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Atlanta's The Black Lips Cook Up Garage Rock Chaosnew

Atlanta, Georgia's flower punks the Black Lips have taken lysergic garage rock around the globe. The band's even been forced to flee India. Here bassist Jared Swilley discusses the group's instigation nation by nation.

Montreal Mirror | Johnson Cummins | 08-07-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Almighty Defenders, Cole Alexander, Jared Swilley, King Khan, The Black Lips, Georgia, Vice Records, India, Atlanta, 200 Million Thousand, Black Lips

Lykke Li Offers Girlish Quirks and Contradictionsnew

Swedish dance-pop singer Lykke Li is a 23-year-old mystery ... she's capricious and full of contradictions, at once plucky and melancholy, sweet and standoffish. She delights in her eccentricities, and though she doesn't lie, per se, she usually doesn't volunteer the whole truth, either.

Shepherd Express | Evan Rytlewski | 08-07-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Swedish, singer, Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li, Youth Novels

Can Chris Kattan be a Bollywood Hero?new

Here's something Chris Kattan probably rarely hears in real life: "In Night at the Roxbury, you were awesome!" Such, however, is the encomium proffered by two young Indian fans in IFC's new mini-series Bollywood Hero, which finds the former SNL cast member traveling to the subcontinent to star in a saffron-colored, jasmine-scented music-and-dance extravaganza.

Boston Phoenix | Mike Miliard | 08-07-2009 | TV

Tags: Maya Rudolph, Celebrity News, Bollywood Hero, Diederik Van Rooijen, Fred Astaire, Julian Sands, Michael Penn, Keanu Reeves, movies, television, Saturday Night Live, Richard Gere, Entertainment

'Julie & Julia' Will Make Foodies Furiously Masturbatenew

More or less entirely delightful, Julie & Julia has a pretty foolproof formula: It's a movie based on a popular book that's based on a popular blog that, in turn, was inspired by America's most popular chef.

The Portland Mercury | Erik Henriksen | 08-06-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Julie & Julia, food, cooking, Nora Ephron

Snap Into a Slim Jim: The Man Girdlenew

The man girdle, or mirdle, finally offers fashion-conscious men a constrictive yet surprisingly comfortable garment designed to streamline those problem areas. But what does it say about today's male?

Las Vegas Weekly | Greg Beato | 08-06-2009 | Fashion

Tags: Equmen, love handles, male girdle, mirdle, RipT Fusion

Jesse Sandoval Discusses His Forced Exit from the Shinsnew

On May 2, without a formal announcement or press release, the band that "will change your life" performed for the first time without longtime drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboardist/bassist Marty Crandall.

The Portland Mercury | Ezra Ace Caraeff | 08-06-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Jesse Sandoval, The Shins, indie pop

The Different Kinds of People that There Arenew

A complete list.

The Portland Mercury | Lindy West | 08-06-2009 | Culture

Tags: personalities, people

Some of Your Beeswax: Director Andrew Bujalski Chatsnew

If the word “mumblecore” ever meant anything in the first place, it definitely had something to do with Andrew Bujalski. The lo-fi indie director of Funny Ha Ha and Mutual Appreciation debuted his third feature, Beeswax, in March, and speaks about the film festival favorite.

New York Press | Eric Kohn | 08-06-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Beeswax, Bujalski, film festival, Andrew Bujalski, Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, South by Southwest, director, Austin, cinema, SXSW, mumblecore, lo-fi

'O'Horten' is a Danish Treatnew

This strange little Danish gem tells the story of the aptly named Odd Horten, a man cut from his moorings when he's forced to take retirement at age 67.

Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov | 08-06-2009 | Reviews

Tags: O'Horten, Bent Hamer