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Black Keys And Damon Dash Tease Second BlakRoc Album

Posted 9-2-11 by
Tags: Black Keys, BlakRoc, Damon Dash, Danger Mouse

The Black Keys and Damon Dash have hooked up again for a second installment of their BlakRoc project and have unleashed an album trailer. No release date yet for BlakRoc 2, but the project features Talib Kweli, Wiz Khalifa, the Cool Kids, Curren$y, Jay Electronica and more. Even better, the Black Keys have already recorded their next album with Danger Mouse. 

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TAS Interview: Danger Mouse And Daniele Luppi

Posted 5-25-11 by
Tags: Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Jack White Norah Jones

Producer and composer Danger Mouse and his frequent collaborator, Italian composer Daniele Luppi, embarked on a remarkable five-year journey to record a dream project called Rome, an album that reflects their admiration for the classic scores of '60s and '70s Italian cinema, like the dark splendor of Ennio Morricone's spaghetti western oeuvres. Rome, out now, not only features Jack White and Norah Jones, but many of the musicians who played on films like A Fistful of Dollars. The Alternate Side caught up with Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi earlier this month to discuss the long evolution of the album. You can also catch the full interview on Words and Music in Studio A tomorrow, May 26, at 9 p.m. on TAS' sister station, 90.7 WFUV.

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Arcade Fire Surprise Themselves, Win Album Of The Year Grammy

Posted 2-14-11 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Black Keys, Cee-Lo, Danger Mouse, Eminem, Esperanza Spalding, Iron Maiden, Jay-Z

It seemed to be a toss-up between prior winners Lady Antebellum, Eminem or Lady Gaga, but Arcade Fire surprised Marshall Mathers and the Ladies - and even themselves - by winning Album Of The Year for The Suburbs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Other winners included Black Keys, Neil Young (his first music Grammy) and Esperanza Spalding, who upset tweens everywhere by dashing Justin Bieber's Best New Artist hopes.

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Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Jack White Project Due In May

Posted 2-10-11 by
Tags: Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Jack White, Norah Jones

Last fall, The Alternate Side reported on preliminary details about Rome, the upcoming collaboration  between Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, a five-year labor of love that pays homage to great Italian composers like Ennio Morricone and Piero Umiliani. There's finally a firm U.S. due date: the album, which features Jack White and Norah Jones, will be released by Capitol Records on May 17.

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New Details On Danger Mouse Collaboration with Daniele Luppi And Jack White

Posted 11-30-10 by
Tags: Danger Mouse, Daniele Lippi, Ennio Morricone, Jack White, Norah Jones, Piero Umiliani

The tracklisting for Rome, the collaboration between Danger Mouse and Italian composer Daniele Luppi with vocal contributions from Jack White and Norah Jones, has been revealed along with online samples of selected tracks. The album, five years in the making, pays homage to the darkly evocative scores of film composers like Ennio Morricone and Piero Umiliani.

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Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys Sets Stateside Tour Dates And Creates A Hotel Of Shampoo

Posted 11-18-10 by
Tags: Danger Mouse, Gorillaz, Gruff Rhys, Simian Mobile Disco, Sparklehorse, Super Furry Animals

Super Furry Animals' whimsical frontman Gruff Rhys, who has appeared on recent albums by Gorillaz, Simian Mobile Disco and Danger Mouse with Sparklehorse, won't release his third solo album Hotel Shampoo until next year, but has set New York and Los Angeles tour dates for January. Plus in a recent art installation, he's constructed a hotel of stolen shampoo bottles.

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David Lynch Photo Exhibit Will Accompany Dark Night Of The Soul Release

Posted 7-6-10 by
Tags: Danger Mouse, David Lynch, Sparklehorse

The long-awaited July 13 release of Dark Night Of The Soul, the collaboration between producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and the late singer and songwriter Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), will be accompanied by an exhibit of photographs by fellow DNOTS contributor and director David Lynch at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Manhattan.

 

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TAS Interviews: Broken Bells

Posted 3-10-10 by
Tags: Broken Bells, Danger Mouse, James Mercer

The Shins' James Mercer and producer Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), the duo known as Broken Bells, tell The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali how their friendship slowly evolved during the recording of their debut album. Plus, surprisingly, Burton reveals that he's putting outside production on the back burner to completely focus on his new band. Audio clips after the jump.

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