More Airborne Toxic Event: Live on Letterman

Dave, Paul, and the crowd seem a little extra taken than usual with the musical guests, but considering this rendition of "Sometime Around Midnight", perhaps it's not surprising:

The Amazing Rocket Ride of the Airborne Toxic Event

One year after playing Pianos, the Airborne Toxic Event have sold out their Wednesday, March 11th show at the Bowery. They've added a new Sunday, March 8th date. They'll be on Letterman this Friday.

Norah Jones Blueberry Movie Madness

El MadmoNoJo (whose run of secret Living Room appearances are probably done forever what with the very public 10th Anniversary celebration) hits Hollywood in the very sketchy-looking My Blueberry Nights, a Wong Kar-wai film that also stars Cat Power, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and David Strathairn, which made an infamous debut at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

However the movie ultimately turns out to be, and however critics find Norah's acting debut, she's taking it in all stride, like she seems to do with everything that happens to her. What a gal.

And what a publicity run!

On Letterman:


On Lopate, with Wong:

(Bonus: Wong also stopped by Soundcheck)

On Fair Game

Langhorne Slim on Letterman

YAY!

Recent Letterman Highlights

Grinderman


The National


Porter Wagoner


Gogol Bordello

Blue Republic's My Space Band of the Week: TV on the Radio

Brooklyn's most notably artistic rock band, TV on the Radio, is back with a new album and a killer single. If you missed their performance on Letterman, shame on you.

Listen to "Wolf Like Me" on my page, before going to the official page and official site.

Why YouTube and David Letterman Rule

Sometimes it's just time to unload a lot of rock n roll on you all at once and sometimes YouTube is the best avenue by which to do this.

David Letterman, for all you want to say about his comedy, remains the best network TV source for rock n roll music (ok probably second nowadays to Conan O'Brien but still...).

TV on the Radio, playing "Wolf Like Me" (their network TV debut, so good that the Late Show site has kept the performance up)



Morningwood playing "Jetsetter"



and a band that needs no introduction or word of mouth, Gnarls Barkley, doing the best performance of "Crazy" that I have seen



Meanwhile, here is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs recent video for "Turn Into"



And speaking of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, here they are, a few years back, on Later with Jools Holland, the BBC program that I have finally been able to watch here in the States on Ovation. Here is the YYY performance from the show, a few years back



And finally, what the hell, here are the White Stripes cameo on the Simpsons this past Sunday

TV Appearances That Are Good For You

• The Flaming Lips perform on the Late Show with David Letterman tomorrow, Thursday March 30.
• The Little Willies, Norah Jones' new country side-project, plays Conan O'Brien's show this Friday, March 31.