Video: Bon Iver hits Saturday Night Live
Video: Bon Iver hits Saturday Night Dwell
Justin Veron informed SPIN earlier this week, ”Whenever we listen to ["Beth/Rest"], we feel this extra… ‘Yes. We’re going to do this, motherfuckers.’ It’s not irony.” The anthemic closer to final year’s magnificent Bon Iver, Bon Iver may sound like its tuned to the sentiment of early 90′s mainstream cinema (or possibly it is just this video that’s been forever altered how I hear the song), but just take one particular listen to the solo piano version you’ll locate that underneath Hornsby/Winwood schmaltz there’s really a song there.
But on Saturday Night Dwell, Bon Iver played the hell out of the tear-jerker “Beth/Rest”, in addition to our amount a single song of 2011, “Holocene”. Verify out the performances of both beneath (via The Audio Perv). Bonus points to Colin Stetson for sporting a Liturgy t-shirt.
“Holocene”:
“Beth/Rest”:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse to Make Live Return at Paul McCartney Tribute
By Andy Greene
February one, 2012 5:26 PM ET
Neil Young performs with Crazy Horse in Hong Kong.
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Neil Youthful and Insane Horse are going to perform at the MusicCares Person of the Year Gala honoring Paul McCartney on February 10th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Other acts on the bill of the Grammy weekend charity concert include Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Tony Bennett, the cast of the Beatles Enjoy, and McCartney himself. Eddie Izzard will host.
Ringo Starr live at the Troubadour for Sirius XM Town Hall session
Ringo Starr held court Monday at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, and even if it was an invitation-only affair for the taping of one particular of Sirius XM satellite radio’s Town Hall sessions, it supplied a unusual possibility to witness a Beatle in a club setting.
Starr bantered with a pair of co-hosts, initial with comedian and fellow Brit Russell Brand, then with producer Don Was. Both assisted area questions for the 71-12 months-outdated musician from members of the invitation-only audience, some of whom flew in from as far away as New Jersey.
Some came searching for words of wisdom, as in the situation of a dad who asked Starr what assistance he’d give the man’s youthful son. “What I’ve always attempted to do,” Starr mentioned, “is not inform other folks what to do. I just do what I do.”
Other individuals answered the riddle of how interview questions are like males: excellent ones are tough to uncover. A number of came up with lengthy and convoluted windups that sounded as if they’d been researched deep in the bowels of UCLA’s ethnomusicology department — or maybe the philosophy division. At occasions, it took on the flavor of a Starr Trek convention.
One of the much more interesting queries came from a drummer who asked how Starr came to use the “matched hand” method, in which the two drumsticks are wrapped tight in the fists, rather than the typical drum kit type with the correct hand stick held a lot more like a dinner fork and the left in the fist.
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Adele Will Return to Live Performance at the Grammys
By Matthew Perpetua
January 31, 2012 11:25 AM ET
Adele performs at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.
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Adele will make her return to the stage with an look at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The singer, who has been recuperating from surgical treatment on her vocal cords, is nominated for six awards, which includes Record of the 12 months and Song of the Year for “Rolling in the Deep” and Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 21.
Best New Artist Grammy winners over the past 25 years: Did they live up to their title?
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The Band Perry, Bon Iver, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, or Skrillex will soon join a prestigious list of musical acts that includes The Beatles, Carly Simon, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and — skyrockets in flight! — the Starlight Vocal Band. What list is that? Why, the Grammy Awards’ Best New Artist winners.
The history of the Best New Artist is a complicated one. For every no-brainer (Mariah Carey, Amy Winehouse, Adele, pictured), there are some equally contestable choices (Paula Cole over Fiona Apple, A Taste Of Honey over Elton John) and plenty of controversy to spare. (Rule changes still didn’t help artists like Lady Gaga in time; the great Milli Vanilli debacle; Esperanza who?)
So has it proven to be beneficial for a musician or band to walk away with the Best New Artist Grammy, or is the award the kiss of death for a career, as has been rumored in years past? We’ll run down the Best New Artist winners from the past 25 years to see which recipients lived up to their title and what they’ve been up to since their win. The 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which determine the fate of The Band Perry, Bon Iver, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, and Skrillex, airs live at 8 p.m. EST on CBS on Sunday, Feb. 12.
Artist: Bruce Hornsby And The Range
Year Won: 1987
First Hit:“The Way It Is”
Who They Beat: Glass Tiger, Nu Shooz, Simply Red, Timbuk3
Where They Are Now: While Hornsby never had a hit quite as big as “The Way It Is” (the song that propelled him to his Best New Artist Grammy win, which was later sampled in Tupac’s “Changes” and is still heard in dentist offices the world over), the accomplished artist has still been a prevalent name in music. Hornsby, who spent the ’90s touring as the keyboardist for The Grateful Dead and penned hits for artists like Huey Lewis and Don Henley, has released over a dozen albums since his 1987 Grammy win, both as a solo act and with collaborators. The 57-year-old, who also can credit being a three-time Grammy winner, composer, and noted jazz and bluegrass musician over the past 25 years, continues to tour today. That’s just the way it is.
Artist: Jody Watley
Year Won: 1988
First Hit: “Looking For a New Love”
Who They Beat: Breakfast Club, Cutting Crew, Terrence Trent D’Arby, Swing Out Sister
Where They Are Now: You may not actually hear Watley much these days (unless your DJ is feeling especially nostalgic for “Don’t You Want Me”), but her influence is still very much heard. Her 1989 track “Friends”, which featured Eric. B & Rakim, set the standard for hip-hop and pop collaborations, paving the way for hit releases today like Katy Perry and Kanye West’s “E.T.” Since her Grammy win, Watley released eight more albums, appeared on Broadway, and, according to her website, is working on her most recent album and is writing her first novel.
Karmin unleashes new single ‘Broken Hearted’ in time for their ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance
![Karmin unleashes new single ‘Broken Hearted’ in time for their ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance](http://ewmusicmix.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/krmn_single_2.jpg?w=300&h=300 "Karmin "Broken Hearted" single cover")
In less than two weeks, YouTubers-turned-key-label-recording artists Karmin will take the Saturday Evening Dwell stage alongside host Zooey Deschanel.
The duo will perform their initial official single, “Crash Your Celebration,” which is at present climbing the pop charts, but what about that second song?
Will Amy and Nick just pull out a Chris Brown cover and call it a day?
Not so rapidly. Epic has just released the audio of Karmin’s 2nd official single, the sunny pop track “Broken Hearted,” which features yet another dose of Amy’s trademark rapping above a Dr. Luke-esque beat.
Nick’s voice, nonetheless, is nowhere to be heard on the song, in which a lover begs her guy not to “leave [her] broken hearted tonight.” Give it a listen below:
More Pulp Live Shows Confirmed
But even now no UK dates as of but….
We knew the band had been playing the two Coachella dates in April but now two much more American and a Spanish date have been slotted into their schedule.
Pulp have so far been ambigious about the lengthy term long term of their reunion – the fact that it was continuing into 2012 was only confirmed at the start off of the year by a tweet saying “you believe this is over?”
So now we have five confirmed live dates for the band:
11 April 2012 Radio City Music Hall New York, NY, USA
13 April 2012 Coachella Indio, CA, USA
17 April 2012 Warfield San Francisco, CA, USA
20 April 2012 Coachella Indio, CA, USA
4 Might 2012 SOS Festival Murcia, Spain
It is a scene equivalent to The Cure who have been teasing followers by revealing a series of festival appearances for the summer time, but no UK dates so far.
