Director Todd Graff says Wilco's music-besotted What Light inspired his movie Bandslam, and he's got a soundtrack to back that up. It sounds like it was assembled by a fan, not a marketing department.

An utterly charming work of pure pop exuberance, “Bandslam” is full of unexpected pleasures set to a surprisingly retro soundtrack. One certainly doesn’t go to a contemporary, teen-angst movie ...

An energetic, if overlong, music-driven comedy set against the backdrop of a high school battle of the bands competition, the film manages to come up with a fresh backbeat for the familiar alienated ...

Gaelan Connell rocks out in 'Bandslam.' By Stephen Whitty Newhouse News Service Some things are just contradictions in terms. Like "gourmet popcorn." Or "political courage." Or "good, wholesome rock ...

After the premiere of Bandslam tomorrow night at the Galaxy Highland 10, something’s going to change for the Daze. It’s not just the killer, once-in-a-lifetime chance to dazzle a national audience ...

The first thing you notice about Will Burton, the ingratiating music-freak hero of Bandslam, is that he doesn't quite fit the teen-movie nerd archetype defined by Anthony Michael Hall and any number ...

As she leaves her teenage years behind, Aly Michalka, the elder half of the pop duo formerly known as “Aly & AJ,” finds herself on a new career track, unleashing her inner rock goddess. Michalka, who ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The perky, hollow “Bandslam” is the latest in a long line of movies that steal liberally from the John Hughes playbook of high-school comedies, but lack the ...