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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 9:23 AM 
Ryan Adams has dished out to the world two Vampire Weekend covers over the past two days via home videos posted to his Facebook Page.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 6:13 PM 
Rivers Cuomo, frontman for the band Weezer, recently joined All Time Low on stage at T In The Park
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 5:18 AM 
Sloan are the most recent band to pass through the A.V. Club's offices to participate in their 2nd Undercover Series.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 4:51 AM 
While Alice Cooper was performing at London's 100 Club this past Sunday Johnny Depp himself made a very special guest appearance.
Monday, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 PM 
Death Cab For Cutie have posted a video for their track "Home Is A Fire", which you can check out below. The video was created by DCFC bassist Nicholas Harmer and artist
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 3:18 PM 
Taking Back Sunday have released a video for their track "Faith (When I Let You Down)". The video includes footage of the band in the recording studio and their recent Bamboozle
Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 3:42 AM 
Odd Future stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night Wednesday, February 16th. The Los Angeles hip-hop group didn't give the audience the typical run of mill TV talk show performance.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 9:31 AM 
Last night LCD Soundsystem made their final television appearance. Colbert interviewed James Murphy, where the two talked about retirement, coffee and becoming "The Man". The group performed "I Can Change" off their latest release, This Is Happening. Videos of both the interview and the performance can be found below.
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 1:30 AM 
Cloud Nothings have released their video for "Understand At All". The song comes from their self-titled album that just dropped last month via Wichita/Carpark. You can check out the Allen Cordell directed video below
Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 3:28 AM Glee leaves no fairly popular pop, rock or R&B song untouched. Most recently the musical sitcom took on My Chemical Romance's latest single "Sing". The track comes from the group's 4th studio album Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys, which dropped this past Fall via Reprise Records. You'll be able to see/hear the song in this week's upcoming episode, which will air February 15th on Fox. Other shows such as American Idol have been giving the song love as well. The NJ group also recently performed the track on Conan (video). Listen to Glee's cover of My Chemical Romance's "Sing" above.
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:24 AM Big Troubles have quitely made the new video for their song "Georgia" available for your viewing pleasure. The trippy four minute montage was directed by Alexander Lezzi and can be viewed above. The track is off the Ridgewood group's debut LP Worry, which dropped this past September via Olde English Spelling Bee. The album made our Staff's Best of 2010 list. That means you should pick it up! You can do so here or stream it here first.
Sort of surprisingly, MTV Brazil has taken a liking to the NJ lo-fi group. Also, don't forget Lou Reed loves them too. Big Troubles have a bunch of big area shows coming up. These include opening slots for Les Savy Fav, The Pains of Being Pure at Heat and Twin Shadow. The group is also set to hit Europe with fellow Jersey natives, Ducktails and Julian Lynch this June. All of BT's upcoming dates can be found below.
Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 2:39 PM NJ hip hop group Naughty By Nature performed on the Late Show With David Letterman this past Thursday. The group performed a medley of their new song "Flags" and fan favorites "O.P.P." and "Hip Hop Horray". Check out the performance above. Naughty By Nature's new album "Anthem Inc" marks their 20th year in the business. The album is slated to come out May 17th. The group will also be going on the road with Salt N Pepa on the "Legends of Hip Hop" tour. T
Music tagged 2011, David Letterman, Tour Dates, Video, naughty by nature Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 2:08 PM 
Peter Bjorn and John have announced a round of headlining US tour dates. The Swedish indie-pop trio are gearing up for the release of their 3rd studio album Gimme Some, which even though it leaked weeks ago, won't see an official release until March 29th via StarTime International. The group recently stopped by Conan to perform their new single "Second Chance". Check out a video of that performance below. Upcoming 2011 tour dates can be found below as well.
Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 1:33 PM Screaming Females made their late night TV debut on last night's episode of Last Call with Carson Daly. Video above. The band performed the song "I Don't Mind It" from their latest album Castle Talk on Don Giovanni Records. Make sure to pick that album up here. Screaming Females will be perfoming at the Music Hall of Williamsburg for the Don Giovanni Records showcase next Saturday. The band is also set to perform at the First Unitarian Church on March 6th and the Terrace Club on March 26th. Check out the rest of their upcoming shows here. Screaming Females vocalist Marissa Paternoster will take part in Permanent Wave's first feminist performance event this Sunday. More info on that event can be found here.
Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 2:42 AM Alter The Press just posted an acoustic session from The Front Bottoms. The two song performance includes unplugged renditions of their yet-to-be released song "Flashlight" (watch above) and Slow Dance To Soft Rock's "Bathtub" (watch below). The North Jersey group recently kicked off tour with MA's The Thin Heir. All of their joint tour dates can be found below. Email TheFrontBottomsMusic@Gmail.com for specific venue info. Check out a video update from the group (sort of) below as well. TFB's new EP Grip N' Tie is due out later this Spring. If you missed it, check out our coverage of The Front Bottoms Maxwell's show last week.
Monday, January 31, 2011 at 1:36 PM 
Legendary NJ hip hop group Naughty By Nature have announced a performance on the Late Show with David Letterman. The performance will take place this Thursday and will be the group's first appearance on the show. The group recently released their seventh album entitled Anthem Inc though Illtown Records. You can check out the group's recent music video for the track "Flags" below. Naughty By Nature won the first ever Grammy for Best Rap Album back in 1996 for Poverty's Paradise. The group spawned plenty of chart toppping singles inlcuding the platinum selling singles "Hip Hop Horray" and "O.P.P.".
Monday, January 31, 2011 at 1:21 PM Bon Jovi @ Starland Ballroom (Photos by Joe Papeo)
Bon Jovi played a benefit show for Parker Family Health Center this past Thursday, January 27th. The Red Bank based charity is a volunteer-based, free health care facility where Monmouth County residents without medical insurance can go for treatment. Tickets for the all will-call sold out show went for $250 a pop. The Sayreville native played a generous 23 song set made up of mostly covers, which ranged from The Beatles to Linda Ronstadt to Foundations. Bon Jovi's full Starland Ballroom setlist along with some videos of his performance can be found below. Tris McCall of The Star-Ledger wrote an in-depth review of the show. I highly recommend checking that out here. Excerpt of the write-up below.
The veteran rocker didn’t preach at the 90-minute Jon Bon Jovi and Friends concert. He simply told the audience what the Parker Family Medical Center means to him and to his family, praised a few doctors by name, and let the songs do the talking. Most of these were covers. Bon Jovi led a 17-piece band through enthusiastic renditions of rock standards ("Start Me Up," "So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star") and blues classics ("See See Rider," "634-5789"). Southside Johnny joined him for four numbers, including a convincing duet rendition of Sam and Dave’s "Hold on, I’m Comin.’ " A few of these interpretations were awkward — Bon Jovi’s industrial-strength pipes do not easily wrap around a song as sultry as "Oh, Pretty Woman." Others, like a boisterous version of "Glad All Over" by the Dave Clark Five, flashed a rare glimpse of Bon Jovi the pop geek. Only deep into the set did he turned his attention to his own material, performing hits such as "Prayer," "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "You Give Love a Bad Name." [Tris McCall]
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9:26 PM River City Extension have been out on the road with The Get Up Kids & Steel Train for the past week. Luckily, the breakout NJ group have been documenting every minute of the tour. Right now you can view 2 tour updates from RCE. Thought they don't feature any live footage they do however show all the other things rock bands due while on tour such as: eat bagels, sing "Happy Birthday" and sleep. You can view their day 1 update above. Day 2 & 3's update can be found below. All of River City Extension's upcoming tour dates, which include a sold out Maxwell's show with Max Bemis (Say Anything) can be found here.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 8:24 AM 
NJ's My Chemical Romance stopped by Conan last night to perform their latest single "Sing". Video (via) of the well lit, soul singer included performance can be found below. The performance came in support of My Chem's 4th studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys. If you missed it, the group released a music video for "Sing" awhile back. MCR are now set to hit the road for months of touring. All of the dates for their upcoming 2011 world tour can be found here. Support on those dates will vary from Thursday, Circa Survive, Neon Trees and The Architects.
