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An array of new albums hit the shelves and streaming services this New Music Friday.

It’s an especially great week for pop music, as both Lady Gaga (Mayhem) and Blackpink’s Jennie (Rubie) unveil highly-anticipated albums. Industry veterans Benmont Tench, Bob Mould, and Neil Young have all dropped new LPs as well.

Scroll on to check out our picks for the most exciting new albums to stream today.

Editor’s Note: Enjoy these albums and more on Amazon Music Unlimited, which is currently offering a free 30 day trial. Learn more here.

Benmont Tench — The Melancholy Season

The last time Benmont Tench released a solo album, he was still recording and performing live with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Since the group disbanded in 2017 due to the frontman’s passing, he is now settling into his role as the face of the operation as he returns to publishing music under his own name.

Glastonbury Music Festival has rolled out its 2025 lineup, with Olivia Rodrigo, neil young and the chrome hearts, and The 1975 leading the charge at the top of the bill as this year’s headliners.

The massive music festival returns to Worthy Farm in Pilton, UK from June 25th-29th. The newly revealed 2025 lineup also boasts names like Charli Xcx, Deftones, Doechii, The Prodigy, Noah Kahan, Raye, John Fogerty, Alanis Morissette, Gracie Abrams, Busta Rhymes, Wet Leg, Amyl and the Sniffers, Beth Gibbons, Brandi Carlile, Weezer, Rod Stewart, Nole Rodgers & Chic, and The Libertines,

Also playing are Four Tet, Father John Misty, TV on the Radio, St. Vincent, Turnstile, Franz Ferdinand, Wolf Alice, Lucy Dacus, Scissor Sisters, Jorja Smith, Biffy Clyro, Supergrass, Japanese Breakfast, Faye Webster, Future Islands, The Selecter, Djo, The Maccabees, English Teacher, Denzel Curry, Kneecap, BadBadNotGood, Anohni and the Johnsons, PinkPantheress, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kaiser Chiefs, Nick Lowe,...

Quick Links Season 3 Is The Final Season Sweet Tooth Release Date And Where To Watch Sweet Tooth Season 3 Cast Sweet Tooth Season 3 Story Details Sweet Tooth Season 3 Trailer Sweet Tooth Season 3: Further News & Info Sweet Tooth season 3 is the final season, concluding the story of Gus, a human-deer hybrid, in a post-apocalyptic world. The series, based on Jeff Lemire's comic book, blends action, sci-fi, and fantasy elements, with a focus on hopefulness and expanding world lore. The final season features new adventures and challenges for the characters, including a new threat, Helen Zhang, who aims to kill all hybrids.

Sweet Tooth season 3 arrived on Netflix in June 2024, and the season concludes the show's overall story. Debuting to critical acclaim in 2021, Sweet Tooth follows the adventures of Gus (Christian Convery), a human-deer hybrid boy who traverses a post-apocalyptic landscape in search of a new life. Based on the popular...

Warning! Contains spoilers for Sweet Tooth season 3.

The upbeat soundtrack of Sweet Tooth season 3 sets an optimistic tone despite darker themes. The show softens darker elements of the original story to remain accessible to wider audiences. Bright visuals and heartwarming storytelling maintain the show's uplifting spirit even in dark times.

While walking through Gus and Big Man's final adventure to the Great North, Sweet Tooth season 3 features a range of songs that add more intensity to the show's drama and action. Based on Jeff Lemire's comic book series of the same name, Netflix's Sweet Tooth presents an uplifting fantasy drama that draws on the anxieties of the real-world pandemic but balances them themes with themes of hope and resilience. Unlike its predecessors, Sweet Tooth season 3 delves deeper into slightly darker narrative territory but maintains its family-friendly tone.

Instead of treading the same path as its source material...

