Morrissey cancelled his appearance on Kimmel last night, but apparently he still tuned in. Here's what he thought:

I was disappointed with last night's Jimmy Kimmel Show wherein our smiling host managed to ridicule depression (70% of Americans have experienced depression according to the National Institute of Mental Health). He then found time to ridicule healthy eating (the obesity epidemic in the U.S. costs $147 billion per year in medical expenditure), and he also ridiculed the notion that animals should be entitled to the possession of their own lives. Furthermore, he found time to jokingly promote gun-ownership - hugely amusing for the parents at Sandy Hook, no doubt. He also promoted his special guests Duck Dynasty - who kill beings for fun. None of the above issues are, of course, as important as Jimmy Kimmel himself, who has finally revealed his show to have an overwhelming loss of meaning. Tune in and relive the intellectual fog of the 1950s.

Morrissey

photos by Lori Baily

Die Antwoord @ MHOW - July 25, 2010

Last time Die Antwoord came to town was in July. They opened for MIA at one big show (HARD FEST), and headlined one of their own (MHOW). When I heard that they just added a last minute October 29th show at Gramercy Theatre in NYC (ON SALE NOW), I assumed they were doing the same since I knew they were scheduled to open one of Deadmau5's three shows at Roseland Ballroom this week, BUT it's actually a venue change. Die Antwoord are no longer opening at Roseland "due to production needs". That's good news for non-Deadmau5 fans since now Die Antwoord's one and only show is as a headliner. They are also the only band playing Gramercy Theatre Friday night (no opener of their own)

Want to go (it's this Friday!)? I have THREE PAIRS of tickets to giveaway. Details on how to win them at the bottom of this post.

What are the pictures in this post? They are an unpublshed set from the Music Hall show that I've been saving for a special occasion like this, and you can see the rest of them, along with video from their recent appearance on Kimmel, their new NSFW video for "Evil Boy", and all dates, below...

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photos by Tim Griffin

The xx @ Austin City Limits 2010

"Let's put it this way. If you ever want to get into someone's pants, there's no need for red roses or pick-up-lines. Totally unnecessary. All you really need to woo your love-to-be are the sweet, melodic verses of The xx.

At first, taking the A train all the way up to the Bronx sounded like a less than ideal situation, but one must sacrifice distance for the love of music. Church by day and music venue by night, United Palace is a beautifully bipolar theater with acoustics that could put Carnegie Hall to shame. This venue was a perfect match for a band that has meticulously mastered the art of producing huge sounds from whispers. Going from the Mercury Lounge to United Palace, The xx have had quite the year, and this show was a testament to this." [The Wild Honey Pie]

At United Palace, and probably at other shows on the tour, the Mercury Prize-winning band covered Robin S's now-classic dancefloor hit "Show Me Love" (Robin S is not to be confused with Robyn who is currently causing people to tear up dancefloors). Video proof from the NYC show, with the video from their appearance on Jimmy Kimmel last night (10/11), and more ACL pictures, below...

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UPDATE: Arcade Fire Daily Show videos are HERE.

Joanna Newsom on Kimmel last night

"Arcade Fire will appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight [August 12th]. They'll perform "Ready to Start" from their new album The Suburbs which is currently the # 1 record in the country!

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart airs on Comedy Central at 11 PM EDT / 10 PM CST. Check your local listings for channel information and set your DVRs.

The Suburbs is available on CD, dbl-LP and digital download (with special digital artwork) in the Merge store."

Speaking of TV appearances and my favorite artists of 2004, Joanna Newsom was on Kimmel last night. Two videos from that appearance, below...

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Public Image Ltd gave us a taste last night of what to expect on their semi-reunion tour that kicks off with a pre-Coachella show at Club Nokia in LA on April 13th. In what was their "first television performance in 18 years", the John Lydon-led group performed "This is Not a Love Song" and "Rise" on the Jimmy Kimmel show. Videos of both songs and updated tour dates below...

