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Kanye West brought two new tracks to last night’s Saturday Night Live which also featured emotional send-offs for both Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, but these Kanye tracks are absolutely slamming and deserve to stand on their own. He’s already announced that his next album Yeezus will be out on June 18th. Read more…
SETLIST / VIDEO: Rolling Stones (w/ Dave Grohl) @ Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 5/18/13
Last night in Anaheim, The Rolling Stones continued their "50 and Counting" Tour by welcoming the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl for a performance of "Bitch" off their 1971 album, Sticky Fingers. The Stones also played "Shattered" and "You Got the Silver" for the first time in 2013. Check... more
NEW MUSIC: Queens of the Stone Age Debut “If I Had A Tail”
Queens of the Stone Age continued their daily release of new tunes from their upcoming record Like Clockwork (out June 4th) on their YouTube channel, releasing "If I Had A Tail" today. This format of debuting new material one-by-one (w/ video) is certainly an interesting tactic for sustained buzz maintenance... more
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Head Out on US Tour, New Video for “One Girl/One Boy”
!!! have just released their fifth full length album THR!!!ER and are hitting the road starting tomorrow for a month long US tour. Guest vocalist Sonia Moore (of “2 Legit 2 Quit” fame) will not be joining, so the band is going to choose one fan per city to come... more
NEW MUSIC: Queens of the Stone Age Release “Keep Your Eyes Peeled” and “Kalopsia”
Queens of the Stone Age continue slowly releasing new tunes from their new record Like Clockwork (out June 4th) on their YouTube channel and you can watch today's animated video for "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" and yesterday's "Kalopsia" below. The band is set to make their stateside return at Lollapalooza... more
WATCH: The Stepkids Jazzy Cover of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”
To follow their re-working of Justin Timberlake's "Suit and Tie" from last week, The Stepkids released yet another lounge-ready jazz cover of a current chartbuster, this time taking on Daft Punk's (w/ Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams) monster single "Get Lucky". Check out the clip below and if still haven't... more
WATCH: Yo La Tengo on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
Yo La Tengo swung out to Southern California last week for an off-the-wall and thoroughly eclectic showing on Thursday night at the Fonda Theatre. The morning before the Hollywood concert, the veteran Jersey trio was in the studio at Santa Monica's KCRW to do a session on the station's internationally-renowned... more
WATCH: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Performs “Space Oddity” in Outer Space
Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield is the biggest superstar astronaut of the Internet era, thanks to his tweets, photos and videos of the Earth from space over the past five months he's spent on the International Space Station. Before his return to Earth on Monday, the space man had one... more
WATCH: Daft Punk Unveils ‘Random Access Memories’ Vinyl Packaging Porn
The robots in Daft Punk continue on with their super-human marketing campaign with the release of their new commercial showing the unveiling of the Random Access Memories vinyl, something I've already got on pre-order. The album drops next Tuesday, May 21st. Update: the album leaked today and it's... more
WATCH: The Stepkids Re-Work Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie”
You can watch the lounge-ready jazz cover of JT's monster single below and check out our Stepkids feature from last year right here. Those hoping to see the uber-talented Bridgeport/BK-bred trio on festival circuit this summer can check out their sets at Bonnaroo, All Good and Electric Forest. http://youtu.be/yacvARTtXlk * Also,... more
WATCH: Iron & Wine played Conan last night
Iron & Wine stopped by Conan O'Brien's studio last night and played a few tracks off their latest album, Ghost on Ghost. It's always great to see artists bring out their full arsenal and performance on the late night shows, and the choice of a 13-piece band really came... more
WATCH: DJ Falcon on how NASA helped Daft Punk
Daft Punk's countdown to their fourth, Random Access Memories is at ten days now (with buzz at record levels) and today, the Creators Project continued the push with the latest episode in their awesome series. This one features DJ Falcon who appears on the album's final track, "Contact." ... more
WATCH: Bibio – “À tout à l’heure”
We don't highlight Bibio enough around these parts, most likely due to the fact that there are no current tour dates on the horizon for the Warp Records breakout set to release a new album Silver Wilkinson on May 14th. But the new video for "À tout à l'heure"... more
SETLIST / VIDEO: Rolling Stones @ Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 5/3/13
The Rolling Stones "officially" kicked off their '50 and Counting' Tour last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, welcoming a few friends (UCLA's Marching Band, Gwen Stefani & Keith Urban) to the party. Reports from pals in attendance said that despite the early trouble getting in... more
WATCH: Tame Impala Covers Outkast’s “Prototype”
You wouldn't immediately expect Aussie psych-rockers Tame Impala to take a liking to Outkast B-Sides, but the band proved us wrong recently with a cover of Andre 3000's The Love Below burner "Prototype" on Triple J's "Like A Version" program. A band like Outkast borders on untouchable but Tame Impala... more
WATCH: Chilly Gonzales play segments from new Daft Punk record