Nearly a decade since the release of his last solo album, David Gilmour will return with a new full-length, Luck and Strange, this fall. The former Pink Floyd singer and guitarist will release the record’s first single, “The Piper’s Call,” on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Thursday; a music video will follow on Friday. The album will arrive on Sept. 6.

Gilmour recorded and co-produced the album, which follows 2015’s Rattle That Lock, over five months in Brighton, England, and London with producer Charlie Andrew, whose credits include releases by Alt-j,...

Season 2 of young adult romance “Heartstopper” has arrived on Netflix, accompanied by a soundtrack filled with pop and rock. Adapted from Alice Oseman’s graphic novels, the new season continues the cute, queer, colorful and cartoon-embellished story.

Now that they are boyfriends, Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) face the nuanced challenges of Nick’s decision to come out to his family and friends. Elle Argent (Yasmin Finney) and Tao Xu (William Gao) fight their own butterflies. Tara Jones (Corinna Brown) and Darcy Olsson (Kizzy Edgell) are back with their relationship road bumps — and let’s not forget our favorite bookworm, Isaac Henderson (Tobie Donovan).

The first episode kicks off on a solid note with Maggie Rogers’ “Shatter” and Fitz and the Tantrums’ “Out of My League.” The 1975’s “The Sound” uplifts episode three after a stressful round of testing for the Year 11 students. Taylor Swift’s...

For many music fans and insiders, critiquing the Grammy nominations is an annual pastime. And each year, the Academy seems to find new and interesting ways to wind up observers. When the 2021 nominations dropped last year, the main knock was a complete shutout for the Weeknd. This time around, the issues are a little more complex. There are some noteworthy omissions among the 2022 field — no women in any of the rock categories; no Spanish-language or West African artists in any of the majors — but more concerning than who was left out is who was included.

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards are in 2022 and cover an eligibility period from September 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. So who are the top contenders for Album of the Year? See our potential favorites, dark horses, and spoilers below. Check back often as new albums are announced and released.

Updated: October 1, 2021

Leading Contenders

“Back of My Mind” by H.E.R.

Label: Mbk Entertainment/RCA

Release Date: June 18, 2021

“Certified Lover Boy” by Drake

Label: Ovo/Republic

Release Date: September 3, 2021

“Evermore” by Taylor Swift

Label: Republic

Release Date: December 11, 2020

“Good News” by Megan Thee Stallion

Label: 1501 Certified/300

Release Date: November 20, 2020

“Happier Than Ever” by Billie Eilish

Label: Darkroom/Interscope

Release Date: July 30, 2021

“Justice” by Justin Bieber

Label: Def Jam

Release Date: March 19, 2021

“Love for Sale” by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

Label: Streamline/Columbia/Interscope

Release Date: September 30, 2021

“Medicine at Midnight” by Foo Fighters

Label: RCA/Roswell

Release Date: February 5, 2021

“Montero” by Lil Nas X

Label:...

While Grammy nominations usually include many commercial picks, the awards pride themselves on being decided by music industry peers judging quality over popularity, even banning chart-related messages in FYC ads recently. So we often can expect a couple of critical darlings to get nominated across genres and sometimes even in the general field. Nominations this past year for Haim’s “Women In Music Pt. III” in Album of the Year and Phoebe Bridgers in Best New Artist are examples of how far acclaim can take you at the Grammys. Granted, we don’t know how this will hold up with no more nomination review committees giving a boost to lower-profile acts. Nonetheless, there are a lot of lauded artists who might surprise us this year.

SEEThe Weeknd could win an Emmy for his Super Bowl Halftime Show to make up for his Grammy snubs

One of the most acclaimed contenders...

Artists including Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Haim will play.

Event cinema specialists Trafalgar Releasing have set a UK cinema release for Glastonbury Presents – Live At Worthy Farm, a livestream on May 22 of live sets from artists from the site of Glastonbury Festival.

UK-based Trafalgar Releasing, a subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, is distributing the event in over 350 cinemas in partnership with promoter and online ticket producer Driift.