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Teenage Jesus & The Jerks @ Knitting Factory in June (more by Lori Baily)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* 50 Cent @ Governors Island
* NY Burlesque Fest @ BB King's
* Lucinda Williams @ Irving Plaza
* Bootleg w/ Lady Gaga @ Santos Party House
* The Do @ Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel
* Micachu & The Shapes, ACME @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* A-Bones, The Fleshtones, The Above @ Union Hall
* Wallpaper, Mystery Roar, Bodega Girls @ The Cameo
* The Choke, Foster Care, Images, Corn Mo @ Bruar Falls
* Christina Courtin, Henry Wolfe, El May @ The Bell House
* Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band @ Giants Stadium
* The Antlers, Holly Miranda, Family Of The Year @ Maxwell's
* Amazing Baby, The Entrance Band, Psychic @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Besnard Lakes, Acrylics, The Cinnamon Band @ Mercury Lounge
* Cheap Time, Sediment Club, Guinea Worms, Uzi Rash @ Silent Barn
* 50 Cent, Kid Cudi, Wale, Mike Posner @ Beach at Governors Island
* Chain and the Gang, Fiasco, Preacher and the Knife @ 171 Lombardy Street
* The Jaguar Club, My Teenage Stride, pow wow!, Raise High The Roof Beam @ Cake Shop
* Dick Hyman, Ted Rosenthal, Aaron Diehl, Mike Lipskin, Ethan Iverson, Spike Wilner @ Smalls
* Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Depreciation Guild @ Webster
* Bling Kong, Motel Motel, Arms, Noel Heroux & Paul Holmes, Holas, Ivana XL, Grub Animal @ The Bell House
* WFMU Fest w/ Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Sightings, Drunkdriver, Talk Normal @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Antlers are currently on tour with Holly Miranda. They play Maxwell's tonight with Family Of The Year. You can also see the Antlers on October 20th at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Sightings, Drunkdriver and Talk Normal play the WFMU Fest at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Last night Pissed Jeans was the headliner of the same festival at the same venue. The night before that was Faust.

Chain and the Gang was supposed to play Market Hotel - the show's now at 171 Lombardy Street...

...a wonderful, big (but cozy) new space in a dramatic location w/ a beautiful roof patio overlooking the Midtown skyline, the Greenpoint industrial district & the Kosciusko Bridge -PLUS- it's air conditioned & heated & has a killer soundsystem & great dance floor lights & no neighbors. Djs outside on the patio if it's warm / dry enough! - Todd P

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band do Born In The USA at Giants Stadium tonight.

Micachu & The Shapes join ACME at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Last night they were at Littlefield. The night before that we hosted them at Pop Montreal which is still going on up in Canada all this weekend.

Speaking of going on this weekend, ACL is happening in Austin.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars and The Depreciation Guild perform at Webster Hall. The same local lineup probably wouldn't have sold out Mercury Lounge a year ago.

Canada's Besnard Lakes skip Pop Montreal for NYC this weekend. Tonight they're at Mercury Lounge with Acrylics and The Cinnamon Band.

Lucinda Williams plays two sets, one of which is material only from her 1979-1989 catalogue, at Irving Plaza. Her next two shows cover the following two decades.

NY Burlesque Fest continues, tonight at BB King's.

The Dø follow up their Pop Montreal show with a gig at Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel.

The new season of Saturday Night Live continues tonight with musical guest Lady Gaga.

Tennessee's Cheap Time headlines tonight at Silent Barn (the same venue they played last night) with Sediment Club, Guinea Worms and Uzi Rash.

A video from the recent Coathangers show at Cake Shop, below...

Arctic Monkeys played Last Call Thursday. That and other videos below.....

What else?

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Depeche Mode - Hollywood & Vine - April 23, 2009 (charlie.salazar)

Depeche Mode's new album Sounds of the Universe dropped on April 21st.

On Thursday, April 23rd (late last night on the East Coast), the band played a big outdoor show in LA for Jimmy Kimmel Live...

