the tracklisting still has collected songs from as far as the black-and-white short film Bottle Rocket short up until the Academy Award-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel.

There is something every Anderson fan can find here, but it is much more meaningful to listen to the entire playlist from the beginning. 

The Antlers to release new live album this June

The Antlers will release a new live album through Transgressive Records on June 15th. The album is named The Antlers in London and features 13 tracks recorded during the band’s show at Hackney Empire in October of last year and will be available as a vinyl-only limited edition release. This show was in support of the indie rock band’s Familiars which was released in 2014. 

The full tracklist and video preview of the band performing “Doppelgänger” are below.

The Antlers in London Tracklist:
01. Palace
02. Doppelgänger
03. Hotel
04. Kettering
05. No Widows
06. Director
07. Revisited
08. Parade
09. Don’t Want Love
10. Surrender
11. Putting The Dog To Sleep
12. Refuge
13. Epilogue

Life in Film premieres new song “Alleyway”

London-based indie pop band, Life In a Film have done quite a lot in their five-year career span. As well as their two EPs, Needles & Pins from 2012 and their self-titled last year, the band also played with The Rolling Stones and took part of the fashion-meet-music clothing line from Burberry, Burberry Acoustic.

The band now is preparing to release their debut album, Here It Comes, on May 5th. The alvum was produced by Stephen Street who also worked with bands such as Blur and Kaiser Chiefs, and features a variety of the band’s influences such as The Doors, The Smiths and Belle & Sebastian.

After previously releasing “It’s What Happens Next That Matters Most” and “Get Closer”, the band has now released the track, “Alleyway”. 

Listen to the track here. 

Here It Comes pre-orders are still going on. Find the upcoming elow, Life In Film’s tour schedule, which includes dates in the US with The Wombats. 

Here It Comes Tracklist:
01. It’s What Happens Next That Matters Most
02. This War
03. Get Closer
04. Set It Off
05. Anna, Please Don’t Go
06. Full Circle
07. Sorry
08. Are You Sure
09. Alleyway
10. Forest Fire

Life In Film 2015 Tour Dates:
04/21 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace *
04/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
04/24 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground *
04/25 – Providence, RI @ The Met *
04/27 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall *
04/28 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
04/30 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
05/04 – Columbus, OH @ The A&R Music Bar *
05/05 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe *
05/08 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater *
05/09 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
05/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre *
05/13 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *
05/15 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room *
05/16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
05/18 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
05/19 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune *
05/20 – Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial *
06/04 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
09/09 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
09/10 – London, UK @ Dingwalls
09/11 – Manchester, UK @ The Castle
09/16 – Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell
09/17 – Munich, DE @ Kranhalle
09/18 – Stuttgart, DE @ Club 1210
09/20 – Berlin, DE @ Magnet
09/21 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust

* = w/ The Wombats

Watch the White Stripes perform on Detriot public access television

Jack White recently opened the vault do White Stripes’ music and shared rarely seen footage from the band’s early days. The duo made their television debut on May 28th, 2000 on Backstage Pass, a program on public access television in Detroit. They previewed their second album, De Stijl, which would come out the following month, on the program, performing the songs, “Apple Blossom” and “Death Letter”.

To find the footage, it is available on the new streaming service, TIDAL, as Jack White is a co-owner of the company. Watch it here.

As well as this archival footage, a White Stripes’ cover of “Rated X” by Loretta Lynn will be released in the upcoming package from the subscription service, The Vault from Third Man Record. The cover was originally recorded in 2000 but was then kept away from the public since then, however, the 7-inch will have a b-side of a live recording of Lynn’s “Whispering Sea” which was recorded in George, Washinggton at the Gorge Amphitheater on August 6th, 2005. Listen to a sample of “Rated X” here.

Beck performs in complete stranger’s home for The Late Late Show

Last night, Beck appeared on The Late Late Show from somewhere other than the set. Rather than appearing on the set, James Corden knocked on doors of home to try to find a place for Beck to perform. Soon enough, they found Tommy who is a huge fan of Beck and was thrilled to have his home become a place for a performance of “Country Down.” As well as performing, Beck and Corden played hide-and-seek with Tommy, Reggie Watts, and Jeff Goldblum. Watch Beck’s meeting with Tommy and the hide-seek game below. 

Alt-J performs “Every Other Freckle” on The Tonight Show and announced new tour dates

Monday, alt-J headlined their largest US show to date at New York’s Madison Square Garden. But, that did not stop them from performing “Every Other Freckle” last night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from their latest Grammy-nominated album, This Is All Yours.  Watch the performance here.

As well as performing twice this week in New York City, alt-J will play shows around their show on their massive upcoming world tour that goes deep into October.

