The Killers performed "Human" and "Spaceman" on SNL this past weekend. It turns out they also performed some songs off-the-air, which is documented in this clip, wherein Fred Armisen explains the situation and we spot a very gracious Brandon Flowers... CONTINUE READING THE KILLERS' DAY & AGE ALBUM ART»
Posted on October 9, 2008 in Album Art (45 comments)
Tags: Amy Poehler | Andy Samberg | Fred Armisen | Saturday Night Live | The Killers
Last time ThunderAnt were in the kitchen, today Fred invites Carrie to his probing performance art piece which is funny for all the wrong reasons. Watch.... CONTINUE READING FRED ARMISEN SHOWS CARRIE BROWNSTEIN HIS "ONE MAN SHOW"»
Posted on September 3, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | Sleater-Kinney | Thunderant
This weekend's MacGruber-friendly Saturday Night Live episode featured Shia The Motherfucking Beef and musical guest My Morning Jacket. Jim James probably didn't want to scare America and so he kept "Highly Suspicious" on the sidelines. Instead MMJ catered to the... SNL'">CONTINUE READING MY MORNING JACKET BRING THEIR "AMAZED," "EVIL URGES" TO SNL»
Posted on May 12, 2008 in Video (15 comments)
Tags: Amy Poehler | Andy Samberg | Fred Armisen | Jean K. Jean | Keenan Thompson | Kristen Wiig | My Morning Jacket | Saturday Night Live | Shia LeBeouf
At this point, Thunderant doesn't need an introduction, but taking short attention spans into consideration, it's the comedy duo of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Last time we saw them, they tried (and succeeded in) penning "The Perfect Song." This... CONTINUE READING NEW THUNDERANT: FRED ARMISEN AND CARRIE BROWNSTEIN ENTER THE KITCHEN»
Posted on April 21, 2008 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | Sleater-Kinney | Thunderant
Back from the writers' strike with a backlog of Daniel Plainview and Hillary Clinton jokes, Saturday Night Live returned this weekend brandishing Tina Fey, a Steve Martin cameo, and huge prosthetic Obama ears. Obviously musical guest Carrie Underwood wasn't going... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE RETURNS WITH ROCK OF LOVE PARODY, ARMISEN AS OBAMA»
Posted on February 25, 2008 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Amy Poehler | Barack Obama | Brett Michaels | Fred Armisen | Jason Sudeikis | Saturday Night Live
For someone who says so much through sad songs, Aimee Mann's live shows are surprisingly comedic affairs. Patton Oswalt has pinch-bantered for Aimee in concert for over ten years now. The singer/songwriter's part of Jon Brion's Largo family, and it's... CONTINUE READING AIMEE MANN MOCKUMENTARY STARRING JOHN KRASINSKI, BEN STILLER, WILL FERRELL»
Posted on February 8, 2008 in Video (12 comments)
Tags: Aimee Mann | Ben Stiller | Bob Odenkirk | Emily Procter | Fred Armisen | Grant-Lee Phillips | Jackson Browne | John Krasinski | Nellie McKay | Patton Oswalt | Paul F. Tompkins | Weird Al Yankovic | Will Ferrell
We've visited with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in the past -- on a nice date and behind the scenes at a feminist bookstore. With this new Thunderant video, the comedic twosome's topped themselves, showing us the arduous, soulful recipe... CONTINUE READING NEW THUNDERANT VIDEO - "THE PERFECT SONG"»
Posted on December 14, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | Sleater-Kinney | Thunderant
This weekend, amid the writer's strike, the SNL cast performed in Chelsea in the Upright Citizens Brigade theater to an audience of less than 200 peeps, though their numbers included Julian Casablancas, Jon Glaser, Will Arnett, and John Krasinski. Guests... CONTINUE READING SNL LIVE @ UCB WITH MICHAEL CERA, YO LA TENGO»
Posted on November 19, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Andy Samberg | Fred Armisen | Michael Cera | Norah Jones | Saturday Night Live | Yo La Tengo
Clearly, this couldn't wait 'til Monday. Mr. West gamely mocks his much YouTube'd award show outbursts on Saturday Night Live's Lebron James-hosted season premiere... "It got champagne in it!" After the jump, the live performance of "Champion" ending with a... CONTINUE READING KANYE MOCKS HIMSELF, FREESTYLES ON SNL (AND "IRAN SO FAR" DIGITAL SHORT)»
Posted on September 30, 2007 in Video (30 comments)
Tags: Adam Levine | Andy Samberg | Fred Armisen | Jake Gyllenhaal | Kanye West | Lebron James | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Maroon 5 | Saturday Night Live
We're sure you remember the nice date between Fred Armisen and Carry Brownstein in Thunderant's debut, "This Is Nice." Well, the Sleater-Kinney ex and SNL funny man are back at it, this time with a bit more hair. Carrie dropped... CONTINUE READING THUNDERANT - EPISODE 2: "FEMINIST BOOKSTORE"»
Posted on September 17, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | Sleater-Kinney | Thunderant
We just told you Corin Tucker's been busy singing along with AT&T spokesman EdVed, but ever wonder what happened to Carrie Brownstein after Sleater-Kinney called it quits? Well, our favorite windmilling guitarist found a formidable partner of her own: SNL... CONTINUE READING THUNDERANT - EPISODE 1: "THIS IS NICE" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 24, 2007 in Video (32 comments)
Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | Sleater-Kinney
Pitchfork recently reunited two old friends (SNL cast member Fred Armisen and SNL hopeful Chan Marshall) for a conversation about the NBA, about LA, and all with a little PDA (that is, the verbal, non-physical, "I love what you do"... CONTINUE READING CHAN AND ARMISEN DO DRINKS IN SOHO»
Posted on November 13, 2006 (7 comments)
Tags: Cat Power | Fred Armisen | Saturday Night Live
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