Bill Pearis

Roy Wood will be testing out new material on the road this year before taping new comedy special “Imperfect Messenger“ in Denver this fall.

Plus: Foreigner, The Found Footage Festival, Courtney Barnett, David Byrne's American Utopia on Broadway, Hellfest, Jeff Rosenstock, The Menzingers, Pronoun, Madlib, and more.

Edgar Wright‘s 'The Sparks Brothers' documentary is in theaters today and they've just announced an official soundtrack -- a 42-track, four-LP vinyl set that works as a super-sized Best of Sparks, too.

“Find the Man“ is off Montreal group Freelove Fenner‘s new album 'The Punishment Zone.'

Paragon also wrote many episodes of ‘Pee-wee's Playhouse‘ and voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl. He was 66.

“Love is a Lonely Thing“ is one of two Feist collaborations on Kings of Convenience‘s new album, ‘Peace or Love.‘ Erlend Øye says it's “really just the three of us going in there, and really just playing music without too much thinking.“

The biopic will be directed by the Hughes Brothers' Allen Hughes and Jimmy Iovine is another of the film‘s producers.

The 7-LP box set includes nearly everything from the original era of the krautrock icons, including "lost" 1974 album ‘Punkt‘ that was recorded at Giorgio Moroder's Musicland Studios.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Kings of Convenience, Marina Allen, and The Catenary Wires, plus new documentary ‘The Sparks Brothers,‘ and more.

The Swedish duo who gave us 2006 blog hit ”I'll Be By Your Side” have been ”working in deep seclusion over the last half decade” and will have a new record out this fall via Italians Do It Better.