Given that a cover tune first put Strand of Oaks on our radar, it’s fitting for Timothy Showalter to return to these pages — following an excellent new record — with another rendition. Even more fitting is that we’re back after long absence left off with Ryan Adams’ new LP, a cut from which Showalter just channeled for WXPN. … Read more

Kumar Pallana — who played Pagoda in The Royal Tenenbaums, Mr. LittleJeans in Rushmore, Kumar in Bottle Rocket, and an old man in The Darjeeling Limited — has died at 94, according to reports citing his family. This is sad news to many of us, especially those who’ve loved his presence in that remarkable run of Wes … Read more

Jack White’s solo album is now in the rearview mirror with the Kills’ last record a year behind it, so the timing is perfect for the return of the Dead Weather. We knew they were recording in Nashville at White’s Third Man Records, but now we have word on what they’re building in there: a … Read more