This week's late night TV lineup

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Thursday - Jack's Mannequin
• Friday - T.I.

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Wednesday - Department of Eagles
• Thursday - Ben Folds
• Friday - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Last Call w/Carson Daly

• Thursday - Cut Copy

Late Show w/David Letterman

• Wednesday - The Virgins

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Thursday - Michael Franti & Spearhead

Hooray Friday!

- New music:

• Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, numerous tracks, Cardinology (Oct 28), I am Fuel and Bag of Songs
• Vampire Weekend, "Ottoman," Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist soundtrack (out now), Stereogum
• Ray Lamontagne, "Meg White," Gossip In the Grain (Oct 14), Stereogum
• The Killers, "Human," Day & Age (Nov 25), Stereogum

- Eddie Vedder covered Nick Cave's "Ship Song" and NIN's "Hurt" while soloing it in Chicago. Still bummed I missed him when he came through DC (ironically, the LOML and I were in Chicago). Anywho, have a listen to both at I am Fuel.

- If you couldn't make it to the Austin City Limits music Festival, but still want to peek in from time to time in the comfort of your own home, bounce over to the AT&T Blue Room. The schedule includes Vampire Weekend, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, The Fratellis, Drive-By Truckers, Against Me!, The Raconteurs and Okkervil River just to name a few.

- Bon Iver played a 3-song set in NPR's World Cafe.

- I had to include this after my admission the other week that my first CD was the Batman soundtrack. Spike has the 10 worst songs that hit #1. And at #9... "Batdance" by Prince. Oiy.

The definition of hustle

I'm almost embarrassed to post this because of its "interesting" quality, but it was a phenominal play by Brian Dawkins on Sunday. I hate to say this for fear of causing a turn in good fortunes, but the Birds and the Phils are playing solid ball.

The Kooks - 9:30 Club (9/8/08)

Was I expecting the amazingness that was MMJ at Constitution Hall the week prior? No, and I was fine with that. Honestly I think my brain would have exploded if I had another experience like that less than a week later. As RatBat Bear put it "great Brit pop fun!" That's what I was in the mood for and that's exactly what the Kooks delivered.

With that being said it still took me a few songs to get my wits about me. I walked in just a few minutes before they took the stage and when they did it was obvious that the crowd was female heavy. Thankfully the cheering wasn't quite at the ear-popping, overwhelming shrieking level but it was definitely an octave or 2 higher than the standard crowd noise. And of course I found a decent spot upstairs until an overly exited 6'5" dancing man stood right in front of me. Luckily he came there for the concert and the beer, so it wasn't long before he was off to refill his beverage.

While I only had a few days take in Inside In Inside Out, it was enough to be decently familiar with the songs when they came up in the setlist. They played a solid main set that lasted just over an hour. Lead man Luke Pritchard kicked off the encore with two solo, acoustic songs which was a nice touch. All in all it was an entertaining show - good sound and they played to the crowd rather well.

This week's late night TV lineup

SNL - Duffy

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Tuesday - Atmosphere
• Wednesday - Foals

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Monday - My Morning Jacket
• Thursday - The Hives

Last Call w/Caron Daly

• Monday - Hot Chip

Late Show w/Dave Letterman

• Tuesday - Kings of Leon
• Friday - TV on the Radio

This week's late night TV lineup

SNL - Kings of Leon

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Friday - Cold War Kids

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Monday - Eric Hutchinson
• Wednesday - George Clinton & The Gangsters of the Love All-Stars

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Wednesday - Loudon Wainwright III

Late Show w/David Letterman

• Thursday - Fleet Foxes
• Friday - Duffy

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Tuesday - Tally Hall
• Thursday - Dr. Dog

Hooray Friday!

- New music:

• The Rosebuds, "Life Like," Life Like (Oct 7th), Ear Farm (link to stream entire album is also on that page)

- Looking for a Radiohead bootleg from their latest tour? Head over to Music is Art where they have the Mansfield, MA concert from last month posted and zipped up for easy downloading access. Cruise up a few posts and you'll find some of Radiohead's Neil Young covers. Thanks and congrats to LBJ.

- Can't get enough of Neil Young? Have a listen to Rogue Wave covering Neil Young's "Birds" over at I am fuel.

- La Blogotheque filmed two a capella videos of Yeasayer in an apartment and on a train. Thanks to Ulta 8201 for the K.

- The first album you bought with your own $$? Unfortunately I can't remember the first album I bought, and unfortunately I can remember the first CD I bought - the Batman soundtrack. Effing embarrassing. Anywho, the A.V. Club asks the same question to its staff and readers.

This week's late night TV lineup

SNL - Lil Wayne

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Thursday - Alejandro Escovedo

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Monday - Bon Iver

Last Call w/Carson Daly

• Tuesday - Grizzly Bear
• Thursday - Cloud Cult

Hooray Friday!

- New music:

• Kaiser Chiefs, "Never Miss a Beat," Off With Their Heads (Oct 13), Ultra 8201

- With the Kooks concert coming up next week and only one album under their belt, I've been wondering if they have any tricks up their sleeves to beef up their setlist. Butter Team answers my question. Hopefully they'll whip out some of these covers on Monday.

- Wilco and Fleet Foxes converged in Washington State and took on Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released." Thanks to Aquarium Drunkard.

- If you're like me and missed Radiohead in concert this time around (or want to see them again), NPR will be streaming their Santa Barbara show starting on Monday, Sept. 8.

My Morning Jacket - D.A.R. Constitution Hall (9/3/08)

Recently I was discussing upcoming concerts with someone who knows a fair bit about music and I mentioned that I was really looking forward to finally seeing MMJ. Her response was, "They're too serious. They need to lighten up." At the time I didn't quite understand what the hell she was talking about, and after Wednesday night here are my observations:

• If music is a person's/band's livelihood, I hope they take it seriously.
• Anyone who wears a towel on their head/moon boots/cape (whether it be on or off stage) can't be too serious.
• If too serious is defined as 2+ hour concerts, then more bands should be more serious.
  

Back to the concert. After scoring floor tickets on eBay for a whopping $5.50 (yes, the decimal is in the correct place), to say I was even more hopped up for "An Evening with My Morning Jacket" would be an understatement. They blazed a trail by opening with "Evil Urges" and "Anytime" and followed that son of a bitch for almost 2 1/2 hours. Songs from Evil Urges (which admittedly took me awhile to truly appreciate) came off even better live. Jim James and Carl Broemel have the harmonizing guitar thing down to a science and the whole band just feeds off of each other. Best part is that they waste very little time - Jim James kept his comment to a minimum and they just roll from one song to the next. Efficiency at its best!

SETLIST: Evil Urges, Anytime, Off The Record, Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.1, Two Halves, Golden, Thank You Too!, I'm Amazed, The Way That He Sings, Sec Walkin, War Begun, Phone Went West, Cobra, Librarian, Dondante, Gideon, Lay Low, Steam Engine

ENCORE: Wordless Chorus, Highly Suspicious, Smokin From Shootin, Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2, Run Thru, One Big Holiday

This week's late night TV lineup

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Friday - Black Kids

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Wednesday - Brian Wilson

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Tuesday - Ra Ra Riot
• Wednesday - Delta Spirit

Last Call w/Carson Daly

• Wedsnesday - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
• Thursday - Ben Harper
• Friday - Local H

Late Show W/David Letterman

• Wednesday - Tricky
• Thursday - Duffy
• Friday - Warren Zevon Tribute with Steve Earle

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Friday - Jamie Lidell