Here’s your first look at actor Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams in the forthcoming biopic I Saw the Light. The film will hit selected theaters on Nov. 27, with a wider release to follow. Thom Yorke is writing music for an upcoming Broadway production of Harold Pinter‘s 1971 play Old Times. “I’ve enjoyed exploring through music the script’s themes of love and…

Raised in Minneapolis, Max Timander is best known to The Current’s audience as Stereo Confession’s guitarist/vocalist. But there’s something readers might not know: pre-Stereo-Confession, he blogged about music—and quite enthusiastically, at that. Chris Riemenschneider at the Star Tribune covered Timander’s blog in 2009 (headline: “He’s taking rock blogs to the Max”). “I really want to be a…

Showtime president David Nevins announced that Patti Smith is collaborating with the cable network to create a limited-run TV series adaptation of her 2010 memoir Just Kids. The book focuses on Smith’s relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and includes stories of their run-ins with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and other luminaries.”The medium of a television limited series offers narrative freedom…

Morly: In Defense of My Muse EP Based on Katy Morley’s vast skillset, her music could have gone in several different directions. Her voice makes her a candidate for a singer-songwriter format, and her beat production could carry her to work with MCs on rap tracks, but she chose to say “screw it” and do…

“In 24 hours, I’m out,” said Jacob Grun. He stood in the Sound Gallery late last month, surveying the space on its second-to-last day. The recording studio has hosted artists from James Blake to Marijuana Deathsquads. The venue hosted rehearsals, recording sessions, and parties for local musicians. But on July 1, Grun received notice from the building’s owners;…

Björk says she’s ready to move on from promoting her critically-acclaimed, emotionally taxing breakup album Vulnicura. After canceling a series of European tour dates, the Icelandic singer-songwriter took to Facebook to tell her fans that the “intense” performances supporting Vulnicura have ended “for reasons beyond my control.” She says she’s now writing new music, and says she feels “the…

The Zombie Pub Crawl has announced the first round of its 2015 music lineup, headlined by surefire party-starter Girl Talk—a.k.a. mashup genius Gregg Gillis. The other headliners are Seven Lions, Sum 41, and Soulja Boy (commence the undead cranking), but the artists who are likely to generate the most buzz are the nominal sub-headliners: ’90s…

Bowie on a ten-pound note? That’s the case in the Brixton district of London, where cash has recently become crafty. As the New York Times reports, custom currencies are springing up in several areas around the world, including England, Amsterdam, and the northeastern United States. The idea behind these new notes is to keep the cash…

Last week, Bedlam Theatre announced a campaign to raise $400,000 by December. In order to reach that goal, the theater is rolling out a series of fundraisers and events to raise money in creative ways. Since opening their Lowertown venue just over a year ago, the theater says on a Keep Bedlam Alive Facebook page, Bedlam has…

Prince has announced that, at least initially, his new album HitNRun will be released exclusively on Jay Z‘s streaming service Tidal. “After one meeting, it was obvious that Jay Z and the team he has assembled at Tidal recognize and applaud the effort that real musicians put in2 their craft 2 achieve the very best they can at this…