While fellow Pornographer Neko Case was warming up for a show at Times Square's Nokia Theater last night, Carl Newman was across town at Letterman's place with his increasingly frequent vocal sidekick Nicole Atkins. (The pair were at Ed Sullivan... CONTINUE READING A.C. NEWMAN BRINGS NICOLE ATKINS AND "LIKE A HITMAN, LIKE A DANCER" TO LETTERMAN»
Posted on April 14, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: A.C. Newman | David Letterman | Nicole Atkins
On Marianne's latest, 22nd album, she went for the Johnny Cash-grab and covered a whole bunch of other artists. Nick Cave joined her in giving "The Crane Wife 3" a slight Triple A rock lilt, but really your enjoyment hinged... CONTINUE READING MARIANNE FAITHFULL COVERS THE DECEMBERISTS ON LETTERMAN»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in (50 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Marianne Faithfull | The Decemberists
While we in the trenches are talking about their No Age remix, Bloc Party are above ground invading late night TV with straight cuts off Intimacy. Last night at the Ed Sullivan Theatre it was "One Month Off" (i.e. the... CONTINUE READING BLOC PARTY TAKE "ONE MONTH OFF" TO LETTERMAN»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in (24 comments)
Tags: Bloc Party | David Letterman | Sufjan Stevens | Weird Al Yankovic
Modest Mouse has been performing this song since last summer -- we heard it again in Hollywood last month -- though this Letterman clip is probably the best indication of how it will sound on record. Said record is an... Letterman'">CONTINUE READING MODEST MOUSE SHED "SATELLITE SKIN" ON LETTERMAN»
Posted on March 19, 2009 in (87 comments)
Tags: All Points West | David Letterman | Grizzly Bear | Heath Ledger | Modest Mouse | My Bloody Valentine | Record Store Day
Even if you didn't dig into "From The Hips" and "I Couldn't Love You" (you should have), take the four minutes to start your day with Cursive's stop at the Ed Sullivan Theatre Friday night. The Omaha outfit summoned an... CONTINUE READING CURSIVE CRUSH "FROM THE HIPS" ON LETTERMAN»
Posted on March 16, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: Cursive | David Letterman | Radiohead | Thom Yorke
Last night Bono, Edge, Larry, and Adam returned to U2 Way for their third Letterman performance this week. They played "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," and read a funny Top 10. Watch it here for Edge's... CONTINUE READING THE TOP 10 THINGS U2 HAS LEARNED OVER THE YEARS»
Posted on March 5, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Phoenix | Truckasaurus | U2
Bono & the boys have announced that their next studio album Songs Of Ascent, a "sister release" to No Line, will indeed be out before the end of '09 with a lead single called "Every Breaking Wave." Bono called the... CONTINUE READING U2 ANNOUNCE SONGS OF ASCENT LP»
Posted on March 4, 2009 (13 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | David Letterman | Deerhunter | The Flaming Lips | U2
U2 started their five-night Letterman residency last night (3/2) with No Line On The Horizon's "Breathe." Maybe they've finally accepted "Get On Your Boots" is the worst. They performed "Breathe" along with "Boots" when doing Jonathan Ross, so it's more... CONTINUE READING U2 DO FIVE NIGHTS OF LETTERMAN»
Posted on March 3, 2009 in (34 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Gene Simmons | Japandroids | U2
Mr. Hegarty is in town because a) he lives here so he usually is but also b) he's doing two sold out nights at Town Hall starting tonight, kicking off a massive and mostly sold-out 40+ run of shows through... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS DO "AEON" FOR LETTERMAN»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in (19 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Arctic Monkeys | David Letterman | Micachu And The Shapes
Mr. M. Ward is on the perennial promotion circuit thanks to the sizable success of his She & Him feeding directly into the ever-swelling support for his solo endeavors, so here he is again, doing the talk show thing. Matt's... CONTINUE READING M. WARD BRINGS LETTERMAN "NEVER HAD NOBODY LIKE YOU"»
Posted on February 18, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | M. Ward | Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
Billboard reports that the band will dig in to Ed Sullivan Theatre as music guest each night for the week starting March 2nd. Which means New Yorkers should start keeping an ear out for roving flatbed-truck jam rumors starting now.... CONTINUE READING U2 DOING A FIVE NIGHT RESIDENCY FOR LETTERMAN»
Posted on February 12, 2009 (25 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Sleepy Sun | Tiny Masters Of Today | U2
Who had the better week: Beirut or college-band geeks? Well Zach played three sold-out shows in Brooklyn (including a secret gig in Greenpoint to kick it off) and made his network television debut at the Ed Sullivan Theatre on Friday... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT PLAYED "A SUNDAY SMILE" FOR LETTERMAN, NEW SONG "EAST HARLEM" FOR BROOKLYN»
Posted on February 9, 2009 in (21 comments)
Tags: Beirut | David Letterman | Kings Of Convenience | Real Estate
And it turns out he's better at it than playing guitar. Which doesn't say much anything. Best part? His glazed eyes and creepy smile. (Lil Wayne's, not Letterman's.) Also, Paul's wants to eat crab cakes shaped like Beyoncé's ass. Watch... CONTINUE READING LIL WAYNE STOPS BY LETTERMAN TO DELIVER A GRAMMY-THEMED TOP 10»
