L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Hank Williams biopic "I Saw The Light," the trans tale "About Ray" and the fact-based Dan Rather story "Truth" will be among the movies world-premiering at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. more info

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Perez Hilton — He's a pretty good match! The first photo of Tom Hiddleston as country music legend Hank Williams was revealed on Wednesday. To play the musician in his upcoming biopic I Saw the Light, the Avengers star had to chop off his Loki locks and go with the... more info

Time — I Saw the Light will follow Williams’ rise to fame and tragic personal life more info

Stereogum — Yo La Tengo’s all-covers album Stuff Like That There comes out next month, and it includes the band’s takes on songs from Hank Williams, the Lovin’ Spoonful, and, um, Yo La Tengo. (We posted their revamped version of their own song “Deeper In... more info

Stereogum — Yo La Tengo have announced Stuff Like That There, a new album made up of covers, reworkings of old songs, and a few new tracks. The album is a spiritual successor of sorts to 1990’s Fakebook, which had pretty much the same structure. Covers on this... more info

Core News — “Mary Anne is joined by one of her favourite lyricists and MCs, Mike Skinner of the Streets, to talk about how to tell a really good story in song. He cites songwriters including Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Shel Silverstein. With the Streets, Sk... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Chelle Rose posted her demo version of the John Prine-penned “Angel from Montgomery.” Crystal Shawanda updated her “Under the Influence” video series with her take on Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.” Jewly Hight interviewed the duo Johnnyswim�... more info

Stereogum — In some ways, the story of the Kinks feels familiar: In 1962, four working-class London teenagers besotted with American R&B and country music unite. Their initial creative exertions hold a thrilling mirror back to their inspirations overseas, superc... more info

Perez Hilton — Volcano and Dante's Peak. Armageddon and Deep Impact. Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down.  Every couple years it seems there are two movies with the exact same subject matter. And strangely enough it looks like next year the focus will b... more info