Considering the ticks, tricks, and propensity toward panic attacks the lovely Fiona Apple and pal/extraordinarily talented producer Jon Brion possess between them, the sweetly reverential take on…   Read Story »

We often post about literacy charity 826's great music fundraisers (LCD Soundsystem DJing the 826NYC prom, their Revenge Of The Bookeaters shows). The group's workshops (and storefronts -- I used to…   Read Story »

A couple months ago we debuted Jon Brion's remix of Skeletal Lamping's "Gallery Piece" from of Montreal's inventively titled Jon Brion Remixes collection. The five-song EP is out next week. It also…   Read Story »

Anyone who's been to one of superproducer Jon Brion's residency performances at the Largo in L.A. (sadly, this does not include me) knows the man to be an encyclopedic, multi-instrumental compendium…   Read Story »

Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York opens next Friday (10/24). Its punny title will be more difficult for people to pronounce than Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Adaptation, or Being John…   Read Story »

Old chums and videomates Zach and Fiona make a promo. "Up In Them Guts" comes to us via the giving hands of the ever-great Chunklet magazine which -- after a three year wait -- is set to release its…   Read Story »

Cross-genre'd indie covers are nothing new (see Christopher O'Riley, Brad Mehldau -- and remember the jazzy Pavement of Gold Sounds?), but we'll always love 'em. Get Jon Brion involved, and we're…   Read Story »

The buildup to Kanye's Graduation day has included some egomaniacal riffing to the tune of PB&J and some egomaniacal riffing to the tune of Daft Punk, but this album cut sees Mr. West base his higher…   Read Story »

That's right, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga's not even out yet! The stabbing piano of "The Ghost Of You Lingers" was the first we heard of the rather excellent album, but it's the Jon Brion-produced "The Underdog"…   Read Story »

Billboard reports on the details for the third, education-themed installment of Kanye's solo career:Kanye West is hard at work on his next album, "Graduation," tentatively due in late 2007 via Def…   Read Story »