This may include live videos, acoustic performances, interviews, radio shows, etc.
jermaine takes his radio hit to the fallon stage sans miguel in an interesting patchwork leather sweater of some sort, where he was assisted by the roots crew in beefing it up. all sounds good from here; born sinner is out june 18th.
-grizzly
the otherworldy glamorous stage show of empire of the sun lives on as the duo, though lord littlemore seems to not be present, performs ice on the dune single “alive” in dallas for the first time. watch the lasers, latex, and regal headdresses in the yahoo! on the road performance above.
- sunbear
why these two baby-makin’ bedroomist forces haven’t already joined forces before this night + day festival is absolutely nutters to me. the xx asked jessie ware onstage to layer a powerhouse vocal turn of lady stardust’s “music sounds better with you” to their cover performance of modjo’s “lady.” the whole thing was captured on this pristine fan vid that has the ability to melt the everlovin’ faces off anyone who watches.
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last night, kanye west shut down twitter with his performances on SNL, sending fans running on either ends of the “love/hate” spectrum. i’ll go ahead and say this: i’m loving how aggressive these new songs, and i’m glad he’s branching out (as if he never does), but i hope the social commentary isn’t taking over this album. that being said, both of these performances were phenomenal and memorable, just as you’d expect from kanye west in the visual/performance art aspect. up top, “blk skn head,” a track that samples marilyn manson’s “beautiful people,” and below is “new slaves,” the track he premiered globally last night.
oh yeah, the album’s called yeezus and drops in a month on june 18th. YEEZY SEASON IS UPON US AND EVERYONE IS TUNED IN REGARDLESS.
EDIT: the album artwork for ‘Yeezus’ can be seen below the jump.
-grizzly
after releasing their first single in nearly a decade (“get away”), de la soul linked up with the legendary roots crew on fallon’s show to perform 3 feet high and rising’s “jennifa taught me,” to many’s delight. as an online bonus, the fellas unearthed “a roller skating jam named saturdays” (below the jump) from de la soul is dead.
-grizzly
well hot damn! bad rabbits put on their best double breasted jackets in color coded unison to hit the jimmy kimmel indoor stage for their national television debut. with them, they brought “can’t fool me” and “we can roll,” from their ace in the hole new album, american love. the latter track is below the jump.
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fall out boy stops by JBTV to perform “young volcanoes” nationally for the first time. glad they’re moving on to other singles, and i’m even more so looking forward to their show on june 7th.
-grizzly
i first heard of the stepkids when they opened up for mayer hawthorne on his ‘how do you do’ tour, and have been keeping casual tabs, but this “suit and tie” is a little too awesome. listen to the band’s jazzy rendition in the video above.
-grizzly
last weekend, i saw punk-metal act cancer bats cover the beastie boys’ “sabotage.” today, the dudes in titus andronicus and the so so glos took the opportunity to rile up their live show with a messy cover of “no sleep till brooklyn.” watch the sweaty performance above.
- sunbear
last night, in typical kanye west fashion, NYC attendees of the adult swim upfronts were treated to a 90 minute kanye west set. and that set held everything we hold dear about sir yeezy: new material, a fuckin’ glowing pyramid, and a classic kanye rant. watch the “i’m not a fucking celebrity” rant. unfortunately: i snoozed, so you all lose. the videos of the performances have been taken down.
edit: found one of “awesome.” spoiler: it’s not that awesome. watch below.
read about the rant here.
-grizzly
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fresh off the heels of their third (and very, very good) LP’s release, vampire weekend’s live show is being featured at NPR, where a full, hour-long and HD set can be seen in its entirety. the setlist features plenty of tracks from modern vampires, and some neat oldies for good measure.
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although the album version won’t be acoustic, dallas green performs a haunting track, “two coins,” which is due out on his upcoming LP, the hurry and the harm, out june 4th.
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lovely frenchmen of phoenix stopped by the jimmy fallon studios to perform two songs from their new album, bankrupt! watch “the real thing” above, and the web-exclusive “trying to be cool” below the jump.
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robin thicke brought his flashy, star-studded single to the national stage of the voice to get everyone dancing, while they bounced around on stage with gold microphones and tuxedos, being cool and shit.
thicke’s album, blurred lines, is out this summer.
-grizzly
people on the internet sure do have a lot of time on their hands — and good reason for that. here’s a fan-made documentary of sir yeezy tha god, just in time for the internet buzz building around his maybe/maybe not album that maybe/maybe not coming out on june 18th. it’s 45 minutes long and covers the entire span of ye’s career – pre-college dropout and all.
-grizzly