With the physical edition of the Glastonbury Festival cancelled for a second year in a row due to the pandemic, the Glastonbury Presents event will feature sets from artists including Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Haim, Wolf Alice,...

HBO Max released a trailer for Season 4 of “Gomorrah,” which launches on May 20.

The new season focuses on Genny, who, in order to protect his family, commits to legit business and tries to escape the world in which his father raised him.

“Gomorrah” stars Salvatore Esposito, Ivana Lotito, Cristiana Dell’Anna, Arturo Muselli and Loris De Luna.

Based on the book by Roberto Saviano, “Gomorrah” is executive produced by Riccardo Tozzi, Gina Gardini, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Nils Hartman and Sonia Rovai. The series is developed by Saviano and Stefano Bises, alongside Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli, who also serve as writers with Enrico Audenino and Monica Zapelli. The fourth season is directed by Claudio Cupellini, Marco D’Amore, Enrico Rosati, Ciro Visco and Francesca Comencini, who is also the artistic supervisor.

Also in today’s TV news roundup:

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PBS released a trailer for “Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten,...

After canceling its 2021 edition, Glastonbury Festival will host a global livestream concert from Worthy Farm on Saturday, May 22nd. Coldplay, Haim, and Damon Albarn top the lineup, with several unannounced appearances planned for the five-hour event.

Idles, Jorja Smith, Kano, Michael Kiwanuka, Wolf Alice, and DJ Honey Dijon will also perform.

The concert will be broadcast in full across four separate time zones, with staggered livestreams for the U.K., Europe, Africa, and the Middle East; East Coast North America and Central/South America; West Coast North America; and Australia,...

Wolf Alice have announced new album, Blue Weekend. The follow-up to 2018’s Mercury Prize-winning Visions of a Life, the upcoming LP arrives on June 11th via Dirty Hit/RCA Records and is available for preorder.

The band also shared the video for the album’s first single, “The Last Man on Earth.” In the Jordan Hemingway-directed clip, vocalist-guitarist Ellie Rowsell is filmed in black-and-white as she delivers the song about “the arrogance of humans.”

“And every book you take and dust off from the shelf/Has lines between lines...

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, Charli Xcx’s quarantine-made How I’m Feeling Now and Michael Kiwanuka’s Kiwanuka are among the 12 albums shortlisted for the 2020 Mercury Prize, the prestigious award honoring the year’s best LP by a British musician.

Stormzy, Laura Marling, Porridge Radio, Sports Team, Georgia, Kano, Lanterns on the Lake, Moses Boyd and Anna Meredith also landed recent albums on the shortlist, with the winner to be announced September 24th; due to the Covid-19 pandemic, no live event will take place to celebrate the awarding of the Mercury Prize.

Three years ago, Bea Kristi uploaded a low-fi love song called “Coffee” to YouTube. Little did most listeners know it was the first song she’d written, ever. “I came home from school one day, and I think my dad had noticed that I was getting depressed and kind of bored, so he bought me a secondhand guitar,” recalls the 20-year-old London singer-songwriter. She wrote “Coffee” on her new guitar without giving it much thought — “The tempo changes halfway through, it’s dumb as fuck,” she says now — and though...

Tim Burgess is on Twitter a lot, even when there’s not a global pandemic that’s keeping him and everyone else indoors. The lead vocalist of British alt band the Charlatans spends an inordinate amount of time on the social platform, tweeting dozens of times a day on just about everything — promoting his new solo album, daily updates on his life at home, and of course, what music he’s been listening to.

Recently, though, the musician’s Twitter has been transformed into a calendar and promotional tool for Tim’s Twitter Listening Party,...

