[Watch] Feist - "The Bad In Each Other" Live on Leno

The wonderful and sultry Feist paid a visit to Jay Leno to perform her Metals featuring track, "The Bad In Each Other". The passionate performance just goes to enhance the reasons you should have this album in your life. The performance features a rather large backing band including a brass section making for a huge rendition of the track. On a side not is everyone a little excited to hear her release with Mastodon next weekend for Record Store Day? I know I'm going to be trying to cop it! For more details on who is releasing some goodies next weekend jump over here after enjoying the performance at the top via The Audio Perv.

[Watch] Alabama Shakes - "Hold On" Live on Letterman

Alabama Shakes are next up for you to enjoy and they visited David Letterman to lay down a spine tingling rendition of their single "Hold On" which features on their recently released album Boys & Girls. Brittany Howard's voice is as soulful as they come and the band are as solid as they get. Put the two together and you have one hell of a great performance to watch at the top via The Audio Perv.

[Watch] Arctic Monkeys - "R U Mine?" Live on Conan

Holy balls the US got spoiled for choice last night with their late night TV choices! First up for us folk that don't live in the US of A and for those of you who just want to re-live the awesome night of late night music. First up for your eyes and ears is the slick back haired Alex Turner and Arctic Monkeys who paid a visit to Conan O'Brien to play their ridiculously infectious stand alone track "R U Mine?" which will be released on Record Store Day as a sexy Purple vinyl. See what you make of it below. I always forget how much of a beast Matt is behind the kit! Also, in case you missed our bumper Arctic Monkeys Sunday Pickup of rarities last week go grab it here.

[News] Sigur Ros Announces First North American Tour Dates In 4 Years!

I'm so exciteddd. And I just can't hiiidddeee itt!! Sigur Ros is coming back to America and I think I like it!

That's right! After four long years, the Sigur Ros famine is over! In addition to playing some major summer festivals, the band has also plotted a course for a mini-headlining tour of sorts in support of their forthcoming sixth studio album Valtari, which is out on May 29th via XL Recordings. The first single from the album, "Ekki múkk" is now streaming on the bands website, so be sure to head that way. Also over on the site is pre-sale information for the shows listed below. 

Tour dates:
7/30/12             Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at The Mann
7/31/12             Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn)
8/1/12               Toronto, ON @ Echo Beach at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
8/3/12               Montreal, QB @ Osheaga Festival Musique Et Arts
8/4-5/12            Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/8/12               Seattle, WA @ The Paramount Theater
8/9/12               Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheatre
8/12/12             Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

[Watch] Kaiser Chiefs - "On The Run" Live on Letterman

Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs were a long way from home last night. They were in New York at the Ed Sullivan Theater visiting David Letterman for a performance of "On The Run" for the masses watching at home. Here in the UK, Kaiser Chiefs were one of the biggest bands in the country. Note the past tense, it was when they released there sophomore album and they were in turn headlining Festivals and stadiums around the country. After a rather long hiatus and break they returned last year with with their album The Future Is Medieval which has now been renamed Start The Revolution Without Me and re-released Stateside just last month. An energetic performance of their new track from the re-packaged album, "On The Run", can be enjoyed at the top of the page via The Audio Perv.

[News] Bloc Party Announce UK Tour Dates

Rejoice Bloc Party fans in the UK! The band have just announced a string of UK dates set for June on which it will give fans a chance to marinate in some new tracks from their forthcoming album which they are working on in the studio now after announcing they'd signed to Frenchkiss Records. The news broke today when Kele posted a lovely little message to fans"

Hello internet, I know it’s been a long two and half years since bloc party last performed in the UK. Well it seems that wait is over, we are happy to announce a short run of intimate shows for our friends in the UK and our friends in the US. We will be playing choice cuts from our new record as well as some more familiar jams. We hope to see you soon.

 Eager to see them?! Me too! Dates can be seen after the jump including the band's busy Summer schedule and dates across the pond. Tickets are on sale now so what are you waiting for? Go grab them here. 

Bloc Party Tour Dates 2012:

June

19 – Garage - Glasgow

20 – The Ritz - Manchester

21 – Koko - London

July

04 – Heineken Opener Festival, Gdynia PO

08 – Ruisrock Festival, Turku FI

12 – BBK Live, Bilbao ES

13-15 – Melt Festival, Ferropolis DE

30 – The Republik, Honolulu HI USA

August 

03 – Hard Festival, LA USA

03-05 – Osheaga Festival, Montreal CA

08 – Terminal 5, New York NY USA

11– The Pool @ The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas NV USA 

16-18–Frequency, St Polten AT

September

04 – Mallorca Rocks, Mallorca ES

05 – Ibiza Rocks, Ibiza ES

[News] The Weeknd Announces First-Ever Tour

With plans to perform at this year's Coachella and Lollapalooza, it seems that Toronto R&B crooner The Weeknd is becoming more comfortable with the idea of live performances. With that in mind, he has officially announced his first-ever nationwide tour, which kicks off on April 25th in Brooklyn following his two weekends at Coachella. Take a look at The Weeknd's full tour itinerary after the jump.

The Weeknd 2012 Tour Dates:
04/15 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/22 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/26 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
04/27 – Boston, MA @ Royale
04/28 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
05/03 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
05/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre
05/08 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
05/10 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
05/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
06/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/07 – London, UK @ Wireless Festival
07/06-07 – Amsterdam, NL @ PITCH Fest
08/03-05 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/03-05 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

[Listen] James Murphy and David Byrne of Talking Heads Speak at Yale

When LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy isn't DJing at London's Boiler Room, he's giving talks at Yale with fellow musician and Talking Heads frontman David Byrnes. The two took part in a Yale discussion series called "Art and Music" last month, where they discussed many aspects of New York, but most notably the city's noisy subway turnstiles. Here's what Murphy had to say on the matter:

All the subway turnstiles in New York City…make a beep. It’s a really unpleasant sound and the one that’s right next to it is slightly out of key with it. So, it’s like ‘ehhh….aehhh…uehhh’ Unless you get it wrong and it’s like, ‘No!’ Then it’s the sound of your bruised hip as you hit the thing… So I thought, I love New York and I love its aggression, and I love that it doesn’t make it easier for you to be a member of the city…But, I wanted to change the sound of going through the turnstile to a series of notes—I could do a little program. I could be like, well, the dominant note is the root, this is the fifth, this is the third, have a couple of sevenths, throw a few sixths in there just to be crazy. And during rush hour it would make arpeggiated music. And each subway station could have its own key or tonal set. For me, for a new person going to work, I think it would just be nice. It would be hard not to like that more than ‘shut up, idiot, you’re walking so slow!"

The entirety of the discussion is available to stream below (via WNYC).