Scott Stapp sits down on the plush chair in the corner of the living room — the one with the flowers — and takes a sip of his Monster energy drink. A few feet away, a microphone stand has just come to rest. Gobs of spittle drip from the microphone’s casing onto the carpet. Sitting… Continue reading Phenomenal Video Saturday: Scott Stapp wills the Marlins to WIN
Author: Jon
Regina Spektor is getting presidential
By presidential, I of course mean she’s being elected president. Great! Post: over. Just kidding, of course. Did you believe me? I’ve been told my poker face is divine. What Regina Spektor is ACTUALLY doing is performing at the White House tomorrow at the Jewish Heritage Month reception hosted by ol’ Barack and his ball… Continue reading Regina Spektor is getting presidential
Phenomenal Video Saturday: Feist has friends
I’m admittedly not much of a fan of Feist, and the fact that “1234” was played to DEATH EVERYWHERE doesn’t help my appreciation of the song. But her performance on Letterman from a while back is not only awesome, it features a choir of every cool person ever. By that, of course, I mean members… Continue reading Phenomenal Video Saturday: Feist has friends
Mogwai to release new CD/DVD in August
Well, this is nice. Scottish post-rock juggernauts Mogwai are set to release a new live CD/DVD on August 20. DVD’s titled Burning, and the CD is Special Moves. The recorded shows in question are from the band’s three-night residency this past April at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y. and were co-recorded by… Continue reading Mogwai to release new CD/DVD in August
Phenomenal Video Saturday: The National. On Letterman. Thursday.
Being the news-craving, mile-a-minute journalist I am, I just need to be on the cutting edge of everything going on in the world. So I know that there’s, like, an oil spill or whatever, and a bomb in Times Square, or something, and OMGZ THE NATIONAL ON LETTERMAN! I don’t know about you guys, but… Continue reading Phenomenal Video Saturday: The National. On Letterman. Thursday.
Josh Ritter seems to have a lot of fun on tour
…As evidenced by this video we just got in our e-mail. It’s a clip of Ritter and his band plowing through “To the Dogs or Whoever” after making a (presumably) dramatic entrance to the new introductory track “Curtains.” And also, for all our DC brethren, the video was taken at the district’s 9:30 club, which… Continue reading Josh Ritter seems to have a lot of fun on tour
The National provide another stunning effort with High Violet
Good thing they’re consistent. The fifth full-length album by The National, High Violet, is different from past releases, but it’s still unsurprisingly great. On 2007’s Boxer, the band managed to scale back its overt intensity and loudness, instead favoring the emotion in the subtlety of arrangements. Singer Matt Berninger stopped screaming some of his lyrics… Continue reading The National provide another stunning effort with High Violet
Phenomenal Video Saturday: The Mountain Goats
For this week’s Phenomenal Video Saturday I scoured the depths of YouTube (read: I remembered seeing this video a few months back. Don’t tell anyone) and came across this particularly invigorating clip of The Mountain Goats tearing through the angry “No Children.” I’ve personally never seen John Darnielle and co. live, but after watching this… Continue reading Phenomenal Video Saturday: The Mountain Goats
Jeff Mangum makes another rare appearance; plays songs
For the uninitiated, Jeff Mangum was the force behind indie tastemaker Neutral Milk Hotel, a band that hasn’t released an album since a little before the turn of the century. Learn more about Mangum in Woefully Uninformed Weekly. Yesterday Mangum performed a few songs, including “Oh Comely” and “Two Headed Boy Pt. 2” at a… Continue reading Jeff Mangum makes another rare appearance; plays songs
The Hold Steady gives us a solid but minor effort with Heaven is Whenever
Oh Franz Nicolay, how I miss you. Through all of The Hold Steady’s raucous bar rock, you were the calming influence, often breaking in with your keyboard halfway through songs to take down the intensity, if only for a few moments. And now we have Heaven is Whenever, the band’s first album without your influence.… Continue reading The Hold Steady gives us a solid but minor effort with Heaven is Whenever