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What to Download: New Music on iTunes
Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. In addition to the songs and albums below you can now download a second volume of the Sex and the City soundtrack.
Link Time! 7/22
- Cinematical wonders if male movie reviewers are sexist when it comes to reviewing Mamma Mia!
- GiveMeMyRemote has a clip from the recent Daily Show episode in which Ed Helms made a reappearance.
- Stereogum tells us about a new track by Cold War Kids, "Something Is Not Right With Me."
- According to MTV Movies Blog, Val Kilmer claims he invented Austin Powers's "Mini Me."
- Katie Couric has said that sexism is more common than racism, and Brooke Hogan is not helping this matter at all; CitizenSugar has the scoop.
- Popwatch says that fake book, Love Letters of Great Men, actually will be available in bookstores soon.
- TV With MeeVee continues to investigate all the seasons of The X-Files in anticipation of this weekend's new movie.
- Pitchfork's "review" of the latest album by Black Kids cracks me up.
Free Downloads! Six Covers by the Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids already won me over with a stellar debut album, Robbers & Cowards, and the awesome interview the band did for BuzzSugar. But now, the boys from Long Beach have done something even cooler: They've posted free MP3s of six cover songs that the band played at a recent breast-cancer benefit show.
The very eclectic set includes CWK's version of songs by Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and more.
Song of the Day: Cold War Kids, "Hang Me Up to Dry"
After posting my interview with Cold War Kids, I couldn't resist featuring one of my favorite tracks from the band's 2006 album, Robbers & Cowards, as today's Song of the Day. On "Hang Me Up to Dry," the musicians build an ultra-catchy pop song with fishing-reel sound effects and almost frighteningly awesome riffs.
Band Interview: Cold War Kids
No band in 2006 benefited from the power of the Internet like Cold War Kids. On Downtown Records, the same label that brought us breakout hit Gnarls Barkley, the band got so much praiseworthy press early on that it was playing Lollapalooza before its first album even hit stores.
Remarkably, the album, Robbers & Cowards, totally lives up to the hype, with a collection of storytelling songs that blend rock and roll with noise collages.
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Announcing the 2010 Grammy Award Nominees!
The Grammy Awards rolled out the red carpet this evening with a one-hour live show to celebrate their 2010 nominees. (Check out photos from the event here.) The night featured performances by previous winners like the Black Eyed Peas, along with the announcement of the acts who will be competing for the special honor. The results?
Beyonce, Lady Gaga Dominate the 2009 VMA Nominations
The video that launched a thousand YouTube copycat videos, Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" is, of course, all over the list of 2009 MTV Video Music Award nominations. Beyonce's got a bit of competition, however, in Lady Gaga, who ties her for the most nominations this year (they each earned nine nods). Beyonce said she is "excited and honored" to be tied with Lady Gaga, and that she's "spent so much time watching all the great versions [of 'Single Ladies'] people created all around the world.
What to TiVo: Friday
- Fox is new with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse
- NBC has a new episode and a repeat of Howie Do It and is new with Friday Night Lights and Dateline
- CBS has a repeat of Ghost Whisperer, a new episode of Flashpoint, and a repeat of Numb3rs
- ABC is new with Wife Swap, has a repeat of Supernanny, and is new with 20/20
- The CW is new with Everybody Hates Chris and The Game and has a repeat of America's Next Top Model
- TLC has What Not to Wear
- Late-night highlights include Denis Leary and Diana Krall on Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Miley Cyrus and Tom Lennon The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on NBC; and Lauren Graham, Judah Friedlander, and Cold War Kids on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC
What to TiVo: Wednesday
- Fox is new with American Idol and Lie to Me
- NBC is new with Knight Rider, has a repeat of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and is new with Law and Order
- CBS has repeats of The New Adventures of Old Christine and Criminal Minds and is new with CSI: NY
- ABC has a repeat and a new episode of Lost followed by a new episode of Life on Mars
- The CW has repeats of Privileged and 90210
- FX is new with Damages
- MTV is new with Real World
- VH1 has Tool Academy
- Bravo is new with Top Chef: New York
- Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
- Late-night highlights include Dakota Fanning, Bradley Cooper, and the Neville Brothers on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC; Guy Fieri on Late Show with David Letterman on CBS; and Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Connolly, and Cold War Kids on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on NBC
Movie Preview: The Day the Earth Stood Still
The modern remake of the 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still attempts to update the older version, shifting its themes from Cold War political tension and the threat of human violence to the imminence of environmental retaliation from an abused Earth. Keanu Reeves, who plays the protagonist in this new version, explains:
The first one was borne out of the cold war and nuclear détente. Klaatu came and was saying cease and desist with your violence.
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