Today, Daft Punk released the next episode in their PR-blitz for the release of their fourth album, Random Access Memories. The latest is with pianist Chilly Gonzales, who rarely shares his time, but was more than welcoming to the robots even comparing them to great film directors -- knowing... more
Moog Music Presents: The Tallest Man on Earth in Moog Sound Lab
Swedish folk artist Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man On Earth, stepped into the Moog Sound Lab recently along with Strand of Oaks to reinvent the title track from his 2012 album There’s No Leaving Now. Matsson trades the solo piano of the original song for the infinite sustain... more
Bob Weir Falls Onstage at Furthur’s Capital Theater Finale
Last night, Bob Weir collapsed on stage and later had to be helped off as Furthur closed out a nine-show residency in Port Chester, NY at the historic Capital Theater. Zag's Blog reports that Weir was fine during the first set but during the second, Weir could barely remember... more
LISTEN: Chk Chk Chk’s New Album, THR!!!ER
The Brooklyn-based band !!! commonly referred to as Chk Chk Chk will release their fifth album, THR!!!ER, on April 30th and in anticipation of that release, Pitchfork Advance is streaming the entire album for free. If nothing else, check out THR!!!LER's third track (and first single), "One Girl /... more
WATCH: Panda Bear talks about Daft Punk collaboration
You've hereby been warned that anytime this year we see the words "Panda Bear" and "Daft Punk" in the same sentence, it's probably going to be something I hop on the site to write about. Perhaps my favorite artists to emerge from my "post-jam" phase of musical discovery has... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Record Store Day 2013
Yesterday marked the arrival of RECORD STORE DAY 2013! What's Record Store Day, you ask? Well.... It's the day that many-a-music enthusiasts (aka music nerds) save up for, plan out for weeks and wake up extra early for. It's what has happened on the third Saturday of every April since... more
WATCH: Pharrell Performs “Get Lucky” Live for the First, Second and Third Time
Apparently Pharrell is as hopelessly addicted to this song as we are. Needless to say, Pharrell was pumped to perform the new Daft Punk track, "Get Lucky," live for the first time at a HTC One launch party in Brooklyn on Friday night. Pumped enough to repeat the song three... more
WATCH: Yellowbirds Perform New Songs, Talk About New Album
Sam Cohen's Yellowbirds will release their sophomore album, Songs From the Vanished Frontier next month (which we're very much looking forward to) on Royal Potato Family Records, and yesterday the band linked to a BreakThru Radio session of new songs including "Julian", "Young Men of Promise", and "Mean Maybe." ... more
WATCH: Alt-J perform “Breezeblocks” on Conan
Last night, Alt-J (∆) stopped by Conan O'Brien's late night show to perform "Breezeblocks" off their debut album, An Awesome Wave. The British quartet is coming off an impressive set at last weekend's Coachella and will play the Mojave Tent again tonight as part of Weekend Two. Check... more
WATCH: Selling Coachella Weekend Two Tix Is Almost Impossible
While there are surely a few twists in the programming this weekend (such as Stone Roses not headlining / Blur stepping into the slot), weekend two of Coachella is set up very much like weekend one. What's more is that one can avoid torrential sandstorms and still enjoy the music... more
WATCH: The Postal Service at Coachella 2013
The Postal Service (vocalist Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello) were one of the bright spots on Saturday's Coachella lineup in which they celebrated their only album, 2003's Give Up. Postal Service along with Jenny Lewis (who almost stole the show) performed the entire album except "Recycled Air" which... more
WATCH: Daft Punk’s New Saturday Night Live Ad Featuring Pharrell
Tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live featured the same Daft Punk ad that caused a considerable stir at Coachella on Friday. While the duo's live resurfacing continues to be entirely shrouded in rumors and speculation, Daft Punk has managed to engender an almost unprecedented level of buzz and intrigue leading... more
WATCH: How To Destroy Angels FULL SET @ Coachella 2013
Trent Reznor's newest project How To Destroy Angels has an unsurprisingly stellar visual element and the new group performed at Coachella's opening night on Friday. Check out the full performance at this link or the 8:55:31 mark below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KTWdBoru0&t=8h55m31s
WATCH: Anders Osborne & Phil Lesh “Burning On The Inside” @ Terrapin Crossroads 4/11/13
The extraordinary Anders Osborne helped Phil Lesh kick off a series of stacked spring rambles at Terrapin Crossroads last night and clips are already starting to surface thanks to Anders' right-hand man Chris "Shaggy" Davis and his always reliable video work from up-front. Osborne's affinity for the Grateful Dead is... more
PHOTOS / VIDEO: Widespread Panic @ Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO 4/9/13
Widespread Panic kicked off their spring tour in St. Louis on Tuesday night at the Peabody Opera House and our new photo contributor Tim Bottchen captured the action which you can see in the gallery below. Continue below for the setlist, full show video and photos down below. SETLIST: WIDESPREAD... more
WATCH: Tame Impala Plays KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
En route to their Sunday appearance at Coachella 2013, Tame Impala stopped by Santa Monica's KCRW to play live on Morning Becomes Eclectic. Check out the clips of the Aussie psych phenoms playing "It Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" and "Elephant". Tame Impala plays Coachella at 6:25 pm PST... more
