Saturday, November 13, 2010
Robyn on Fallon!
Robyn just made every jaw drop in New York City this week (including mine) and she does it again on Jimmy Fallon performing "Dancing on my Own." Take a look at our girl in action!
Fistful of Mercy & Tom Morello on Conan!
Fistful of Mercy (Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur) made their TV debut this week on Conan performing "Father's Son," as if that is not enough to make you tune it, the band is backed by non other than TOM MORELLO! Take a look!
BRAND NEW WOMBATS!
One of our favorite acts, The Wombats are set to return next year with a brand new record. A big pop-punk explosion to the follow up of their 2008 debut, A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation. Though the band was hoping to have the record out by year's end, it has been pushed to early 2011 and they are giving fans a brand new song to hold them over. DOWNLOAD THE WOMBATS LATEST - "Jump Into The Fog," FOR FREE!! See Below!
Also be sure to take a look at their latest video for "Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves) below!
Also be sure to take a look at their latest video for "Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves) below!
We spoke to The Wombats in 2009 about the making of their new record and success, take a look at that interview HERE.
Soundgarden on Conan!
Conan O'Brien - Thanks for returning to TV and bringing Soundgarden along with you. In their first televised appearance since their reunion, Soundgarden brought the thunder and fury to Conan's new show. Take a look!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Jack & Conan
Conan O'Brien returned to late night TV this week and brought along some heavy hitters, one of them - Jack White! Take a look at Conan and Jack performing "Twenty Flight Rock."
The Decemberists Cover and Track Listing
The Decemberists are set to release their latest record, The King is Dead in January, take a look at the cover and track listing below. The record features guitar contributions from REM's Peter Buck.
1. Don't Carry It All
2. Calamity Song
3. Rise to Me
4. Rox in the Box
5. January Hymn
6. Down by the Water
7. All Arise!
8. June Hymn
9. This is Why We Fight
10. Dear Avery
Jonsi on Fallon
The Sigur Ros front man brought his stunning solo tour back to New York this week and made a jaw dropping performance on Jimmy Fallon! Take a look at Jonsi performing "Sticks and Stones," from his brilliant record Go. We caught the Jonsi tour earlier this year when it made it's first run in New York, take a look HERE.
Quick News
After nearly a decade, PULP ARE BACK! The iconic the Britpop band is set to make a comeback this summer playing festivals in the UK next year. No word as to if they will be making it a global trek, but this is something that would be worth seeing and making travel arraignments for across the pond! The is the first time the original line-up has played together since 1996, through the years until the end in 2001, various members would come and go. Yet, Jarvis Cocker and the band are back and this is big!
Mike Skinner is giving The Streets fans a new record and tour come next year. The album, Computers and Blues will be out in February.
The Drums are becoming fierce workhorses due to the fact that as soon as they finish their current tour they are going to hit the studio and work on the follow up to their acclaimed debut, which was released earlier this year.
Jane's Addiction are set to release a new album in 2011! This will be the band's first record since 2003's Strays and no word as to who will be playing bass on the disc, since both longtime bassist Eric Avery left earlier this year and former Guns N Roses / Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagen quit this summer after being in the band a mere six months.
Live Review - Robyn @ Terminal 5
It sometimes amazes me as to how some artists are bigger than others. Is it because of the people they are working with? Because a certain higher ranked artist may plug a rising one? Their label could be spending millions in a massive marketing campaign? It baffles me. I ask this because after what myself and a sold out Terminal 5 witnessed last night, makes those questions come through more and more. Swedish pop princess Robyn returned to New York City and took the town by storm. Robyn is on the road celebrating the release of her epic Body Talk trilogy (Parts 1 & 2 have been released and Part 3 is set to arrive later this month). In what could be one of the greatest performances I have ever seen by a solo artist, Robyn took the stage like an unleashed wild animal and was ready to entertain. Backed by two drummers and two keyboardists, she packs more punch and energy than a case of Red Bull. Opening with “Fembot,” and never seeming to let up one bit, she turned the venue upside down and created the best dance party New York has seen since LCD Soundsystem did a string of gigs earlier this year.
Robyn rose to popularity in the mid 90’s with the radio hit “Show Me Love,” and after disputes with her label and playing radio-friendly, safe pop music, she had enough and cut ties with Jive records and formed her own label, Konichiwa records to create her own vision. She has become an electronic staple through the years but the Body Talk series has transformed and reinvented the once radio-friendly star into a worldwide sensation. The series features various styles of dance music from dancehall to dubstep to new wave and everything in between. The records are inspired by heartbreak and hip-hop showcase a talent that the music world needs right now. Her live shows are just a testament to that notion, that music needs her; especially pop music- needs her badly. She should be bigger than what she is, Terminal 5 is a good size venue, but it is too small for her.
On stage she is doing the work of singing and entertaining, there are no back up singers or dancers; it is just her and her musicians. She performs each song with such zest and joy; it is amazing to see her reactions as she goes through each number. Owning every inch of the stage, she knows how to work a room and how to elevate a crowd to new heights and outdoing herself after each song. With live remixes and different renditions of her songs, it was a sucker punch to the crowd. The set list each night maybe stock but the performance and showmanship is simply organic. While the crowd would be in awe and pleasure, Robyn would just keep cranking it up a notch. The biggest moment would come during “Dancing on my Own,” the lead single from the Body Talk series, with an entire crowd dancing and throwing their arms up in unison, it really is something to witness and admire. After 90 minutes, she closed with cover of Abba’s “Dancing Queen” and the song that gained her international attention “Show Me Love,” she left the stage exhausted but overjoyed and the crowd felt exactly the same. As she sings in her current single “Hang With Me,” – “Just don't fall recklessly, headlessly in love with me,” all we can say as her audience is – too late, we already did.
Robyn rose to popularity in the mid 90’s with the radio hit “Show Me Love,” and after disputes with her label and playing radio-friendly, safe pop music, she had enough and cut ties with Jive records and formed her own label, Konichiwa records to create her own vision. She has become an electronic staple through the years but the Body Talk series has transformed and reinvented the once radio-friendly star into a worldwide sensation. The series features various styles of dance music from dancehall to dubstep to new wave and everything in between. The records are inspired by heartbreak and hip-hop showcase a talent that the music world needs right now. Her live shows are just a testament to that notion, that music needs her; especially pop music- needs her badly. She should be bigger than what she is, Terminal 5 is a good size venue, but it is too small for her.
On stage she is doing the work of singing and entertaining, there are no back up singers or dancers; it is just her and her musicians. She performs each song with such zest and joy; it is amazing to see her reactions as she goes through each number. Owning every inch of the stage, she knows how to work a room and how to elevate a crowd to new heights and outdoing herself after each song. With live remixes and different renditions of her songs, it was a sucker punch to the crowd. The set list each night maybe stock but the performance and showmanship is simply organic. While the crowd would be in awe and pleasure, Robyn would just keep cranking it up a notch. The biggest moment would come during “Dancing on my Own,” the lead single from the Body Talk series, with an entire crowd dancing and throwing their arms up in unison, it really is something to witness and admire. After 90 minutes, she closed with cover of Abba’s “Dancing Queen” and the song that gained her international attention “Show Me Love,” she left the stage exhausted but overjoyed and the crowd felt exactly the same. As she sings in her current single “Hang With Me,” – “Just don't fall recklessly, headlessly in love with me,” all we can say as her audience is – too late, we already did.
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