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What's On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we planned to color everything in the universe according to these literary paint chips. We didn’t envy Kyrgyzstan’s gas bill, which forced them to shut down a war memorial flame. We wished all Craigslist ads looked something like this. We lost ourselves in some Bon… Read More

Music

Flaming Lips Collaborate with Nick Cave, Erykah Badu, Ke$ha for Insane Record Store Day Album

By Judy Berman on

Looks like The Flaming Lips just won Record Store Day. On April 21st, collectors all over the world will celebrate the fifth anniversary of this indie record store appreciation day by lining up in the wee hours of the morning to purchase RSD-exclusive singles, live albums, and reissues. But the ante has officially been upped with today’s announcement that Wayne Coyne and co. plan to release The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends – a double album of the band’s recent collaborations, pressed on multicolored vinyl in one-of-a-kind “custom art jackets.” While some of the tracks have been released as ridiculously limited-edition singles, others have never been committed to wax before.

The big news, of course, is who these collaborations happen to feature. There are your usual indie suspects, sure — Bon Iver, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes (on a track called “Helping the Retarded to Know God”), Neon Indian, Tame Impala, Jim James — as well as some exciting contributors from the more experimental side of the underground — Prefuse 73, Lightning Bolt, New Fumes. But we’ll also get to hear Wayne harmonize with everyone from Ke$ha and Biz Markie (yes, on the same track), Nick Cave, Erykah Badu, Yoko Ono, and even Chris Martin of Coldplay. Well, if there’s anyone who can make him interesting, we’re sure it’s the Lips. Click through to see the entire tracklisting, and start scheming to snag a copy, because we’re sure they’ll go fast. … Read More

Music

2012 Grammy Awards: The Night’s Weirdest Moments

By Margaret Eby on

Last night’s Grammy Awards ceremony was possibly the most awkward product to come out of the music industry since, well, last year’s terrible John Mayer “Jolene” tribute at the Grammys. The inevitable red-carpet polling about Whitney Houston’s death ranged from cringe-worthy to outright ghoulish, and the range of impromptu supergroups was baffling, disturbing, and eccentric, to say the least. From Bon Iver’s mumbled acceptance speech to Brian Wilson’s never-wished-for collaboration with Maroon 5 and Foster the People, the whole night was full of moments that made music lovers scratch our heads and wonder whether the entire show had been pasted together from various YouTube mash-ups. And yet, we could have probably guessed that this ceremony would be bizarre as soon as we glimpsed Nicki Minaj on the red carpet with a fake pope. We count down the weirdest moments of the 2012 Grammys, after the jump. … Read More

Television

The Best and Worst of Last Night’s ‘SNL’ with Channing Tatum

By Emily Temple on

Saturday Night Live returned last night with a spotty show hosted by fighting/dancing actor and ex-stripper Channing Tatum, and featuring a musical performance by Bon Iver. We didn’t expect much out of Tatum — we think it’s safe to say he gets hired for his looks, not his subtle acting or comedic brilliance — but he managed to make us laugh more than once, and approached the whole show in a good-natured, charming way. Also, his Matthew McConaughey impression is spot-on. Who knew? Click through to watch clips of the best and worst skits from last night’s SNL, and let us know if we missed (or hated on) your favorite in the comments. … Read More

Partner Buzz

Enter to Win a Custom Tote Bag from Bushmills and ACL

By Doug Levy on

Bushmills has been going all out with its Since Way Back program, partnering with everyone from Bon Iver and Chromeo to Elijah Wood in celebration of strong friendships and longlasting traditions. As part of the campaign, the whiskey maker also teamed with style arbiter Michael Williams of A Continuous Lean. to create a custom-designed tote bag sold both through ACL and the Billy Reid store in NYC, with proceeds going to the Red Cross Tornado Relief Fund. As could be expected from such a collab, the bags sold out in a snap, but you still have a chance to get one — if you act fast. Head to Bushmills’ Facebook page by the end of the day today to enter to win one of four custom totes. If you win the grand prize, yours will even be filled with items selected by Williams himself. … Read More

Music

Bon Iver Explains Why He Snubbed the Grammys

By Judy Berman on

Indie rock fans who enjoyed Arcade Fire’s surprise double performance at last year’s Grammys may be wondering why we won’t be treated to a similar turn from Bon Iver, which received no fewer than four nominations in 2012, at next Sunday’s telecast. And now we know: It seems Justin Vernon is pulling a Jonathan Franzen… Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Last night’s crazy wedding-themed episode of Gossip Girl may or may not have revealed the show’s biggest secret: the long-debated identity of Gossip Girl. But are you buying it?

2. You probably know that Bon Iver is up for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist at… Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Last night Jon Stewart stopped by The Colbert Report to sign paperwork that legally makes him the head of Stephen Colbert’s super PAC — a move that will allow the late night host to pursue his “possible candidacy for the president of the United States of South Carolina.” [via Huffington Post]

2.… Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon is launching a new rarities label, Chigliak Records, as an imprint of Jagjaguwar, that will feature music that was “never commercially released” or “locally released [in Wisconsin] and never put out on vinyl.” [via NME]

2. You do not want to know how much money Apple CEO… Read More

Music

Official Coachella 2012 Lineup Announced

By Alison Nastasi on

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg (who was just arrested after border control agents found marijuana on his tour bus — shocking we know), The Black Keys, and Radiohead are amongst those headlining Coachella this year. Harlem rapper Azealia Banks nabbed herself one of the first official spots at the California music and arts… Read More