For the second year, Spotify brings early presents for every kind of music fan under its proverbial Christmas tree with 15 new tracks added to its hit playlist, Spotify Singles: Christmas Collection. The new batch is a mixed bag of artists, with boy band Why Don’t We’s rollicking “Feliz Navidad” to alt-guitar virtuoso Jim James laying down a threadbare rendition of “Oh My Christmas Tree” to Meghan Trainor picking up the sweet and timeless “White Christmas” (which she recorded in Spotify’s Nashville studio last spring.)

John Legend gives...

Edgar Wright loves sharing “best of” lists with his thousands of fans on social media. This year alone, the filmmaker released a list of his 100 favorite horror films and provided an update to his list of his 40 favorite films ever. The end of the year is naturally a time Wright loves most, and he’s published his official list of the 50 top songs of 2017, with an accompany Spotify playlist where fans can stream every entry.

Read More:Edgar Wright’s 40 Favorite Movies Ever Made (Right Now): ‘Boogie Nights,’ ‘Suspiria’ and More

Wright’s list starts LCD Soundsytem’s “call the police,” which was released as the lead single from the band’s fourth studio album “American Dream.” The list also includes tracks from The Horrors, Wolf Alice, Beck, Arcade Fire, Temples, Broken Social Scene, Laura Marling, The Big Moon, and Hmltd. Artists such as Drake, Father John Misty, Frank Ocean,...

Canada’s Shania Twain is officially back on top. The country singer’s new record “Now”, her first studio album in almost 15 years, has debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Related: Shania Twain Fans Verbally Skin Wolf Alice Over Tweet “Now” pushed out 137,000 equivalent album sales in its first week, securing its place alongside other impressive […]...

Michael Winterbottom’s fictional love story set against footage of the British band Wolf Alice on tour hits a flat note

Those whose ears pricked up when they discovered Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, The Trip) had made a documentary about British rock band Wolf Alice may not be surprised to learn that despite the thrills of its live performance scenes, On the Road isn’t quite a concert film. Instead, the band are the pretence for a romance that unfolds against a backdrop of tour buses, hotel rooms and underground clubs. The lovers are two fictional characters (actors Leah Harvey and James McArdle), who fold into the real touring crew that travel with the band. It’s a compelling conceit and, indeed, the “docudrama” has long been Winterbottom’s directorial “project”, combining verité-style naturalism and improvisation to create an atmosphere of imagined reality. Still, the film’s prosaic title is a clue.

It looks likes like a handful of Shania Twain fans are wolves in sheep’s clothing, diving down the rabbit hole and pulling out harsh tweets for Wolf Alice. Related: Shania Twain Is ‘Swingin’ With My Eyes Closed’ In Sparkling Music Video What was supposed to be a lighthearted message from Wolf Alice drummer Joel Amey has led to […]...

Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell has an ethereal voice akin to Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser, one that would be in danger of drifting away were it not tethered to the might of her band. That lacy dreaminess is balanced by a ferociously heavy sonic wall, making for a sound that defies easy categorization. It’s made even more…

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"That's life on the road for you." Lorton Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for a film titled On the Road, directed by Michael Winterbottom, not to be confused with the Jack Kerouac adaptation of On the Road from a few years back. This On the Road is a docu-drama that follows the British band Wolf Alice as they tour around the UK promoting their debut album, My Love Is Cool. Aside from documenting the ups and downs of life on the road, the story follows two people in particular: Estelle (played by Leah Harvey), an intern from the record label, and Joe (played by James McCardle), a member of the band's "imagined" crew. They start up an intimate friendship, and of course get caught up in the tumult of touring. The film is mostly unscripted, and seems to capture the raw beauty and randomness of life and love. Dive in.

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Michael Winterbottom’s documentary slash fiction feature hybrid has seen its first trailer drop today, and we have the first look, watch the trailer in full below.

Taking more than a decade to come to fruition, Winterbottom was first inspired to make the story centring on the tour bus experience back in 2002 after he met the band Ash in 2002 at the premiere for his film 24 Hour Party People. Thirteen years later, Winterbottom finally put the wheels in motion on On The Road choosing the touring band, Wolf Alice as the focal point for the film.

