Your local triple-A format radio station's favorite of this year's supergroup explosion stopped by 30 Rock last night. That's M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Yim Yames, singing "Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)," the minor key harp and soul track... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK DO "DEAR GOD (SINCERELY M.O.F.)" WITH THE ROOTS ON FALLON»
Posted on November 5, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | Monsters Of Folk | The Roots
A big part of what made Saturday Night Live's recurring yuletide classic "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" so perfect were the sight gags: Tracy Morgan's dead-eyed dance, Chris Kattan's head shake, even Jimmy Fallon's inability to keep a straight... CONTINUE READING JULIAN CASABLANCAS COVERS "I WISH IT WAS CHRISTMAS TODAY"»
Posted on November 4, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Chris Kattan | Horatio Sanz | Jimmy Fallon | Julian Casablancas | Saturday Night Live | The Golden Filter | The Strokes | Tracy Morgan
These days Michael McDonald has been very Wu-Tang in his indie scene appropriation, working with Holy Ghost!, covering Grizzly Bear, owning fantastic facial hair, etc. But last night Jimmy Fallon made it easy for the honey-piped icon to get a... CONTINUE READING YACHT ROCK HEROES JOIN THE ROOTS ON FALLON»
Posted on October 6, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Christopher Cross | Jimmy Fallon | Michael McDonald | The Roots | Yacht Rock
Last night the reunited emo legends gave Jimmy Fallon "Seven," the first track from their classic 1994 full-length debut Diary. There was more anticipatory energy in the air at that secret show at Hell's Kitchen in Tacoma a couple weeks... CONTINUE READING SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE SHARE DIARY WITH FALLON»
Posted on September 30, 2009 in , , (9 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | Jon Stewart | Lady Gaga | Sunny Day Real Estate
You may remember earlier this year when Brandon put together a little show at a little bookstore in SoHo for which Dirty Projectors performed the little feat of composing a six-song suite for Björk in a week, after recording their... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS BRING MOUNT WITTENBERG ORCA TO FALLON»
Posted on September 29, 2009 in , , (20 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Jimmy Fallon | Questlove | The Roots | Thom Yorke
The French '80s revivalists are making the most of their time in NYC. Again. Last time it was shows everywhere from MHOW to T5 and camera calls for Alexa Chung and David Letterman. This week's jaunt sees them spend two... CONTINUE READING PHOENIX PLAY FALLON SHOW, APPLE STORE»
Posted on September 25, 2009 in , (9 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | Phoenix
James Fallon invited Natasha Khan to perform the latest Two Suns single on his late night show yesterday. That'd be "Sleep Alone," which has a video and a remix, and is a sexy, synthy document of a restless, loveless, and... CONTINUE READING BAT FOR LASHES BRINGS "SLEEP ALONE" TO FALLON»
Posted on August 12, 2009 in (15 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Jimmy Fallon | Metric
For someone as musical as Jimmy Fallon, it's surprising he doesn't seem moved one way or another by his (fairly awesome) musical bookings. The most you get out of the guy when he walks over to congratulate his guests is... CONTINUE READING ARCTIC MONKEYS BRING "CRYING LIGHTNING" TO FALLON»
Posted on August 5, 2009 in (26 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Jimmy Fallon | M. Ward | Nick Cave
Last night Jarvis Cocker gave a spirited and loose-limbed performance of his Further Complications title track. He clearly enjoyed himself (and his magic hands). To further complicate things, though, there was a certain Roots drummer on site who was less... CONTINUE READING JARVIS COCKER VISITS JIMMY FALLON, ESCAPES WRATH OF QUESTO»
Posted on July 31, 2009 in (31 comments)
Tags: Crystal Castles | Jarvis Cocker | Jimmy Fallon | Pulp | Questlove | The Roots
The Massachusetts synth-pop outfit has taken its Manners pretty much everywhere this year -- in the club, on a boat, etc. -- but until last night a network television performance eluded them. Jimmy Fallon's crew continues to pick up the... CONTINUE READING PASSION PIT BRING "THE REELING" TO FALLON»
Posted on July 30, 2009 in (36 comments)
Tags: Bridezilla | Jimmy Fallon | Passion Pit
At the end of last year, Dave Grohl said the Foos were gonna take a long break from the playing and the writing and the appearing at things. But when Top Chef calls, you man up. And since you're already... CONTINUE READING FOO FIGHTERS DEBUT "WHEELS" AT THE WHITE HOUSE»
Posted on July 6, 2009 in (26 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Foo Fighters | Jimmy Fallon
Ahem. From Trent Reznor to Billboard to Bonnaroo to Letterman (almost!) to Toronto, Grizzly Bear are just about everywhere these days. Until Friday, they'd never been to Jimmy Fallon. For their debut they conjured up a beautiful take on Veckatimest... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR DO "CHEERLEADER" FOR FALLON»
Posted on June 29, 2009 in (34 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | Jimmy Fallon
