Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is in select theaters now. Half the fun of watching guerrilla productions like Jackass or Borat is the thrill of a flimsy artifice couching publicity stunts as if ...

The Band Perry’s career arc is one of the most dissected in all of country music. After breaking out in 2010 with their debut album and its crossover juggernaut single “If I Die Young,” the sibling ...

Two longtime friends time-travel back to 2008 to pursue their performing dreams in this likably daft comedy. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

“Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” is about a pair of hopeless dreamers, though not all such types are created equal. The fedora-wearing would-be rockstar Matt (Matt Johnson) is the more sublimely ...

Welcome to “On That Note,” a rock-and-roll-centered column that will dive into the big stories, trends, and crazy ideas coming out of the music industry. From Foreigner (above) to Lynyrd Skynyrd, a ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to incorrigible Canadians Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about their new film, "Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie." "Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie" is a new ...

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is nothing if not an homage to the lasting impact that junk culture can have on impressionable minds." In his more recently penned rave, The Daily Beast's Nick ...

Matt Johnson's film concerns a pair of Toronto-based musicians who go to elaborate lengths to score a gig. By Frank Scheck It’s hard to imagine people having lukewarm reactions to the new time-travel ...

Guerrilla pranksters Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol deserve their own verb by now: to Nirvanna. As in, to will yourself into anything through creativity and a flagrant ...

Comedies don’t come much more eccentric than Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. As its daffy title implies, it’s a feature film (Feb. 13, in theaters) about a band that previously starred in a TV ...

Greg Brown, the founding guitarist of the alternative rock group Cake who penned the band’s hit “The Distance,” has died. He was 56. Cake announced Brown’s death Saturday on social media, writing, “It ...