The fly-on-the-wall documentary wasn’t enough for Winterbottom who proceeded to add the actors Leah Harvey and James McArdle to add a little twist of depth with their fictional love story in the midst of the everyday life on the road of a rock band. Back in February, Winterbottom told Variety the...

There is no shortage of movies and documentaries about the life of a touring band, but few of them capture a band that’s just on the rise to fame. Michael Winterbottom aims to do just that with “On The Road,” a hybrid movie that follows increasingly popular U.K. band Wolf Alice as they promote My Love Is Cool, while mixing in a fictional story to tie it all together.

Continue reading ‘On The Road’ Trailer: Wolf Alice Hit The Stage In Michael Winterbottom’s New Film at The Playlist.

Back in 1996, Trainspotting (adapted from Irvine Welsh's 1993 cult novel) emerged as one of the great British films of the era, one that bristled with incendiary sense of style and danger. The daring dims a bit in T2: Trainspotting, though director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Steve Jobs) and doctor-turned-screenwriter John Hodge try their damnedest to force lightning to strike twice. The passing of two decades can take the piss out of characters, especially the four slum-dwelling Scotsman who caught that generation-defining moment of youth-in-revolt set to a pulsating Brit-pop score (Elastica,...

Author: Stefan Pape

There are few filmmakers working today quite as innovative as Michael Winterbottom, who has an inclination to blur the line between reality and fiction in a way few manage. His latest endeavour, the documentary On the Road, following Wolf Alice as they embark on a UK tour, is no different, injecting fiction into this narrative, ensuring that the aforementioned indie outfit have a piece of cinema about them to cherish.

We begin at the very start of the tour, and we adopt the perspective of Estelle (Leah Harvey) – a vital inclusion as she’s new, meeting the band for the very first time, representing the viewer as we too adjust to this way of living. Laid back and easy to get along with, she has no problems fitting in, getting along well with Wolf Alice’s lead singer Ellie Roswell, and indulging in a romantic relationship with...

It’s time to feel the “Lust For Life” again. Danny Boyle got the boys back together for the follow-up to his iconic “Trainspotting,” and while the soundtrack boasts some new acts for the current generation (Wolf Alice, Young Fathers), Iggy Pop’s glorious anthem returns (albeit in a remix by The Prodigy).

Read More: Danny Boyle’s ‘T2: Trainspotting’ Starring Ewan McGregor Is A Nostalgic But Messy Sequel To The ’90s Classic [Review]

Nevertheless, the first clip from “T2: Trainspotting” has landed, pumped up by Pop’s tune, and sees Renton (Ewan McGregor) regaling Simon (Jonny Lee Miller) and his girlfriend Veronika (newcomer Anjela Nedyalkova) about footballer George Best, while Boyle adds his visual flourishes to the anecdote.

Continue reading Feel The Lust For Life Again In First Clip From ‘T2 Trainspotting’ at The Playlist.

The South by Southwest Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled an eclectic lineup of 125 feature films that runs the gamut from Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, in which Ansel Elgort plays a young getaway driver; Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, an action comedy about arms dealers starring Brie Larson and Armie Hammer; and Michael Winterbottom's On the Road, which follows the British rock band Wolf Alice on a tour; to documentaries like Erin Lee Carr’s Mommy Dead and Dearest, an upcoming HBO true crime tale; and Frank Oz’s Muppet Guys Talking — Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched, in which...

Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting features one of the great film soundtracks of the 1990s, mashing together Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Blur, and more into a kinetic chemical cocktail for disaffected youth. So Boyle’s 21-years-later follow-up, T2: Trainspotting, has some big musical shoes to fill with its own set of songs.

