Lana Del Rey‘s cover is featured in the soundtrack for Hi How Are You Daniel Johnston, out November 11. More »
Danyl Johnson is a 27-year-old schoolteacher from Reading, England, whose audition for the Leona Lewis-spawning British talent search The X Factor over the weekend has become the latest Simon Cowell-sparked YouTube singing sensation. His rendition of “A Little Help From My Friends” was dubbed “the best first audition I’ve ever heard” by the cranky American Idol arbiter, although to these ears it sounded like it could veer into Danny Gokey yarl territory at any moment. But Johnson’s success has resulted in some confusion among people scouring the Internet for information on The Guy Who Could Be A Cuter, More Marketable (And Everyone Hopes Less Prone To Exhaustion) Susan Boyle—and it’s both amusing and all too familiar to this observer. More »