alt-J 2015 Tour Dates:
04/01 – Cleveland, OH @ State Theater at Playhouse Square
04/02 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
04/03 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Ampitheatre
04/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Ampitheatre
04/06 – Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry
04/08 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chevy Bricktown Events Center
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
04/14 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
04/16 – Berkley, CA @ Greek Theatre
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/08 – Brisbane, AU @ Riverstage
05/09 – Sydney, AU @ Qantas Credit Union Arena
05/10 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena
05/13 – Adelaide, AU @ AEC Theatre
05/15 – Perth, AU @ HBF Stadium
05/17 – Singapore, SG @ The Coliseum
05/28-30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primaversa Sound
06/02 – Reykjavik, IS @ Vodafone Hall
06/12-14 – Adalen, DK @ NorthSide Festival
06/14 – Rome, IT @ Rock in Roma
06/19-21 – Scheessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/19-21 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/19-21 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
06/25-28 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter Festival
06/26-28 – Marmonde, FR @ Garorock Festival
07/01-04 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/03 – Herouville Saint Clair, FR @ Festival Beauregard
07/09 – Maritimo, PT @ Nos Alive Festival
07/09-11 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/12 – Aix-Les-Bains, FR @ Musilac
07/17-19 – Ferropolis, DE @ Melt! Festival
07/24-26 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/25 – Kansas City, KS @ Sporting Park
07/27 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07/28 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Concert Cove
07/31-08/02 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
07/31-08/02 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/10-17 – Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
08/11-15 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/13-15 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
08/14-16 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/20-22 – St. Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
09/12 – Burnaby, BC @ Festival Lawn
09/14 – Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Centre
09/15 – Calgary, AB @ Stampede Corral
09/17 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
09/19 – Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn
09/21 – Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
09/22 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook
09/23 – East Rochester, NY @ The Armory
09/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
09/29 – Charlotte, NC @ Uptown Amphitheatre
09/30 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
10/01 – Miami, FL @ Klipsch Amphitheater
10/07 – New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music
10/08 – Birmingham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
10/09 – Southaven, MS @ BankPlus Amphitheater
10/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
10/17 – Portland, OR @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/18 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena

Watch Future Islands debut two new songs “The Chase” and “Haunted”

Indie-rockers Future Islands have been in London’s Abbey Studios working on their follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2014 Singles. While performing in Sheffield this weekend, the band gave fans a preview from the new album, debuting two new songs, “The Chase” and “Haunted”.

Listen to the fan-caught videos below which includes the infamous dance moves from frontman Samuel T. Herring.  

“The Chase”:

“Haunted”:

As well as the new Future Islands’ new record, Herring has been seen working with Earl Sweatshirt on “Play It Cool” as well as on Beth Jeans Houghton’s “Mind Is On My Mind”. 

Streaming service TIDAL promises “to re-establish the value of music”

Jay Z has formally launched his streaming service TIDAL at an all-star event in New York City. Apparently, Jay Z is simply a co-owner and shares ownership with Win Butler and Régine Chassagne from Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Jack White, Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Chris Martin of Coldplay, and Madonna.

These artists all were at the event today and signed their commitment on-stage by signing a declaration. 

The streaming service is described as a “platform owned by artists” and has a goal “to re-establish the value of music.” Keys explained on the behalf of the group, “We want to create a better service and experience for fans and artists. Our mission goes beyond commerce and technology.”

The video following the event had footage from a summit recently where the owners of TIDAL to talk about their vision. Daft Punk talked about the summit as “the Avengers of Music.”

It was previously reported that TIDAL offers two different subscription offers: $19.99 for a month of high-fidelity audio and $9.99 for standard audio. TIDAL could be streamed on the web, and downloaded with iOS and Android devices. 

TIDAL owners will exclusively release music through the platform but it is not yet confirmed. 

Brian May says Freddie Mercury biopic announcement was merely a joke

It was announced yesterday that Sacha Baron Cohen had rejoined the long in the making biopic about Freddie Mercury and would be the writer, director and star in the film. This announcement came from longtime Queen manager, Jim Beach during his Artist and Manager Awards speech this week. However, it now seems that it was all just a joke. 

Brian May, the guitarist for Queen, said that Beach was simply kidding when he announced Cohen’s participation and he was misquoted by the press. In a recent posting on his website, he explained, “There’s a report … but it doesn’t mention a small joke that Jim threw in during his acceptance speech. He said that, in response to enquiries about the progress on the Freddie feature film, that Sacha Baron Cohen had been re-engaged to write, produce, and direct the film, as well as starring in all four major roles! I’m afraid some folks might have taken it seriously!”

Cohen left the project after being cast for Mercury for years, because of disagreements with the surviving members of Queen about the tone and direction of the film.  in 2013 due to disagreements with the surviving members of Queen over the film’s direction and tone. It was reported previously that Ben Whishaw, who played in movies such as Skyfall, Cloud Atlas, and I’m Not There has been a favorite to play Mercury in place of Cohen. It remains unclear what will happen however. 

Update: Sacha Baron Cohen will not write, direct,  and star in new Freddie Mercury biopic

The on-and-off again biopic about Freddie Mercury starring Sacha Baron Cohen seems to be back in progress. Cohen, last year, had reportedly left the project because of disagreements with the surviving members of Wueen over the direction and tone of the film. However, now Jim Beach, the manager for Queen, has announced that Cohen is back on the project and will also be writing and directing the project. 

Beach said during a speech at the Artist and Manager Awards this week: “You have probably followed the saga of the famous Queen-Freddie Mercury biopic which has been developing in Hollywood for the last seven years. An important breakthrough is that we have now managed to persuade Sacha Baron Cohen to write, produce and direct this movie, and he has also agreed to star.”

Update March 29th: According to Brian May, guitarist for Queen, Beach was just joking about his new participation in the Mercury biopic.

“You have probably followed the saga of the famous Queen-Freddie Mercury biopic which has been developing in Hollywood for the last seven years,” Beach said during a speech at the Artist and Manager Awards this week. “An important breakthrough is that we have now managed to persuade Sacha Baron Cohen to write, produce and direct this movie, and he has also agreed to star.”

Even though Beach did not talk about the timetable for the film production, the IMDB shows that there is nothing scheduled for Cohen once he finished filming a comedy named  Grimsby so production could begin even this year presumably.