Edgar Wright

We talked to Ron & Russell Mael about Edgar Wright’s wonderful new documentary ‘The Sparks Brothers’, their 50 years of making music together, and what’s next.

Filmmaker Edgar Wright’s long-in-the-works documentary about Ron and Russell Mael and their band idiosyncratic group Sparks is manna from heaven for fans, and an invitation to join the party for everyone else.

Edgar Wright has just shared a 2-minute “Official Clip” of his three-years-in-the-works documentary on avant-garde pop duo Sparks which premieres at Sundance this weekend…

Questlove’s directorial debut will premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which will be virtual.

Eddie Van Halen‘s influence loomed large and when the sad news of his death spread earlier this afternoon, tributes poured in from all corners of music…

You can also read tributes to Morricone from Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, Edgar Wright, Steven Van Zandt, Chance the Rapper, New Order, Duran Duran, Biz Markie, The Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd, Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, Jean Michel Jarre, and more.

In other news, Edgar Wright’s next film, Last Night in Soho, has been pushed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic.

There are also upcoming listening parties with Rufus Wainwright, Maximo Park, The Horrors, Culture Club, Electrelane, Camera Obscura, The Wedding Present, OMD, Badly Drawn Boy and more.

Edgar Wright will help celebrate the 21st anniversary of his cult sitcom ‘Spaced’ by tweeting along with a marathon of the seven-episode first season…

Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.