This may include live videos, acoustic performances, interviews, radio shows, etc.
more bands need to follow vampire weekend suit. when on a promotional run for your brand new album (modern vampires of the city is in stores today), don’t hit 4 late night shows and play the same 1 or 2 songs. after performing “diane young” and “unbelievers” on SNL this past weekend, VW knocks two more tracks into the mainstream.
“everlasting arms” below the jump.
-grizzly
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we’re a week away, and daft punk released this gem for us in the meantime. seriously, who are these guys’ creative directors and marketing team? they’re good. hear a snippet of a new track as the duo unboxes their newly minted RAM LP…probably in outer space.
random access memories is out on may 21st.
-grizzly
with new jimmy on the horizon, it’s only in good spirits that they started premiering these tracks at their recent live shows. at this past gig in wickenburg, AZ, the band premiered three new tracks: “appreciation,” “lean” and “book of love.” the latter two can be seen below the jump, and damage is out june 11th.
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god damn these vampire weekend boys know how to bring the ruckus with their lo-fi sound, don’t they? the kristin-wig hosted penultimate episode of the season featured a vampire weekend on the cusp of their third album’s release, and they brought along “diane young” and “unbelievers” (below the jump) to showcase for everyone.
modern vampires of the city is out may 14th.
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episode 8 of this excellent online web series is now up for viewing. in this installment, get to know paul williams, the academy award winning songwriter.
may 21st, folks. we’re almost there.
-grizzly
travel back in time to watch a full length fall out boy concert, dated all the way in 2003. that’s right, the full set from the cruise inn in buffalo, NY was home to a completely “take this to your grave” set, and you can watch the whole thing here.
-grizzly
in an all-too-perfect world, marc maron would be narrating every rock and roll documentary from now till annihilation. the world isn’t perfect so for now, we can settle for the cat rancher’s familiar voice laying out the existence of the new york label DFA records with interviews from everyone you’d expect like james murphy (from a boat, no less). watch too old to be new, to young to be classic above.
- sunbear
my favorite note of detail in this breeders performance of two last splash on fallon from last night is the way the familiar bassline of “cannonball” rattles the snares of the drumkit before the song ever kicks off. fucking’ sexy. watch “cannonball” up above and the bands’ cover of the ed’s redeeming qualities’ “drivin’ on 9″ below
- sunbear
this is a very vulnerable and personal look in to jermaine’s life. this has nothing to do with new music or anything of the sort – merely a peek into cole’s life. it features a narrative from kay cole, j. cole’s mother, and her story of how jermaine got her to be able to retire from her job at the post office.
from the web description:
“Part 1 of J. Cole’s Bornsinner.com series; a conceptual digital platform created by the Dreamville collective. The first installment documents the day J.Cole retired his mother Kay Cole from her job at the United States Postal Service.
The site will feature unique, personally curated content each week leading up to the release of his highly anticipated sophomore album Born Sinner on June 25th.”
-grizzly
local natives took the kanye “runaway” route and commissioned interpretive dancers for their city of music performance of hummingbird standout “bowery.” watch the gorgeously-shot pitchfork exclusive above.
- sunbear
good to hear from manchester orchestra again. while these guys are off recording their new album, they performed a set for HTC and they were nice enough to post the full shebang in HD quality.
they perform plenty of old hits, as well a couple of new songs.
watch below:
Manchester Orchestra – HTC Presents: The One (Concert Series)
-grizzly
because metallica is awesome and kirk hammett is tha god, i’m posting this. go giants or something.
-grizzly
does KRIT never NOT impress you? i’ve seen like 20 of these backroom freestyles, and krit’s 1:30 in the booth has already shot its way to the top of it.
-grizzly
last night was johnny marr day on fallon in which the stunt-cast guitar virtuoso played the title track from his recent solo debut the messenger and an old smiths’ rarity that probably only he and the other three members of the smiths have heard called “how soon is now?.” watch that sweet-ass gem up above and “the messenger” after the jump.
- sunbear
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vampire weekend are only 2 weeks away from the release of their third LP, modern vampires of the city, so it’s a good time to take these new bad boys on the promotional road. up top is their recent performance at jools holland, featuring the new jams “diane young” and “unbelievers.”
-grizzly