This weekend’s newest episode of Saturday Night Live with Zach Galifianakis was a solid effort from the NBC crew. I wasn’t sure how well his humor was going to translate to that sort of setting, but his monologue set the tone for the evening with a piano jam, “Kilometers Davis” style, and the rest of the evening was totally watchable. Which, for Saturday Night Live, continues to be the yardstick by which my friends and I measure whether or not it was a good episode or not.
The strong performers of the night besides the crew and host were the musical guests in Vampire Weekend, making their second stop by the fabled franchise. The band performed “Cousins” without exception for their first song, and brought in some backups for “Giving Up the Gun” to help close out the show as their second song. It’s exactly what I would have expected from the band. READ MORE
The Roots have announced the Third Annual Roots Picnic, with Vampire Weekend joining them at the top of the lineup. This year’s Picnic will take place on Saturday, June 5 at Philadelphia’s Festival Pier (Penn’s Landing).
?uestlove announced the event and initial lineup via Twitter with the following video where he also hints at a reunited Run DMC as another possible headliner:
I really dig the format with these up-close-and-personal videos. And despite the audience noise (and participation), the sound is still pretty damn good. Keep ‘em coming Blogotheque.
The BIG EARS FESTIVAL is proud to announce its initial schedule for the weekend of March 26, 27, and 28 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
On Friday, January 29th at 10:00 a.m. EST, a limited number of individual show tickets will go on sale for Vampire Weekend, the Dirty Projectors + Bang on a Can All-Stars, Joanna Newsom + special guests, St. Vincent + special guests, The National, Andrew WK performing with the Calder Quartet, Clogs with very special guests + My Brightest Diamond, Terry Riley performing solo and with his quartet, The xx + jj + Nosaj Thing, Eno’s Music for Airports performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars + the Books + special guests, and a collaborative performance of Riley’s celebrated piece, In C featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars and The Big Ears All-Stars. READ MORE
The lineup for Coachella 2010 was announced this morning. Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz will be headlining this year festival set for April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Pavement, Faith No More, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, and Thom Yorke from Radiohead will all be playing the fest. Check out the poster for the full lineup:
Tickets go on sale this Friday. Read on for the full lineup in text format. READ MORE
Vampire Weekend is back in 2010 with a new album and a slew of tour dates throughout the U.S. and Europe. Their new album, Contra, is now available for streaming in full on NPR, the band’s website, and their MySpace page. They’ve just begun making the rounds with the new material, including a live take of “Cousins” on Letterman last night:
We know Vampire Weekend as the indie-hipster darling band of 2008, so it’s good to see the band finally busting out with some new tour dates and new tunes as they gear-up to release their second album, Contra, due out in January. The band just released a new tune, called “Horchata,” which is available as [...]
A first trip to a historic place is always special. The first day of the Monolith Festival at Red Rocks was especially nice. A cool, sunny day highlighted the already picturesque venue all afternoon. Adding to the atmosphere was probably the best single festival day of music I’ve had all summer. There were no uninspired [...]
