Friday, January 29, 2010

The Knife Score Opera

Swedish dynamic brother-sister duo of The Knife, Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer recently found sound and vision in the Amazon for their latest, and perhaps most peculiar project.  Tomorrow, in a Year,  the Charles-Darwin-The Origin-of-Species-inspired opera debuted this Fall in Europe, but the studio album is set to release on-line on February 2nd (though you can actually listen to the entire album now on The Knife's website.)  Dreijer Andersson and Dreijer, known for their bizarre behavior and preferred anonymity, recorded an interview about the creative process for the score with voice modifiers.  Not to mention, Karin recently accepted a Grammis award for her side-project Fever Ray while spoofing Lady GaGa's red-lace-and-crown get-up and taking it to a whole new level of weird. Looking like a claymation villain, she moans into the mic... Check out the madness below.



Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Alice Soundtrack Revealed

Disney and Tim Burton's remake of Alice in Wonderland is set to hit theaters on March 5th, but the soundtrack has already been revealed.  A video for the first single by Avril Lavinge is rumored to premier in February, while the entire album "Almost Alice" is said to be available on March 2nd.  The selected artists are undoubtedly a bit mainstream, but bands such as Franz Ferdinand, Wolfmother and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will almost certainly shine here.  Although, the album won't feature the eerie vocals of Grace Slick, at least Walt and Tim were clever enough to include "White Rabbit."  One question though:  Where is Danny Elfman?

Here's hoping for something delightfully dark!







1. "Alice (Underground)" performed by Avril Lavigne
2. "The Poison" performed by The All-American Rejects
3. "The Technicolor Phase" performed by Owl City
4. "Her Name Is Alice" performed by Shinedown
5. "Painting Flowers" performed by All Time Low
6. "Where's My Angel" performed by Metro Station
7. "Strange" performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli
8. "Follow Me Down" performed by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch
9. "Very Good Advice" performed by Robert Smith
10. "In Transit" performed by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz
11. "Welcome to Mystery" performed by Plain White T's
12. "Tea Party" performed by Kerli
13. "The Lobster Quadrille" performed by Franz Ferdinand
14. "Running Out of Time" performed by Motion City Soundtrack
15. "Fell Down a Hole" performed by Wolfmother
16. "White Rabbit" performed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals