Watch The Smashing Pumpkins perform "Drum and Fife" on The Tonight Show and make their TV debut with Billy Corgan's new line-up including Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk and The Killers bassist Mark Stoermer.
Friday, April 3, 2015
The Smashing Pumpkins on Fallon
Watch The Smashing Pumpkins perform "Drum and Fife" on The Tonight Show and make their TV debut with Billy Corgan's new line-up including Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk and The Killers bassist Mark Stoermer.
Fat White Family on Letterman
British buzz rockers Fat White Family simply thrashed their way through The Late Show with an epic performance of "Is It Raining In Your Mouth?" Take a look, even David Letterman was impressed!
Beck on James Corden
Last night's Late Late Show with James Corden broadcasted from a total strangers home in California and while there were many surprises like Jeff Goldblum, the biggest surprise -- even for Corden, was Beck came to sing "Country Down." Take a look!
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Live Review: Bjork @ City Center
When Bjork released her latest record, Vulnicura, before it's March street date in January, the album was given an improper birth into the world and probably not the roll out that Iceland's best musical export intended. The critical acclaim was there, of course, but the album is so deeply personal to Bjork that the tampering of any avenue of the music would be unjust. Vulnicura is without a doubt her most introspective and touching work to date. The album revolves around the divorce from her husband Matthew Barney and how she coped to deal with the idea that they will no longer be together. The swooning and emotive album is heavy on the soul to listen to but if Bjork can make it come to life on stage, than no matter how difficult it could be to bear, it is worthy of embracing.
Hear Our Essential Bjork Playlist
After an unprecedented eight gigs scattered around New York City from Carnegie Hall to Brooklyn's Kings Theater to Manhattan's City Center for her closing nights, Vulnicura came to blossom. On her website, Bjork posted, "music is a beast best suited for concert halls: and i was blessed enough this time around to try amongst the new york finest : carnegie hall , the magnificent newly renovated kings theatre in brooklyn and the intimate city center . this time around ive kept the staging and theatricals minimal, let it all be about the music , the notation , the listeners. these temples of music are an ancient idea and not a coincidence that they work! hurray to gigs!!! im grateful!!"
For her final night at City Center, Bjork went out in epic fashion. Just after 8 p.m. as her 15-piece "Bjorkestra," as I like to call them, a percussionist and Vulnicura collaborator and producer Arca took the stage, out came the woman every paid to see. Even getting a standing ovation before a single note was played. Dressed in an ensemble that was half-leotard, half flowing dress, with a mask over her head that resembled Pinhead from the Hellraiser films, it was time for Bjork to dig out her soul and let it all out on stage. Opening with "Stonemilker" and then "Lionsong," and backed by visuals that went in tandem to the rhythm of the music, it was Bjork as real and as raw as it could get. For nearly and hour she went through most of that new album and as we witnessed her recounting her pain, emotion, and curiosity, you couldn't help but be so caught up into it all.
After a 20-minute intermission, Act II of "Vulnitoura" started, this time she was in a maroon outfit and white make-up and took to the stage as if she would never leave. Raging through "Come To Me," "Quicksand," then adding in Volta's "I See Who You Are" and "Wonderlust," the audience was in free fall. She took everyone into the peaks and troughs of her inner being and we couldn't ask for more, but she still gave it to us. For a one song encore of "Mouth Mantra," she was on stage with yellow balloon-like shoulder pads that had yellow fringes on them, it resembled this time The Ultimate Warrior, but pranced around like a ballet dancer light on her feet as she gave it all for her final number.
Bjork's concerts have always been something to admire thanks in part to her transcendent appeal, but this current tour coming off of her acclaimed and intimate 2012 Biophilia tour, she is bringing her philosophies to life and not just singing them but reliving them.
Hear Our Essential Bjork Playlist
After an unprecedented eight gigs scattered around New York City from Carnegie Hall to Brooklyn's Kings Theater to Manhattan's City Center for her closing nights, Vulnicura came to blossom. On her website, Bjork posted, "music is a beast best suited for concert halls: and i was blessed enough this time around to try amongst the new york finest : carnegie hall , the magnificent newly renovated kings theatre in brooklyn and the intimate city center . this time around ive kept the staging and theatricals minimal, let it all be about the music , the notation , the listeners. these temples of music are an ancient idea and not a coincidence that they work! hurray to gigs!!! im grateful!!"
For her final night at City Center, Bjork went out in epic fashion. Just after 8 p.m. as her 15-piece "Bjorkestra," as I like to call them, a percussionist and Vulnicura collaborator and producer Arca took the stage, out came the woman every paid to see. Even getting a standing ovation before a single note was played. Dressed in an ensemble that was half-leotard, half flowing dress, with a mask over her head that resembled Pinhead from the Hellraiser films, it was time for Bjork to dig out her soul and let it all out on stage. Opening with "Stonemilker" and then "Lionsong," and backed by visuals that went in tandem to the rhythm of the music, it was Bjork as real and as raw as it could get. For nearly and hour she went through most of that new album and as we witnessed her recounting her pain, emotion, and curiosity, you couldn't help but be so caught up into it all.
After a 20-minute intermission, Act II of "Vulnitoura" started, this time she was in a maroon outfit and white make-up and took to the stage as if she would never leave. Raging through "Come To Me," "Quicksand," then adding in Volta's "I See Who You Are" and "Wonderlust," the audience was in free fall. She took everyone into the peaks and troughs of her inner being and we couldn't ask for more, but she still gave it to us. For a one song encore of "Mouth Mantra," she was on stage with yellow balloon-like shoulder pads that had yellow fringes on them, it resembled this time The Ultimate Warrior, but pranced around like a ballet dancer light on her feet as she gave it all for her final number.
