While you were sleeping: The Shins played Conan
Last night while we were passed out, exhausted from a busy day involving interviews, editing and willful toddlers, The Shins stopped by the Conan show to perform No Way Down, taken from their their first album post 5-year hiatus, Port of Morrow. The web-exclusive performance of The Rifle’s Spiral is below.
While you were sleeping: David Byrne and St. Vincent played Fallon
Celebrating today’s release of their first collaboration, Love This Giant (4AD/Todo Mundo), former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and art-rock darling St. Vincent took the stage of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to crank out singles Who and The Forest Awakes. The official video for Who also appears below.
While you were sleeping: Bob Mould played Letterman
51-year-old, former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman, Bob Mould, released his new solo LP Silver Age yesterday. To launch it, he stopped by David Letterman’s Late Show last night with Superchunk/Mountain Goats drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Jason Narducy of Spl:t S:ngle, Verbow for a balls-out rendition of lead track, The Descent.
While you were sleeping: Yeasayer played Fallon
A neon, intergalactic object proved a random but oddly-groovy backdrop for Yeasayer’s rendition of Longevity on last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Longevity is taken from the band’s Fragrant World LP.
While you were sleeping: Grimes played Fallon
Just days before departing for a stint of late-summer festival dates across the pond, a pink-haired Grimes — atop a mess of rose petals — made her American network TV debut by performing Genesis on last night’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Genesis is taken from the Montrealer’s Polaris Prize-nominated Visions LP, out now on...
While you were sleeping: Wilco played Fallon
For no other reason than ‘just because,’ legendary American alt-rockers Wilco dropped in on Jimmy Fallon to perform Art Of Almost from last year’s The Whole Love LP. Later, they dug deep into their archives to pull out Laminated Cat, a single from the Jeff Tweedy/Glenn Kotche/Jim O’Rourke splinter band Loose Fur. Wilco 2012 Tour Dates...
While you were sleeping: Beach House played Fallon
The always swoon-tastic Beach House took the stage of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night to play Wild — and a bonus web-exclusive rendition of Wishes — from LP, Bloom. Bloom is out now on Sub Pop.
While you were sleeping: Tom Waits played Letterman
The inimitable Tom Waits took the stage at the Late Show with David Letterman show last night to perform an extended version of Chicago from 2011’s Bad As Me. The band included his son Casey (drums) as well as David Hidalgo of Los Lobos (guitar). The late-night slot—originally scheduled for April but postponed by Waits—marked...
While you were sleeping: Diamond Rugs played Letterman
The delightfully motley crew that is Diamond Rugs — John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pe (Black Lips), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite) and others — rocked out last night on The Late Night with David Letterman stage with a spirited rendition of Blue...