Posted on February 6, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Girls | Lil Wayne | Wavves
Gaslight Anthem are a clean cut pop punkish/rock 'n' roll band from New Brunswick, NJ. I lived in New Brunswick during some formative years, so I understand where they're coming from, even if it's not a place I go to... CONTINUE READING GASLIGHT ANTHEM SERVE LETTERMAN "THE '59 SOUND"»
Posted on February 2, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Mercury Prize | Speech Debelle | The Gaslight Anthem
Usually we just go for a tortured pun in the headline to these late night talk show artist performances, but this one has a modicum of truth to it; Dave was demonstrably impressed with Mr. Bird's run through "Fitz &... CONTINUE READING ANDREW BIRD GIVES LETTERMAN "FITZ & DIZZYSPELLS"»
Posted on January 28, 2009 in (20 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | Bumbershoot | David Letterman | Mission Of Burma | Telekinesis
It's the best discussed artist bio in blogyears: Bon Iver self-released the spellbinding For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007 after spending a now-storied cold season in the Wisconsin woods. His good winter became a storybook 2008, riding the album's widespread... CONTINUE READING NEW BON IVER - "BLOOD BANK" & LETTERMAN VIDEO»
Posted on December 15, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Bonnaroo | David Byrne | David Letterman | Green Man Festival | Grizzly Bear
Fresh off telling the AMAs he wants to be "better than Elvis," Kanye hit Ed Sullivan Theatre last night with "Lockdown." The vibe was VMA style, but with two tiers of masked drumline to better fit Dave's stage. I like... CONTINUE READING KANYE WEST BRINGS "LOVE LOCKDOWN" TO LETTERMAN»
Posted on November 25, 2008 in (17 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Kanye West | Mogwai
PopCandy lets us know that David's booked a cover band for each night this week, starting tonight with Purple Reign (Prince) and then on to the Cold Hard Cash (as in Johnny), Mr. Brownstone (Dr. Pepper's favorite band), Super Diamond... CONTINUE READING TRIBUTE BANDS TAKE OVER LETTERMAN THIS WEEK»
Posted on November 17, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Guns N' Roses | James Brown | Johnny Cash | Neil Diamond | Prince | The Kills
For those losers with jobs who couldn't make it to SoHo on their Tuesday lunch breaks, Ryan made his second public appearance this week, at the Ed Sullivan Theater, saying hello to his friend and fan Mr. Letterman for last... CONTINUE READING RYAN ADAMS DOES "FIX IT" & "COBWEBS" FOR MR. LETTERMAN»
Posted on October 30, 2008 in (17 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Robin Pecknold | Ryan Adams
Last night, Syracuse Barsuk troupe Ra Ra Riot brought their meaningful-core to Letterman, performing the poppy but emotional "Can You Tell." There's much smiling and mugging between band members, but frontman Wes Miles knows just when to get that faraway... CONTINUE READING RA RA RIOT TAKE "CAN YOU TELL" TO LETTERMAN»
Posted on October 14, 2008 in , (28 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Ra Ra Riot
"Gamma Ray" to be specific. There was no MGMT or fatherly strings, just his usual live backing band and the darkly upbeat Modern Guilt standout. Beck looks like he's having a good time up there (note smile in the screen... CONTINUE READING BECK BRINGS LETTERMAN MODERN GUILT»
Posted on October 10, 2008 in (17 comments)
Tags: Beck | Coachella | David Letterman
The Sisters Quin flashed a simple, touching video for the simply touching "Call It Off" not so long ago which had Tegan literally wound up and unable to cut the cord on some tough love. Chris Walla's subtly synthy production... CONTINUE READING TEGAN & SARA "CALL IT OFF" ON LETTERMAN»
Posted on October 8, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Coachella | David Letterman | M.I.A. | Tegan And Sara
Chrissie and the Pretenders got a warm intro from Mr. Letterman last night, moments before the band performed the rockabilly and ramshackle "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" from their just released (today!) ninth album Breaking Up The Concrete. I tried not... CONTINUE READING THE PRETENDERS BRING LETTERMAN "BOOTS OF CHINESE PLASTIC"»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Coachella | David Letterman | Silversun Pickups | The Pretenders
It was a tumultuous week at NY's Ed Sullivan Theater. Bill Clinton stopped by Monday (LOL @ Chris Rock afterward) and on Wednesday John McCain canceled at the last minute because the economy exploded. The high-profile week of musical chairs... CONTINUE READING TV ON THE RADIO BRING "DANCING CHOOSE" TO LETTERMAN'S FIRE ESCAPE»
Posted on September 27, 2008 in , (28 comments)
Tags: Bill Clinton | Chris Rock | David Letterman | John McCain | Sasquatch! | The Dodos | TV On The Radio
You know who's doing great these days? David Letterman's music talent booker. For those too groggy to stay up (ahem), J. Pierce brought the white-on-white and background singers and beautiful cacophony featured at recent live shows to CBS late night.... CONTINUE READING SPIRITUALIZED TO LETTERMAN: "YOU LIE, YOU CHEAT"»
Posted on August 6, 2008 in (12 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | David Letterman | Department Of Eagles | Mickey Rourke | Robert Pattinson | Spiritualized
