Afternoon Music Notes

Pete is off this week, which means the morning now happens in the afternoon. It’s something to do with his relative distance from Greenwich, or something…

Flight of the Conchords are doing a movie:
The comedy duo just provided 2 songs for the new Muppets movie, and I guess they liked it so much, they’re going to do a full-length of their own. No word on any Muppet cameos.
Via NME…

Wyclef’s Haitian charity project under attack:
Corruption? In Haiti?! Unfortunately, it looks as though Wyclef’s amazing feat of raising $16,000,000 for earthquake relief & reconstruction efforts in Haiti will ultimately be overshadowed by his alleged keeping of $11,000,000 of it, and using it for personal projects in the USA. Innocent until proven guilty… and all that; Wyclef has always maintained that his books are open and transparent. But this one has “shady” written all over it (really – it does – read the article!). And if it somehow means I get the chance to refer to the Fugees – it’s worth writing here!

Via The Hollywood Reporter…

Let the “Album of the Year” Commence!
The Guardian has commenced making their lists – and they’ve got a pretty epic thread started (follow the link below). This is the best time of the year to discover new bands you haven’t heard before because of lists like this – so read ’em all!
Via The Guardian…

What the hell else were they going to use?
David Bowie has agreed for his songs to be used in a musical based on his music – called Heroes, and Starring Major Tom… would have been a tough sell if they had to go with their second option:

Via Telegraph…