"Pieces" is one of the more straight-up old-school Dinosaur-style rockers on the band's second post-comeback album Farm. "Old school" in the sense that it's one of those late-period tracks that, in a very good way, conjures "Freak Scene" (in the... CONTINUE READING DINOSAUR JR. OFFER FALLON "PIECES"»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Jimmy Fallon
When not recording French Pop albums Iggy Pop spends his time performing the BPA's (aka Brighton Port Authority, aka Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim and various guests) version of the Monochrome Set's "He's Frank" on various late night programs. You... CONTINUE READING IGGY POP & THE BPA BRING "HE'S FRANK" TO LETTERMAN, FALLON»
Posted on June 24, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Iggy Pop | Jimmy Fallon | The BPA
Jimmy Fallon's Saved By The Bell reunion campaign got a boost when Mark-Paul Gosselaar did the show last night as Zack Morris, and covered Zack Attack classic "Friends Forever" with Questo and crew. Watch at Videogum. ... CONTINUE READING ZACK MORRIS PLAYS WITH THE ROOTS»
Posted on June 9, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | The Roots | Zack Morris
Fresh off of playing for the young folks at Sasquatch! (and also the old folks at Breakfast At Sulimay's), Doves landed in 30 Rock last night for a taping of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The song choice was "The... CONTINUE READING DOVES BRING "THE OUTSIDERS" TO FALLON»
Posted on June 5, 2009 in (28 comments)
Tags: Doves | Girl Talk | Jimmy Fallon | Johnny Marr | The Cribs
They performed it on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, so the One-Trick Pony track has something conceptual to its joyful, horn-lined lilt. Even if Fallon's jokes don't always work, his sound people generally do, and it's not surprising the Roots... CONTINUE READING PAUL SIMON DOES "LATE IN THE EVENING" WITH THE ROOTS»
Posted on June 3, 2009 in (11 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | Paul Simon | Steve Martin | The Roots
So much Beastie Boys all over the place right now. In addition to headlining all the festivals, the guys are systematically re-releasing their discography this year, while also promising a new LP awesomely titled Hot Sauce Committee. Instead of the... CONTINUE READING BEASTIE BOYS & THE ROOTS DO "SO WHAT'CHA WANT" ON FALLON»
Posted on May 26, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Jimmy Fallon
Iron & Wine's Around The Well collection came out yesterday, but instead of playing something from it on Fallon, Sam Beam, his sister Sarah, and pianist did a new track, "Godless Brother In Love." It has the same sort of... CONTINUE READING IRON & WINE PERFORM A NEW SONG (AND A NEW ORDER SONG) FOR JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on May 20, 2009 in , (11 comments)
Tags: Iron & Wine | Jimmy Fallon | New Order | Pixies | The Drums
Black Thought instead of T-Pain, background dancers, nautical themed pashmina afghans. This performance is REAL. ... CONTINUE READING THE LONELY ISLAND & THE ROOTS DO "I'M ON A BOAT" ON FALLON»
Posted on May 13, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | The Lonely Island | The Roots
Hey, it's a blog post relating to Dark Was The Night. Sunday night's live event around the indie-scene-portrait compilation was a certain success, and the National's final victory lap came last night with a performance of "So Far Around The... CONTINUE READING NEW NATIONAL TUNES, PEFORMANCE ON LATE WAS THE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on May 7, 2009 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Dark Was The Night | Jimmy Fallon | Nico Muhly | The National
Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new single had a week of high profile TV appearances: Jools Holland (4/7), SNL (4/11), and Letterman (4/14). The band switched things up for Jimmy Fallon last night, promoting dancefloor violence with the Gayfish-approved "Heads Will Roll."... Late Night'">CONTINUE READING YEAH YEAH YEAHS DON'T PLAY "ZERO" ON LATE NIGHT»
Posted on April 16, 2009 in (23 comments)
Tags: David Pajo | Jimmy Fallon | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This week Morrissey has been in town to inspire hugs and histrionics from crowds in small rooms with awesome sound (Bowery Ballroom last Saturday), stately rooms with awesome sound (Carnegie Hall this Thursday), and Webster Hall tomorrow night. In the... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY BRINGS "BLACK CLOUD" TO JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | Morrissey | Peter Bjorn And John | Sufjan Stevens
Vampire Weekend were minstrels of late night TV in 2008, performing for Conan, Letterman, Kimmel, SNL ... I'm surprised it took Jimmy Fallon over two whole weeks to book them. Last night the band played "White Sky," a live staple... Late Night, "Cousins" To Mexico'">CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKEND TAKE "WHITE SKY" TO LATE NIGHT, "COUSINS" TO MEXICO»
Posted on March 19, 2009 in , (41 comments)
Tags: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | Dennis Haskins | Jimmy Fallon | Lykke Li | Saved By The Bell | Vampire Weekend
Last summer Public Enemy toured with a show Chuck D described as "cut for cut, track for track: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back." And it was awesome. Last night they dusted off Millions' "Bring The... CONTINUE READING PUBLIC ENEMY "BRING THE NOISE" ON FALLON»
Posted on March 17, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Chuck D | Courtney Love | Flavor Flav | Gavin Friday | Jimmy Fallon | Public Enemy
