While you were sleeping: Jack White played Conan
While you were nodding off to dreamland after two heaping bowlfuls of homemade chili (which, incidentally, induced several pulse-spiking zombie dreams), Jack White tore through rompin’ Blunderbuss single, I’m Shakin’, on last night’s edition of the CONAN show. The fuel-injected performance — powered by Jack’s all-female band — was made complete by one of White’s always-electrifying...
While you were sleeping: Dirty Projectors played Letterman
While you might have be curled into a ball on the living room couch, snoozing peacefully after a particularly full day, Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors took the stage of Dave’s late night show with classical sextet yMusic and a bevvy of backup singers to perform a crisp rendition of Swing Lo Magellan‘s About to Die. ...
While you were sleeping: Cat Power played Conan
Last night, while you may have already been retired after an unusually exhausting dance party with your 19-month-old to the Strokes’ Is This It LP, Cat Power proved herself to be a total champ on CONAN. After announcing to the world she would cancel the European leg of her tour for both heath and financial...
While you were sleeping: Bat For Lashes played Jools Holland
Last night while you may have been zonked out from your impromptu 5K run, Natasha Khan a.k.a Bat For Lashes appeared on UK late night show, Later… With Jools Holland, performing The Haunted Man single, Laura. The Haunted Man was released October 15th via EMI and is available now.
While you were sleeping: Sigur Rós played Iceland
While you were possibly already sawing logs on the couch by 7:00 p.m., nursing one helluva nasty hangover, Sigur Rós were wide awake, feelin’ good, and playing to their native Iceland for the first time in more than four years. To celebrate their return, the band debuted a new song called Brennisteinn, and it goes...
While you were sleeping: David Byrne & St Vincent appeared on Colbert
While you may have already been passed out, (still!) rebounding from some heavy duty jet lag incurred from a glorious Mediterranean cruise, David Byrne and St Vincent, supporting their new, collaborative LP, Love This Giant, appeared together on last night’s edition of The Colbert Report. The duo sat down with Stephen and shared (among other...
While you were sleeping: Muse played SNL
Last night, while you might have been in bed catching up after some rather wild ‘n’ crazy, martini and red wine-fueled happenings the night before, Muse took the stage of New York’s SNL to deliver renditions of Madness and Panic Station. Both tracks are taken from the band’s current LP, The 2nd Law. Singer-guitarist Matthew...
While you were sleeping: The Raveonettes played Letterman
Last night, while you may have been crashed out from the pressure of looming deadlines and marathon editing session like we were, Danish fuzz-pop duo, The Raveonettes, played Observator single, She Owns the Streets on The Late Show With David Letterman. Watch it here via The Audio Perv.
While you were sleeping: Morrissey played Fallon
Last night, after we tucked ourselves under the covers in hopes of staving off early cold symptom, former frontman to The Smiths and all-around music icon, Morrissey, performed a pair of songs on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. After treating TV-land to a solid cover of Frankie Valli’s “To Give (The Reason I Live)” he...