Their Library is an excuse to let musicians mouth off about a subject which might otherwise be neglected - books. The influences which sluice into your favourite album are not merely restricted to music - literature, cinema and more help inspire and provoke new artworks. London newcomers Zulu Winter have been causing ripples of hype over the past 12 months, and finally deigned to release their debut album 'Language' earlier this week. Tracking down drummer Guy Henderson, we probed the musician about the literary influences which drive him forward. - - - What is your favourite book and why? 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt ...

Jay-Z 's part ownership of the New Jersey Nets is soon headed to Brooklyn and he's already made a big step in making sure no one mistakes the team for the constantly underachieving squad of recent years. With a new color scheme to complement a stylish & minimal logo, he has reported to have created what he describes as "the new badge for Brooklyn." After a long vacancy of sports irrelevancy, Jay-Z hopes to have sparked up interest for his hometown city with a bold statement for the team's aesthetics and also, perhaps a revamped roster. The striking combination ...

According to the  NY Daily News , Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov says that Kris Humphries has nothing to worry about - despite the fact that Kanye West took shots at The Hump on his new song, "Theraflu." PHOTOS: Kris Humphries Calls Foul: Says Kim Was Cheating With Yeezie! West rapped, "Lucky I ain’t have Jay drop him from the team" after confessing his love for Humphries' ex-wife, Kim Kardashian . The rapper implied that Jay-Z, his close friend and part owner of the Nets, could possibly decide Humphries' future with the team. 'Ye definitely has bigger fish to fry and people might ...

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West not only has PETA and medicine company Theraflu responding to his new "Theraflu" track, but now New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov has spoken out.

Patti Smith is bangin' and Banga. The singer will release Banga via Columbia on June 5. Smith revealed via an interview with CBS that the album title is a reference to the Mikhail Bulgakov novel The Master and Margarita. It also features a ballad for Amy Winehouse called "This is the Girl" and a

On June 5, Patti Smith will release  Banga  via Columbia , her first album of new material since 2004's  Trampin' . It was recorded in Electric Lady Studios with longtime collaborators Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, and Tony Shanahan. According to her interview  on "CBS Sunday Morning" , the album title is a reference to the Mikhail Bulgakov novel  The Master and Margarita . It features a ballad for Amy Winehouse called "This is the Girl" and a birthday song for Johnny Depp (!) called "Nine". The first single from the album, "April Fool", features Tom Verlaine and is available on iTunes now .

The two big heatrical DVD releases this week couldn't be more different, the comedy The Muppets and the dark thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Criterion Collection releases editions of Mikhail Kalatozov's Letter Never Sent and The...

antipode \AN-ti-pohd\, noun: A direct or exact opposite. Antipode is actually a clipping, or back-formation, of the word Greek word antipodes. It lost its s in the mid-1500s. The original word literally meant "opposite feet," as in "the place on the exact opposite point on the globe." relationship material n. A status bestowed from one individual upon another exemplifying satisfaction anticipated from maintaining a relationship with that individual. This evaluation is highly subjective and typically reflects a great deal of personal preference. However, this term is usually used in situations where the relationship is not exclusively sexual (i.e., it ...

Le collectif Beyond The Line et ses disciples amateurs de techno lente et sensuelle reviennent sur le devant de la scène parisienne pour une nouvelle édition de leurs soirées éponymes. Encore une fois, ils sortent le grand jeu puisqu’après Mikhail, Tomas More ou encore Scratch Massive c’est donc Superpitcher, l’une des grosses figures du label [...]

Le collectif Beyond The Line et ses disciples amateurs de techno lente et sensuelle reviennent sur le devant de la scène parisienne pour une nouvelle édition de leurs soirées éponymes. Encore une fois, ils sortent le grand jeu puisqu’après Mikhail, Tomas More ou encore Scratch Massive c’est donc Superpitcher, l’une des grosses figures du label Kompakt, [...]

cant \kant\, verb: 1. To talk hypocritically. 2. To speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg. noun: 1. Insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety. 2. The private language of the underworld. 3. The phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc. 4. Whining or singsong speech, especially of beggars. Cant comes from the same Latin word as chant, the Latin word for song, cantus. The sense of "insincere talk" arose in the early 1700s. weird part of youtube the part of youtube where one encounters very odd videos, such ...

Kooky Canadian Nardwuar the Human Serviette may have carved out a bizarre and hilarious niche for himself as the music world's most idiosyncratic interviewer, someone able to score a chat (and confound) everyone from Kurt Cobain to Lady Gaga, but he's also a musician — the Tam o' Shanter-wearing sprite is the frontman for long-running Vancouver punk rock band the Evaporators. Out March 6, the band's Busy Doing Nothing! is a star-studded compilation that features artists such as Andrew W.K., Kate Nash, and the Cribs covering songs by the Evaporators and other Canuck punk acts, as well ...

Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson caught up with Indian Rock at the Hard Rock Café in Bangalore a week ago to speak about Fredrik joining the band, the new album "Heritage," guitar techniques and effects, and much more. Check out an extract from the interview below: Mikhail: After you did your tour with Arch Enemy (featured on their DVD) and you j... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Mikhail Madnani of IndianRockMP3.com conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH one day before the band's February 5 performance at the "Summer Storm" festival in Bangalore, India.

Mikhail Horowitz reviews Shalom Auslander's Hope: A Tragedy.