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Karen O Gets Grammy Nom After Miley Cyrus Disqualified

amrit — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:15:14 +0000

According to Spike Jonze, Karen and The Kids’ “All Is Love” is now up for a Grammy because Miley’s “The Climb” wasn’t originally written for a movie after all. Funny/weird/great! Let’s hope they perform it. (via 24bit)

How Arcade Fire Inspired Where The Wild Things Are

brandon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:29:59 +0000

Spike Jonze told Ain’t It Cool News he wrote WTWTA‘s script while listening to Funeral (“[the] record is thematically very connected to the film”) and that before shooting he cut a mood piece soundtracked by “Wake Up” to inspire his crew. Karen O who?

Stream The Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack

brandon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:04:38 +0000

You’ve all seen (and cried about) the trailer. Now it’s time to hear (and cry about?) Karen O & the Kids’ Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack. Like the first single “All Is Love” suggested, the collection has a dreamy childlike feel to it. As we mentioned, though, Karen’s Kids include Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, Bradford Cox, and two Raconteurs in addition to that cutesy children’s choir, so not everything here — a noisy guitar riff, a sad ballad, etc. — is necessarily for (or by) the little ones.

New Karen O And The Kids – “All Is Love”

brandon — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:52:02 +0000

Last week we revealed that Karen O’s Where The Wild Things Are backup band “the Kids” includes YYYs’ Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, Bradford Cox, and two Raconteurs, among others. One of those “others” is the “untrained children’s choir” taking center stage on the soundtrack’s chirpy, childlike (and somehow creepy?) first single “All Is Love.”

Arcade Fire Soundtrack Awesome Where The Wild Things Are Trailer

Scott — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:41:43 +0000

Spike Jonze + Arcade Fire + Nostalgia + Magic + Monsters + Snowballs + Scribble Font + Shouting Off A Cliff = this thing looks scientifically designed to fuck up hipsters’ shit. (Bonus: Karen O is composing the score!) Get your mind blown at Videogum.