St. Vincent performed two songs, “Digital Witness” and “Birth In Reverse,” on SNL last night.
Check them out.
“DIgital Witness”:
“Birth In Reverse”:
[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]
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Last night The National played “Graceless” and “I Need My Girl” on “Saturday Night Live.”
Check it out.
“Graceless”:
“I Need My Girl”:
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Last night Beck was on “Saturday Night Live” and he performed “Blue Moon” and “Wave.” For both songs he was joined by Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty.
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Sky Ferreira will perform on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on February 28, 2014.
Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld has a new EP and you can stream it right now.
U2 will perform “Ordinary Love” for the first time live at the Oscars on March 2, 2014.
Former X singer Exene Cervenka is holding a four-day garage sale that started today, getting rid of decades worth of cool stuff so she can relocate from L.A. to Austin, Texas. “I have eight guitars – nobody needs eight guitars!” she said. — Rolling Stone
Maggie Estep, an important figure in the early-’90s slam poetry movement died Wednesday, two days after suffering a heart attack. She was 50. — New York Times
Bob Dylan will perform two shows in Ireland this summer. He’ll be in Cork at Live at the Marquee on June 16, 2014, and then play in Dublin at the O2 on June 17, 2014. — The Independent
Beck will appear on “Saturday Night Live” as musical guest on March 1st, the Saturday following the release of his new album, Morning Phase. — Rolling Stone
Savages will release an EP later this year that will include the track “Fuckers.” Singer Jehnny Beth told Australia’s Tripple J radio: “We’re going to release a song that we play live called ‘Fuckers’. We recorded it live from a show did in London last fall at The Forum. It’s going to be available on vinyl as well. We’re also be covering a Suicide track called ‘Dream Baby Dream’.”
Kitten’s new “Money” video features Chloe Chaidez in bed with Ariel Pink. I reminds me of Andy Warhol’s film, “Beauty No. 2” staring Edie Sedgwick.
“Beauty No. 2”:
Prince performing “Chaos and Disorder” in Shepherd’s Bush Empire on February 9, 2014:
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I saw Haim for the first time when they played the Treasure Island Music Festival last month.
I hadn’t heard the slick soul-pop of their recordings which was good because they don’t match this rock quartet live. Yeah, I did say rock quartet ’cause Haim has gone rock in a serious way.
This “Saturday Night Live” performance gives you sense of what they deliver live.
Danielle Haim — she’s in the middle with the cool red SG guitar — has a distinctive, compelling way of singing, you can really hear during this performance of “The Wire.”
Here they are on SNL performing “Don’t Save Me.”
Footage was shot in Haiti where Arcade Fire recorded the new album, Reflektor. There’s also footage from a show at Montreal’s La Salsatheque, according to Consequence Of Sound.
Watch the group perform “Reflektor” on Saturday Night Live.
Watch the post-Saturday Night Live special:
Arcade Fire will score a doubleheader Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 when they guest on “Saturday Night Live,” and then have their own 30 minute concert special afterwords, also on NBC. The group is going higher profile in advance of their new album, Reflektor, which will be released October 29.
Here’s a trailer for the concert: