A Deeper Shade of Soul — Earlier this year, Scarlett Johansson released her album of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head. It was awful – tuneless, emotionally one dimensional and utterly vacuous. Neither Johannsen’s vocals or Dave Sitek’s (of TV on... more info

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Culture Bully — Twin Cities: — CB is giving away a pair of tickets to see Dressy Bessy & The Melismatics at The Whole tomorrow. The first person to email chris@culturebully.com is going! — City Pages recaps Monday night’s TV on the Radio show at First Avenue. ... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I'm not sure what to think of the Dears. To me, the band has always had more potential than punch. Maybe it was because I always confused them with TV on the Radio...or maybe it's that I'm always waiting for them to deliver that knock-out album slath... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Forkcast featured a new song today from Iran, a band they know very little about, though they basically admitted they only care because TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone (pictured above with Iran frontman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad). And that's really the only ... more info

Stereogum — This "new" Iran track isn't new -- it's been floating around since the summer of '05 -- but it's good to see Aaron Aites finally officially followup his excellent second album, 2002's The Moon Boys. In May, I wrote about three new tracks streaming at... more info

Pitchfork — Boy, if your IP address ends up on the wrong sorta list 'cause of this one, don't say we didn't warn ya: Buddy, the new EP from noisemaking axis of goodness Iran-- featuring TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone, Return to Cookie Mountain contributor Aaron Ai... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Concerts and Tours, Rock PixSpinner.com: This Week: TV on the Radio got the party started in Paris, Patti Smith sang at the Opera House Down Under, the Subways rocked Manchester and much more. Rock Pix: Live Concert Photo... more info

Culture Bully — Local Concert Highlights: — TV on the Radio @ First Avenue (8:00) (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia) — Ill Bill @ The Cabooze (7:00) (MySpace) (Wikipedia) Daily Audio Downloads: — Abrahammer “Sex Drugs Crunk” (mp3) (MySpace) — Big Quarters ... more info

Pitchfork — Would that we were all as productive as Adam "Doseone" Drucker! The Subtle frontman recently touched base to lay out all his current and future projects, and, well, there's plenty to pore over. Let's break 'er down, shall we?To begin, Drucker is cook... more info