Hooray Friday (a few days late)!

- New music:

• Elvis Perkins, "Send My Fond Regards to Lonelyville," Elvis Perkins in Dearland (Mar 10th), Aquarium Drunkard
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Heads Will Roll," It's Blitz (Apr 14th), Ultra 8201

- A second from AD... Wilco's Jeff Tweedy covers Neil Young's "The Losing End" in 2006.

- And the trifecta... this one a blast from 1974 past. Check out a radio session with Tom Waits that includes interview clips and songs.

This week's late night TV lineup

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Wednesday - Living Things

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Tuesday - The Black Crowes
• Wednesday - Conor Oberst
• Friday - Gaslight Anthem

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Tuesday - Adele
• Wednesday - Glasvegas
• Friday - The Knux

Hooray Friday!

- Check out Shearwater perform four songs as part of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series. Last year's Rook got a lot of high praise, but not from this guy... just couldn't get into them.

- From another concert series, this one over at P-fork. the Hold Steady performs four diddies on Don't Look Down.

- I thought I had figured out our newly installed DVR, but woke up last Sunday AM to find that SNL hadn't recorded (stupid technology). Initially, I was bummed because I wanted to see TV on the Radio perform... especially since they dissed DC in their first set of tour dates. I later saw on quite a few sites/blogs that they sounded like dung, apparently due to SNLs union fetish. Then the world got a little better when I caught their interview/performance later in the week on The Colbert Report. And then the coup de grace... another round of tour dates, this time with DC getting some love. Ahhhh.

- Listen to Antony and the Johnsons perform three songs on MPR's The Current.

Sportsmanship isn't lost

You don't have to be a sports fan for this story to tug at the old heartstrings....

Yahoo Sports: Rivals High

This week's late night TV lineup

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Wednesday - K'Naan
• Thursday - Anya Marina

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Tuesday - Andrew Bird
• Wednesday - Lisa Hannigan

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Monday - thenewno2

Late Show w/David Letterman

• Monday - Willie Nelson w/Asleep at the Wheel
• Tuesday - M. Ward
• Wednesday - Antony & the Johnsons

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Friday - The Knux

Hooray Friday!

- Miss Radiohead and the USC Marching Band at the Grammys or just want to see it again? MOKB has the hook up.

- Wanna be depressed? Well then take a gander at the amount of greenbacks that the top musicians made in '08. While looking at this list, a few things:

• How can the Jonas Brothers rake in $62 million? Even if 12 year old girls think they're the bees knees, they don't have much talent. Jealous? You bet your sweet bippy I am.
• $242 million?? I can't even fathom that amount of money. Oh wait, I forgot how much Madonna concert tickets cost.
• I don't want to ever hear any of these characters complaining about the hardships of the music business or life on the road.
• The Jonas Bros??? Seriously??

Thanks to Brooklyn Vegan for the swift kick in the nuts.

- TV on the Radio's been getting a lot of love over the past few weeks, appearing on SNL and the Colbert Report just to name a few. Check out their interview (begins after 2nd line break) and performance (3rd line break) on the Colbert Report website. I'm still waiting for their DC dates to be announced...

This week's late night TV lineup

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Tuesday - The Little Ones
• Thursday - Miksha
• Friday - Rusty Truck

Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno

• Monday - Duffy

Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien

• Monday - Brett Dennen
• Friday - Dan Auerbach (of the Black Keys)

Last Call w/Carson Palmer

• Monday - T.I.
• Tuesday - Adele
• Wednesday - Blind Pilot
• Thursday - The Sounds

Late Show w/David Letterman

• Monday - The Von Bondies
• Tuesday - Heartless Bastards

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Monday - Adele