[The band] drew more than 12,000 people to Los Angeles' famed corner of Hollywood and Vine, the largest crowd gathered there since the show first launched in 2003 with a performance by Coldplay. The band played seven songs in just under 45 minutes, including "Wrong," the first single off their latest album, Sounds Of The Universe, along with fan favorites "Personal Jesus," "Enjoy The Silence" and the set's closing number "Never Let Me Down Again," during which singer Dave Gahan led a sea of Depeche devotees to reach for the sky before humbly bro-hugging his right-hand man of nearly 30 years, Martin Gore. [Rolling Stone]

Videos, official and unofficial, from the LA show, below...

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photos by Chris La Putt

"Last weekend I went to see The Bird and The Bee, and it was a fantastic experience from beginning to end. If you ever have the chance to catch them, don't miss it! I've played them a couple times in my podcasts, but Inara George and Greg Kurstin really put something special into their live performances.

The show I saw was at Zankel Hall, which is part of Carnegie Hall and just as beautiful as the main stage. The duo played several tunes from their latest album, Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future, which was OK by me, since that record is full of winners like the crazy-catchy Love Letter to Japan." [Whitney Matheson]

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photos by Chris La Putt

In late January the guard post at the top of the stairs in the Kimmel Center was eliminated.

But now, only a short month later, the guard is back because of the recent protest by Take Back NYU.

The NYU Department of Public Safety has reinstated the guard at Kimmel -- as well as an additional guard on the 12th floor of Bobst Library -- in order to increase security after the protests.

"These stop-gap measures were taken out of prudence and caution following ... [the] events at Kimmel," said Jules Martin, NYU's vice president of Public Safety. [NYU Washington Square News]

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Nic Harcourt's Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
2. Mates Of State - Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
3. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
4. Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (Columbia)
5. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros)
6. The Broken West - Now or Heaven (Merge)
7.Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols (World's Fair)
8. Duffy - Rockferry (Mercury)
9. Tilly and The Wall - o (Team Love Records)
10.Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

Los Angeles, Calif., (December 10, 2008) - LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine today announced the selection of Nic Harcourt as Editor at Large, Music & Culture. Beginning February 8, 2009, in LA's January/February double Oscar issue, Harcourt will contribute a monthly column inspired by his love of music and the culture of Southern California.

Harcourt has been hailed as the most influential DJ in America and ultimate music tastemaker because of his uncanny ability to forecast trends and identify emerging talent. His innovative approach will now provide LA readers with unparalleled insight into the always evolving music and culture hemisphere through his monthly "Listen Up" columns, which will feature a hand-selected playlist, his picks for upcoming local concerts, shows and/or events and Q&As with emerging artists...

Adele was on Jimmy Kimmel (in LA) last night. Video below...

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Antony @ the Clocktower (more by Zach Dilgard)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Kirsten Ketsjer @ Lit
* Gwar @ Starland Ballroom
* Iced Earth & Saviours @ Nokia
* NOFX & Dillinger Four @ Irving Plaza
* Trey Anastasio @ Roseland Ballroom
* Billy Joel & Bruce Springsteen @ Hammerstein
* Elephant 6 show @ Purchase
* Titan, Villians & Saviours @ The Charleston
* Antony & The Johnsons @ Apollo Theater
* Cold War Kids, AA Bondy @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Little Ones, Anya Marina @ Mercury Lounge
* The Dirtbombs, The Nouvellas @ Southpaw
* Fucked Up, Vivian Girls, Inepsy @ Market Hotel
* TV on the Radio, Dragons of Zynth @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
* Diplo, Boy 8 Bit, Telepathe, Abe Vigoda @ Webster Hall
* Ra Ra Riot, Walter Meego, Morning Benders @ Bowery Ballroom
* Dave Hill, Walter Schreifels, Doug Gillard & Moby @ UCB

Bob Mould was born today in 1960.

Today is World Food Day

Video of Kanye West performing "Love Lockdown" on Jimmy Kimmel, below...