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Polydor Records released the track listing for the film today, suggesting that Boyle isn’t looking to fix anything that wasn’t broken with the first film’s sonic choices. The first track listed is a remix of the original’s most iconic song, Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life”, by way of The Prodigy. (The British electronic group teased the remix on its Instagram last month.) The rest of the album is a similar grab bag of the old and new, with recent bands—Wolf Alice, British DJ High Contrast—sitting alongside old standards like...

Danny Boyle’s 1996 film “Trainspotting” follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed Edinburgh in the late 1980s. Based on Irvine Welsh’s novel by the same name, the film went on to become a critical and commercial hit around the globe. Besides parking controversy for its subject matter, the film also produced two acclaimed soundtracks that featured music from and inspired by the film, including Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Primal Scream, Pulp, New Order and more.

Read More: ‘Trainspotting 2’ Trailer: Danny Boyle Unleashes Another Round Of Mayhem On Rent Boy And The Gang

Now, Boyle has prepped a sequel, “T2 Trainspotting,” due out early this year, based on Welsh’s sequel “Porno,” that picks up 20 years after the events of the first film. Ahead of the film’s release, the soundtrack has leaked onto Amazon UK, as reported by NME, and features music from artists young and old.

As iconic as Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie — and arguably more so — was the music that powered Danny Boyle‘s zeitgeist capturing “Trainspotting.” It launched the mass commercialization of Iggy Pop‘s “Lust For Life,” and for a few years there it seems you couldn’t turn around without bumping into the song, while Underworld‘s “Born Slippy” went from the clubs and into the homes of kids everywhere.

Continue reading ‘T2: Trainspotting’ Soundtrack Includes Iggy Pop, Wolf Alice, Underworld, And More at The Playlist.

Three UK features among first 15 films selected for Berlin’s Generations programme.Scroll down for list

The 2017 Berlin Film Festival has revealed the first raft of titles selected for its Generations sidebar, which features youth and children’s films.

Michael Winterbottom’s music documentary On The Road [pictured], which follows the band Wolf Alice on tour, will open the Generation 14plus programme this year.

Also playing in that strand will be Dash Shaw’s My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea, which features the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham and Susan Sarandon.

Further UK features playing in 14plus include the world premieres of Carol Salter’s Almost Heaven and Rafael Kapelinski’s Butterfly Kiss.

Titles selected for the separate GenerationKplus strand include the European premiere of Kriv Stenders’s Australian family feature Red Dog: True Blue.

The 2017 Berlin Film Festival takes place February 9-19.

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Michael Winterbottom's music documentary On the Road, a tour film about London band Wolf Alice, and Dash Shaw's animated film My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, which features the voice of Lena Dunham, are among the titles that will screen in the Generations section of the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival.

Organizers on Thursday unveiled the first 15 titles in next year's Generation lineup, which features films for children or a youth audience.

Films that will have their world premiere in the Generations lineup include Carol Salter's Almost Heaven, a documentary set at one of China's largest funeral...

Michael Winterbottom’s music documentary On The Road is set to open the Generation 14plus section of the Berlin Film Festival in February. His latest film follows the members of the band Wolf Alice on tour across the UK. Berlin has set a further 14 films for the Generation strands, 14plus and Kplus. The sections focus on the stories of young people and include Dash Shaw’s animated My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea with Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Lena…...

Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor roll back the years with today’s electrifying first trailer for Trainspotting 2, which not only sees the latter reprise the role of Scottish drug addict Mark Renton, but also features a modern spin on the iconic “Choose life” monologue.

“Choose life, choose Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and hope that someone, somewhere, cares.” Set against the pulsing house beats of Underworld’s “Born Slippy” and Wolf Alice’s “Silk,” this T2 teaser essentially rounds up the crew from the ’96 original before asking the question, just what on Earth have they been up to for the past 20 years?

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Adapted from Irvine Welsh’s literary sequel Porno, here we see Renton (McGregor), Spud (Ewan Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) stumble through another drug-induced saga of narcotic dream sequences and crime. If the cult original tackled themes of urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh,...