Bjork's concerts have always been something to admire thanks in part to her transcendent appeal, but this current tour coming off of her acclaimed and intimate 2012 Biophilia tour, she is bringing her philosophies to life and not just singing them but reliving them.
Franz Ferdinand & Sparks Share FSS Details
On June 8, Franz Ferdinand and Sparks will release their combined forces in their new band FSS. The details of the self-titled debut have been released. Take a look at the cover, above, and the tracklisting, below, and hear the first single "Piss Off."
01 Johnny Delusional
02 Call Girl
03 Dictator's Son
04 Little Guy From The Suburbs
05 Police Encounters
06 Save Me From Myself
07 So Desu Ne
08 The Man Without A Tan
09 Thing I Won't Get
10 The Power Couple
11 Collaborations Don't Work
12 Piss Off
02 Call Girl
03 Dictator's Son
04 Little Guy From The Suburbs
05 Police Encounters
06 Save Me From Myself
07 So Desu Ne
08 The Man Without A Tan
09 Thing I Won't Get
10 The Power Couple
11 Collaborations Don't Work
12 Piss Off
Quick News
Speaking to NME, El-P gave an update about Run the Jewels' third album, which the dynamic hip-hop duo are working on. He said, "We're chipping away at it, bit by bit, where we can. It's hard to do on the road but we're already feeling the urge to get it down and make it the hardest shit you've ever heard."
According to the New York Times, David Bowie is currently co-writing Lazarus, a theater production based on 1976's The Man Who Feel To Earth, a film that Bowie starred in. James C. Nicola, the artistic director at the New York Theater Workshop who is presenting the play, told The Times, "It’s going to be a play with characters and songs — I’m calling it music theater, but I don’t really know what it’s going to be like, I just have incredible trust in their creative vision. I’m really excited about it. These are three very different sensibilities to be colliding." It is also being reported that The Thin White Duke will be writing new songs for the production as well.
In an interview with MTV, Kendrick Lamar said that To Pimp A Butterfly was originally going to be titled "Tu Pimp A Caterpillar" which would have abbreviated to TuPAC. Lamar said, "That was the original name and they caught it because the abbreviation was Tupac, Tu-P-A-C. ... Me changing it to Butterfly, I just really wanted to show the brightness of life and the word "pimp" has so much aggression, and that represents several things. For me, it represents using my celebrity for good. Another reason is, not being pimped by the industry through my celebrity."
Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses are teaming up to release a covers album called Sing Into My Mouth. No release date has been set, but it will arrive this summer. Take a look at the tracklisting below:
1 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads)
2 Done This One Before (Ronnie Lane)
3 Any Day Woman (Bonnie Raitt)
4 You Know Me More Than I Know (John Cale)
5 Bulletproof Soul (Sade)
6 There’s No Way Out of Here (Unicorn)
7 God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get) (El Perro del Mar)
8 The Straight and Narrow (Spiritualized)
9 Magnolia (JJ Cale)
10 Am I a Good Man? (Them Two)
11 Ab’s Song (Marshall Tucker Band)
12 Coyote, My Little Brother (Pete Seeger)
According to the New York Times, David Bowie is currently co-writing Lazarus, a theater production based on 1976's The Man Who Feel To Earth, a film that Bowie starred in. James C. Nicola, the artistic director at the New York Theater Workshop who is presenting the play, told The Times, "It’s going to be a play with characters and songs — I’m calling it music theater, but I don’t really know what it’s going to be like, I just have incredible trust in their creative vision. I’m really excited about it. These are three very different sensibilities to be colliding." It is also being reported that The Thin White Duke will be writing new songs for the production as well.
In an interview with MTV, Kendrick Lamar said that To Pimp A Butterfly was originally going to be titled "Tu Pimp A Caterpillar" which would have abbreviated to TuPAC. Lamar said, "That was the original name and they caught it because the abbreviation was Tupac, Tu-P-A-C. ... Me changing it to Butterfly, I just really wanted to show the brightness of life and the word "pimp" has so much aggression, and that represents several things. For me, it represents using my celebrity for good. Another reason is, not being pimped by the industry through my celebrity."
Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses are teaming up to release a covers album called Sing Into My Mouth. No release date has been set, but it will arrive this summer. Take a look at the tracklisting below:
1 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads)
2 Done This One Before (Ronnie Lane)
3 Any Day Woman (Bonnie Raitt)
4 You Know Me More Than I Know (John Cale)
5 Bulletproof Soul (Sade)
6 There’s No Way Out of Here (Unicorn)
7 God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get) (El Perro del Mar)
8 The Straight and Narrow (Spiritualized)
9 Magnolia (JJ Cale)
10 Am I a Good Man? (Them Two)
11 Ab’s Song (Marshall Tucker Band)
12 Coyote, My Little Brother (Pete Seeger)
Death Cab For Cutie on Kimmel
Watch Death Cab for Cutie perform "Black Sun" and "No Room in Frame" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
'Amy' Trailer Arrives
This summer, the filmmakers behind Senna will bring Amy Winehouse's tragic story to the screen in the documentary, Amy. Take a look at the film's trailer.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Alt-J on Fallon
The night after they sold-out Madison Square Garden, Alt-J performed on The Tonight Show. Take a look!
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