Moby's new video for "Ooh Yeah" below...

What else?

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by Black Bubblegum

Tail Swallower & Dove

Seattle's These Arms Are Snakes have declared their new album and Suicide Squeeze debut, Tail Swallower & Dove finis! Due Oct 7th, the record was produced by Chris Common at the Red Room (Matt Bayles & Common's recording studio) in Seattle.

In related ex-Botch news, Minus The Bear has announced another US tour this time with Annuals. The tour includes another date a Webster Hall with Sylvie on October 25th, tickets go on sale Saturday 8/9 at noon here.

Also in the ex-Botch file, the new Narrows seven-inch isn't out yet, but you can get it digitally on iTunes and Amazon.com.

A video of Minus the Bear's recent Jimmy Kimmel appearance and all tour dates below...

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photos by Kyle Dean Reinford

I'm always fighting with people about The Kooks. I don't like them, but a lot of other people seem to (especially photographers). Bao likes them. Kyle (who took the pictures this time) likes them. Chris Graham wanted to see them at Sasquatch, and apparently two nights worth of approximately-3000-capacity Terminal 5 people wanted to see them this week in NYC too. Last night they played Terminal 5 with The Morning Benders (June 10, 2008). Tonight both bands do the same. More pics from last night below....

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Rilo Kiley @ Terminal 5 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

Shellac @ Primavera 2008 (more by Kate Pedatella)

M83 @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Bao Nguyen)

today in NYC
* Comedy @ Southpaw
* The Homosexuals @ Trash
* Eric Clapton @ Jones Beach
* DJ Vadim instore @ Halcyon
* Broken Spindles & Bell @ Union Hall
* The L Magazine's New Music Festival
* comedians and Neko Case at Southpaw
* an Irish band for free in Bryan Park
* Lightspeed Champion & TMOT @ Union Hall
* Orba Squara and many others @ Living Room
* The Presets & Walter Meego @ Bowery Ballroom
* Lightspeed Champion & Flowers Forever @ Maxwell's
* Black Lips, Gringo Star & Titus Andronicus @ Market Hotel (moved from Ridgewood Temple)
* Mixel Pixel, Violens, Chairlift & Project Jenny Project Jan @ Mercury Lounge
* Radio 4, The Cloud Room, Cassettes Won't Listen & Foreign Islands @ Le Royale

"Dance" post coming in a second.

We added a lot more shows to the free NYC calendar today.

Some not-free shows went on sale today.

Simian Mobile Disco's gear was ruined on a plane this past weekend.

Melvins announced shows at Music Hall and Bowery. The Meatmen are playing Brooklyn.

Coldplay played Kimmel. Videos below....

What else?

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Sound seepage is a common problem at Coachella and Glen Hansard found himself in the thick of it when he started the Swell Season's outdoor stage set solo with just an acoustic guitar. Rock from the mainstage and beats from the tents gave him pause.
"How to be louder than the Raconteurs? You turn it up," he said midsong, and indeed the PA was boosted a good 20-30% louder. Thrilled when Jack White and company finished, he half joked " now all we've got to worry about is Aphex Twin."

Not only did Hansard, who won the best song Oscar this year with his partner Marketa Irglova, handle it all in stride, he turned the Swell Season set into a Coachella celebration. He recruited the National's drummer Bryan Devendorf and played covers of other acts' songs: in honor of meeting Kim Deal, she was here with the Breeders, Hansard and Irglova dueted on the Pixies "Cactus," and with the full band did an impressive version of Kraftwerk's "Model." [VARIETY]

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DOWNLOAD: Hot Chip - One Pure Thought (streetlab mix) (MP3)

Hot Chip appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show 3 days after they played Highline Ballroom, and one day after they didn't play the El Rey. Watch the video below. Download a new Streetlab remix above.

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ha....

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Common's new album Finding Forever is out this week. Tom Breihan doesn't even hate the cover. A video Common on Kimmel, plus some tour dates, below....

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