The rock documentary/concert movie is almost as old as rock and roll itself, thanks to shining early examples of the genre like “The Last Waltz,” “Sympathy For The Devil” and “Woodstock.” But it’s a form that got old quite fast, and while you occasionally see a great one, a picture that twists the form on its head or shoots in an inventive new way (Andrew Dominik’s “One More Time With Feeling,” which Jess loved at Venice, for instance), there’s a certain formula that these things fall into, and they tend to only be for hardcore fans of the band.

Continue reading Michael Winterbottom Follows Indie Band Wolf Alice ‘On The Road’ In New Docudrama [BFI London Film Fest Review] at The Playlist.

The director adds a romantic relationship story to his documentary about alt-rockers Wolf Alice to create a difficult cinematic hybrid that’s his best film in years

Michael Winterbottom’s On the Road is his best film in years: romantic, erotic and musically euphoric. This is a sensuously laidback docu-social-realist gem which takes something very difficult and makes it look easy. Winterbottom and his camera crew went out on the road last year with the indie rock band Wolf Alice as they toured the UK and Ireland: a group whose name is taken from an Angela Carter short story. They are Ellie Rowsell (guitar, vocals), Joff Oddie (guitar), Joel Amey (drums) and Theo Ellis (bass). The various tour dates provide a convenient chapter-break structure, and are announced in block capitals on screen: Glasgow, Liverpool, etc.

Related: Wolf Alice: ‘We’ve got to a nice, boring middle ground’

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Independent boards feature about UK rock band Wolf Alice.

UK sales outfit Independent has boarded international sales on Michael Winterbottom’s music feature On The Road, about UK rock band Wolf Alice.

The film, which gets its world premiere at the London Film Festival, follows the Grammy nominated group on their tour earlier this year.

Producers are Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) and Anthony Wilcox for Revolution Films. Julian Bird, Abi Gadsby at Lorton Entertainment (Oasis: Supersonic) are executive-producing alongside Declan Reddington.

Lorton Distribution will release in the UK in 2017. Independent will be selling the project at the Afm next month.

Independent’s MD Andrew Orr said: “We are thrilled to be working with Michael Winterbottom again. Playful and innovative, On The Road combines his masterful ability to shoot fiction so real, it seems like documentary, and to document a true story so well, it almost seems like fic-tion.”...

Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.

Full Lineup Announcements

– The fiercely independent 17th Annual Woodstock Film Festival presents an outstanding lineup of films to be shown in Woodstock, New York, as well as Rhinebeck, Rosendale, Saugerties, and Kingston. The festival runs October 13 – 16.

The festival opens on October 13 with the World Premiere of “Blind,” a romantic narrative feature written by Michael Mailer (son of famed American author Norman Mailer) and starring Alec Baldwin (who will attend the screening with Mailer) and Demi Moore. You can find out more about the slate right here.

– The Mill Valley Film Festival, presented by the California Film Institute, has announced the complete lineup for the 39th edition of the Festival, taking place October 6 – 16. The 11-day event will screen films across Marin County and will feature premieres, panel discussions,...

Film follows Grammy-nominated British rock band Wolf Alice on tour.

Michael Winterbottom’s On The Road will receive its world premiere at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.

The film will be presented within the festival’s Sonic strand on Oct 9 at the BFI Southbank and follows Grammy-nominated British rock band Wolf Alice, from North London, on tour.

Winterbottom joined the band on the road earlier this year, capturing 16 different gigs and daily life backstage. The film records the tour from the point of view of a new member of their crew and stars rising British actors Leah Harvey and James McArdle.

“The starting point for the film was a long time ago in a bar in New York when we met up with a band called Ash. They told us all about their life on the road - an endless string of festivals and gigs. It sounded romantic and terrible at the same time. I was curious...

