All Said and Done

SCARLETT JOHANSSON COVERS JEFF BUCKLEY

Love her or hate her (we here at Cannibal Cheerleader are definitely in the former category) Scarlett Johansson is back again, only this time instead of the great Tom Waits, she’s covering Jeff Buckley’s “Last Goodbye” for the soundtrack to her newest film, He’s Just Not That Into You. It’s lacking [...]

January 27th, 2009 | Category: anywhere i lay my head, asobi seksu, david sitek, hush, jeff buckley, kylesa, last goodbye, me and mary, said and done, scarlett johansson, static tensions, tom waits | Leave a comment

New Realms

NEW KAREN O NATIVE KOREAN ROCK VIDEOSOur friends over at The Modern Age managed to capture some excellent videos of KO and the Native Korean Rock crew performing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman’s stripped down songs of romance and desire lost at sea.

Here’s there show review:

“The stage was set up like a kid’s school production [...]

July 24th, 2008 | Category: anywhere i lay my head, celebration, cold war kids, frank sinatra, gnarls barkley, karen o, loyalty to loyalty, native korean rock, odd couple, scarlett johansson, tom waits, yeah yeah yeahs | 2 comments

Everything’s Falling Down

SCARLETT JOHANSSON RELEASES EP, COVERS CUREScarlett Johansson, much storied already in these pages (postings?) for her recent album of Tom Waits covers entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head, has just released a new live EP covering songs from said record as well as “Boys Don’t Cry”, the Cure classic. Given the live setting, one [...]

July 16th, 2008 | Category: andre 3000, anywhere i lay my head, bloc party, boys don't cry, chromeo, everybody, falling down, gordon moakes, kanye west, scarlett johansson, the cure, the shondes, tom waits | 3 comments

Fight Off Your Demons

CRYSTAL CASTLES’ REMIXES/B-SIDESHere’s a new remix of Crystal Castles‘ standout “Vanished” from their eponymous debut. Also, here’s an mp3 of the bside for their newest single “Courtship Dating”. Check em out!

Crystal Castles – “Vanished (Epic Win Remix)”Crystal Castles – “Trash Hologram”********************************************************************JESSE LACEY TO PERFORM SOLO IN AUSTINThat’s right, according to this article July 26th at [...]

May 15th, 2008 | Category: austin, balmorhea, brand new, crystal castles, jesse lacey, pink nasty, scarlett johansson, stay positive, the hold steady, the national, the virginia ep, tom waits | 2 comments

Warped Speed

BE YOUR OWN PET JOIN WARPED TOURAccording to this Pitchfork article, the mighty munchkins of Be Your Own Pet will be joining the Warped Tour for dates in July and August. The skater-punks will surely enjoy a little of Jemima Pearl’s madcap live antics and you know WE’LL be loving her at her upcoming Stubb’s [...]

May 14th, 2008 | Category: be your own pet, carrie brownstein, evil urges, monitor mix, my morning jacket, npr, scarlett johansson, sleater-kinney, tom waits, warped tour | Leave a comment

All That Glitters

TOM WAITS ANNOUNCES TOURAccording to this Pitchfork article Tom Waits is embarking on his first nationwide tour in several years. The tour will be passing through Texas via Dallas and Houston so you know we’ll be there at one of them. Here’s a video of the ‘press conference’ Waits gave to announce the tour. ********************************************************************MTV [...]

May 6th, 2008 | Category: lo-fi, mtv, psychedelic horseshit, tacks, tacks the boy disaster, times new viking, tom waits, tyvek | Leave a comment

Blonde on Blonde

CRYSTAL CASTLES UPDATEOh Crystal Castles, it’s been too long! How are you? How’s the new record? Why, you say you’ve got a new single?Why, it’s album-standout and one of my favorite tracks of the year “Courtship Dating”! Awesome! And you’ve just released your self-titled debut in the UK? Rad! And you have a new video?
CRYSTAL [...]

April 30th, 2008 | Category: cruiserweight, crystal castles, long blondes, scarlett johansson, tom waits | Leave a comment

Open Hearts, Hardcore Times

CONVERGE IN AUSTIN Tonight’s Converge show at Red 7 here in Austin definitely renewed my faith in the hardcore scene. You can get bogged down in lame, crust-punk bands with no sense of integrity or unity to the punk ethos, but then you see great bands like these tonight (Converge, Red Chord, etc.) that [...]

April 23rd, 2008 | Category: arcade fire, austin, bright eyes, cat power, coliseum, conor oberst, converge, crystal castles, genghis tron, hardcore, obama, scarlett johansson, the network, the red chord, tom waits | Leave a comment

The Cowboy, Scarlett, and Me

WEEZER REVEAL ALBUM COVER/TRACKLISTAccording to this Pitchfork article, that picture up there featuring a mustaschioed Rivers Cuomo might just be the official cover of Weezer’s Red Album. Seeing as all the press photos we’ve been seeing of our favorite antithetical rock frontman lately have had him sporting a strange hairdo (see this soccer photo), it’s [...]

April 22nd, 2008 | Category: converge, cruiserweight, crystal castles, dynamite boy, sally shapiro, scarlett johansson, tom waits, weezer | Leave a comment

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