It’s time to catch up with some of the things that happened in the music business this week. First, Janet Jackson made it clear that she won’t be joining the judging panel next season on “The X Factor“. Also, Kanye West‘s ex-girlfriend Amber Rose got engaged to another famous rapper. And we’ve also got a new track by Regina Spektor. All that and more, below.
This week in music, we got some more soundtrack work, some live performances, and a lot of party albums. Black Eyed Peas bring us another play-by-play of the best weekend of our life, while Daft Punk fall short of their abilities and awe on the Tron soundtrack. No matter what music comes through this week, we got the best and the… not so best to introduce to you:
Not to sound like a total ogre, but if there’s a plus side to all the wars, disasters and general existential bleakness and misery in the world, it’s that we at least get some pretty good music out of it, especially in times of crisis. So fellow ogres rejoice, as Spin reports that the charmingly oddball singer/ songwriter Regina Spektor has offered up a gorgeous, minimalist cover of Radiohead’s “No Surprises” to iTunes, with 100% of the song’s profits going towards Doctors Without Borders’ Emergency Relief Fund.
With Jay-Z has recently released The Blueprint 3 and Regina Spektor has recently released Far, it only makes sense that the two are collaborating on a song. Right?
We didn’t think so either and it’s not exactly what it sounds like. According to a recent press release (via Consequence of Sound), Jay-Z has recorded a new song titled “Crispy Benjamins” on September 17th. The track is produced by Mirk of the New Familiar Music Group and also features Regina Spektor’s vocals from her song, “Chemo Limo.”
You’re sitting in a dark movie theater watching the latest blockbuster, indie comedy, or zombie thriller when all of a sudden a familiar voice echoes in the background. Instead of focusing on the actors on the screen, you zone out while listening to the melodic tune of your favorite musician. When you’re two greatest loves are film and music, nothing could be better than hearing you’re favorite band on your favorite movie’s soundtrack.
When it comes to the silver screen, there are plenty of great film composers to choose from, but Hollywood should try a different approach. There are some amazing bands out there that could easily do the job, and breath new life into the film while at it. Therefore, we’ve come up with a list of musicians who we think could give Hans Zimmer a run for his money.
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Regina Spektor has been lured by the Great White Way, trading in alt. pop songs for show tunes. The singer-songwriter will write the music for a planned Broadway musical called Beauty, based on the fairy tale classic “Sleeping Beauty.”
Spektor is set to collaborate with the lyricist Michael Korie (Broadway’s Grey Gardens) and the director Tina Landau (Superior Donuts).
Beauty is tentatively planned for the 2011-2012 Broadway season after an out-of-town tryout.
We’ve picked out favorite artists of the week. Now it’s your turn to pick yours!
Is it the Soviet-born, imaginative and colorful pianist/singer-songwriter, Regina Spektor (listen here)? Do you prefer the in-your-face punks, The Dollyrots (listen here)? How about new-wave post-punk rockers, War Tapes (listen here)? Or is it mellow yet psychedelic sounds of Viva Voce (listen here) that does it for you?
The number one voted artist will receive a special BeatCrave feature at the end of the month. So support your favorite band and vote for them in our BeatCrave Fav Poll!
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