Pete Yorn News

He'll never be mistaken for a household name. But after scoring "Me, Myself and Irene," Pete Yorn earned a four-star rave in Rolling Stone for his first album, "Musicforthemorningafter," and went on to carve out a name for himself as that rare breed of young singer-songwriter who understands the value of a well-placed adrenalin rush.

If sweat is a valid indicator of a musician's effort to entertain, then Pete Yorn's show at the 40 Watt was close to being a funeral as the band battled perspiration by remaining coldly stiff.

Julian Casablancas, frontman for the Strokes, released his first solo album, 'Phrazes for the Young,' on Tuesday.

ACTING UP: Scarlett Johansson is heading to Broadway. Actress Scarlett Johansson will make her Broadway debut starring as a 17-year-old in a revival of American playwright Arthur Miller's drama A View from the Bridge .

After years of seeing other singer-songwriters breeze past him into the mainstream, Pete Yorn is finally front and center.

With two albums released, headlining dates and a tour supporting Coldplay -- 2009 has been the busiest year of Pete Yorn's career.

Like most other people, I really loved Pete Yorn 's first album, m usicforthemorningafter .

With two albums released, headlining dates and a tour supporting Coldplay - 2009 has been the busiest year of Pete Yorn's career.

Recorded in 2006, singer-songwriter Pete Yorn and singer-actress Scarlett Johansson's minimally produced duet album, Break Up, deserves its belated release.

Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix , but new music also pours into stores.

Historically, when a popular young actress like Scarlett Johansson decides to break into the bright, shiny world of music, the results usually fit somewhere between forgettable and disastrous.

Just north of Indianapolis, Anderson University has become a musical haven of sorts -- the most famous recent alumnus of the private liberal arts school being pop artist Jon McLaughlin.

Quickie CD Reviews: ScarJo and Yorn, Apples in Stereo and Juliette Lewis September 4, 2009 at 12:00 pm by Ivan Pena Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn Break Up Inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's duets with Brigitte Bardot, singer-songwriter Pete Yorn teams up with actress Scarlett Johansson for Break Up , a sweetly-produced and easy-to-enjoy album.

It's easy to see why Pete Yorn asked a screen siren to sing duets charting the end of a stormy relationship on Break Up Three years ago, the singer Pete Yorn had a dream about Scarlett Johansson.

Pete Yorn performs his on "Good Morning America." "This one is possibly the most misunderstood song in my catalog," Pete Yorn said Thursday night at the Henry Fonda Theater before he and his five-piece band launched into a propulsive version of his song "Burrito." A ruggedly handsome New Jersey native who's "been playing in this town for 15 years," ...

Pete Yorn at Showbox at the Market, today and tomorrow, 7 p.m., with Zee Avi and J.D. King Wednesday and Juliette Commagere Thursday.

Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Pete Yorn on August 22nd at the Roseland Theater.

That may leave some of his fans wondering what happened to the kind of hearty rockers that had been part of his first three albums, "Musicforthemorningafter," "Day I Forgot" and "Nightcrawler." Yorn has an entire album of amped up rockers in the can for release next year and was produced by Pixies frontman Frank Black.

Pete Yorn belongs to a certain echelon of singer-songwriter - think Jesse Malin , Bob Schneider or Ryan Adams .

Pete Yorn has done it again. His fourth album hit stores this past Tuesday, and it's definitely worth checking out.