And now for some links that caught my eye today…
Musician-Authors:
- Patti Smith is following up her National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids, by writing a detective novel and recording a new LP inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi, the home of Dylan Thomas, and Mikhail Bulgakov’s 1967 novel The Master and Margarita.
- Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke is working on a book, possibly an “erotic memoir detailing [his] experiences with groupies.”
- Steve Earle is releasing a new T-Bone Burnett-produced album and novel of the same name: I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive.
- Jolie Holland wrote an essay for Poetry Magazine on poetry and music.
New Songs/Videos:
- Cass McCombs debuted the opening track off his forthcoming album, Wit’s End. Hear “County Line” here.
- Sleigh Bells premiered their bloody “Rill Rill” video.
- No Age unveiled director Patrick Daughters’ take on “Fever Dreaming.”
- The Go! Team dropped 3 videos and a new song, “Chimp in a Toga.”