For someone who usually knocks out a film a year, Michael Winterbottom’s been rather quiet of late. He’s actually continued on his usual rate of productivity, but the last few films from the brilliant but somewhat patchy British filmmaker have made rather small drops in the ocean — few saw his Amanda Knox-inspired “The Face […]

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Michael Winterbottom's On The Road has been added to the BFI London Film Festival lineup, where it will world premiere on October 9. The film follows the rise of British alternative rock band Wolf Alice as they set out on tour earlier this year. In the documentary, Winterbottom captures 16 different gigs and daily life backstage from the point of view of a new member of their crew. Wolf Alice, which consists of lead singer Ellie Roswell, guitarist Joff Oddie, bassist Theo…...

We'd like to say it's a great time to be a Ghostbusters fan, but a lot of you would disagree. Even though those who loved the 1984 original have done nothing but dump hate on this new iteration of the classic franchise, that hasn't stopped Sony from moving forward with their marketing and merchandise campaign. Though believe it or not, some consumers have complained about a lack of toys in stores, with the studio not fulfilling the demand. That won't happen with the soundtrack, as it be readily available when it drops next month. Today, we finally have a clear picture of what exactly will be included.

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Emerging UK financier-distributor Lorton Entertainment has boarded finance on a Michael Winterbottom music film and a Steven Gerrard [pictured] documentary from the producers of Amy.

Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, The Trip) is in production on Love Song: Wolf Alice, about rising UK alt rock band Wolf Alice, which was nominated for British Breakthrough Act at this year’s Brit Awards.

Lorton will also distribute the Revolution Films production, which will feature the band members alongside emerging UK actors.

The London-based outfit, which is headed by investment banker Julian Bird and a consortium of private financiers, is also set to back and distribute a documentary about revered UK footballer Steven Gerrard, which will be produced by Amy producer James Gay Rees. A director has yet to be attached.

Bird set up Lorton five years ago but the company has ramped activities in the last two years, making its biggest...

It's time to royally jam out! The Royals' official soundtrack is now available for all your listening pleasure while you eagerly and impatiently await the season three premiere! In addition to all the sex and scandal, the unforgettable music has become an integral part of the hit show. The 13-track album features emotional tunes from seasons one and two, including songs from Grammy-nominated band Wolf Alice and indie artist Pete Yorn. Check out the track listing below: 1.        Wolf Alice - "Giant Peach" 2.        Nick Mulvey - "Fever to the...

Over the past year, the UK music scene has been insane, and now the 2016 Brit Awards has released the list of distinguished hopefuls.

As could be expected, Adele has scored four nods including British Female Solo Artist, British Single, MasterCard British Album of the Year and British Artist Video of the Year.

Furthermore, James Bay, One Direction, Little Mix, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris are all up for trophies. The 2016 Brit Awards will take place at London’s O2 Arena on February 24th.

Here’s the list of nominees-

British Male Solo Artist

Aphex Twin

Calvin Harris

James Bay

Jamie Xx

Mark Ronson

British Female Solo Artist

Adele

Amy Winehouse

Florence + the Machine

Jess Glynne

Laura Marling

British Group

Blur

Coldplay

Foals

One Direction

Years & Years

British Breakthrough Act

Catfish and the Bottlemen

James Bay

Jess Glynne

Wolf Alice

Years & Years

British Single

Adele Hello

Calvin Harris & Disciples How...

With just over two months until the 2016 Grammy Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences just released the first batch of nominees.

And as could be expected, Taylor Swift scored nods for Record of the Year and Song of the Year while her buddy Ed Sheeran also nabbed a Song of the Year and Record of the Year mention.

The 58th annual Gramm Awards will go live on February 15th, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with plenty of powerful performances and a slew of sexy stars. Meanwhile, here is the first wave of nominees-

Record of the Year

“Really Love,” by D’angelo and the Vanguard

“Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

“Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran

“Blank Space,” Taylor Swift

“Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd

Album of the Year

Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes

To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

Traveller, Chris Stapleton...