Chris M. Junior
Brace yourself, Gen-Xers: A new high-profile cover version of the Nirvana anthem 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is about to be unleashed by non other than the Muppets.
"She’s different, in every way" — those are the words used in the second trailer for 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' (which is arguably less frenetic than the first) to describe Rooney Mara's mohawk-sporting titular character.
Three unreleased Nirvana tracks that are part of the upcoming deluxe 20th anniversary reissues of 'Nevermind' are now streaming free on the web.
One's a scorching demo, another is a rather good quality "boombox" recording and a third is a concert version of the band's most famous song.
It seems so far-fetched, even by Hollywood's standards: Actor Shia LaBeouf, star of 'Transformers' and other mainstream blockbuster films, rubbing elbows with musician Marilyn Manson, the reigning king of shock rock.
But not only are they friends, they're also collaborators. And the result of their recent work together is now available for the world to see -- the graphic and NSFW video directed by LaBeouf for the Manson song 'Born Villain.'
Some fans of the pop/punk band blink-182 became the unexpected stars of its new video, 'Up All Night' -- and only those who'd violated copyright law were included.
Wait. What?
Director Cameron Crowe had access to more than 1,200 hours of Pearl Jam footage to make his upcoming documentary about the band.
A small taste of those vast video archives can be seen in the new trailer for 'Pearl Jam Twenty,' now on the web.
The Beastie Boys' new music video for 'Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win,' the group's single with Santigold, reunites the group director Spike Jonze (the man behind the lens of their acclaimed 'Sabotage' video) and features the Boys as action figures in stop-motion animation.