Let Them Chirp Awhile, a film starring Bishop Allen’s Justin Rice, is premiering at Cinema Village in NYC this Friday (Dec. 5th). In addition to being a bang-up musician, Rice is also an ace actor and will be at the Friday and Saturday screenings for a Q&A. Based on the trailer (featuring a bouncy little ditty entitled “The Blood Club” by Bryan Scary), Chirp looks like a flick worth catching.
MP3:
Bryan Scary - “The Blood Club”
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If vintage Raves tremolo guitars and bittersweet harmonies are on your Xmas list, listen up! Last week, The Raveonettes unveiled the Holiday-themed Wishing You A Rave Christmas (the final installment in the Danish duo’s recent four-part EP series). In the spirit of the season, the band is offering up “Come On Santa,” one of the final short-player’s four dreamy Christmas numbers.
Every Tuesday, Hypeful is teaming up with Salad Days Music to pick and preview the week’s best new album releases. Bend an ear to this week’s choicest selections after the jump!
Just received some breaking news that may be the best of the day- Flight of the Conchords will return to HBO in January 2009! Even better, in two weeks Funny or Die will have the exclusive premiere episode of Season 2! The new ep premieres on December 17th at noon (EST) and runs through December 21st!
(Thanks to William at Funny or Diefor the big heads up!)
Clint Eastwood is more than just a grizzled and beloved actor/director - he’s also a grizzled singer/musician! Eastwood’s early career includes an album inspired by the TV series Rawhide (Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites), a role in the Western musical Paint Your Wagon (probably best remembered as one of Homer Simpson’s least favorite films), and, of course, a duet with Merle Haggard for 1980’s Bronco Billy.
Eastwood has been composing and performing music for his films’ soundtracks for a long time, but now he’s apparently composed and sung (along with Jamie Cullum) the titular song for his upcoming flick Gran Torino. Just look at the above pic taken from the Gran Torino trailer and you’re probably able to surmise that Dirty Harry sounds like a hoarse Tom Waits after a night of drinking scotch and gravel. Is it grizzled and great enough to win him an Oscar for Best Original Song?
MP3s:
Clint Eastwood and Jamie Cullum - “Gran Torino”
Merle Haggard and Clint Eastwood - “Barroom Buddies”