[Watch] Regina Spektor - "How" Live on Leno

Earlier we got to see Ben Howard make his TV debut on Letterman, but as well as that last night on the late night circuit, Regina Spektor paid a visit to Jay Leno. She was there to perform her track "How" which features on What We Saw from the Cheap Seats. Check out the performance at the top courtesy of The Audio Perv.

[News] Miike Snow Announces More U.S. Tour Dates

News on the Miike Snow front has been pretty quiet in recent months, given that the Swedish pop outfit has been touring consistently since the release of their sophomore LP Happy to You. With a current tour going on in Europe, the band has decided that they will pay a return visit to the U.S. for a slew of live performances. Kicking off on October 16th, the tour will see them visiting major cities across the States with the final show taking place on the eve of All Hallows' Eve in Los Angeles. Check out the full tour schedule after the jump, along with their recent performance of "Paddling Out" at this year's Lollapalooza.

Miike Snow 2012 Tour Dates:
08/16 – St. Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
08/18 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop Festival
08/19 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands
08/24 – Paris, FR @ Rock En Seine
08/25-26 – Reading & Leeds, UK @ Reading and Leeds Music Festival
09/01 – Philadelphia, PA @ Made In America Festival
09/07 – Berlin, DE @ Berlin Festival
09/09 – Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival
10/13 – Mexico City, MX @ Capital Corona
10/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/17 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
10/19 – New York, NY @ United Palace
10/20 – Portland, ME @ State Theater
10/22 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
10/23 – Montclair, NJ@ Wellmont Theatre
10/24 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
10/26 – Asheville, NC @ Moogfest
10/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

[News] Ben Gibbard Announces North American Tour

Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard, now known formally as Benjamin Gibbard, announced last month that he will be releasing a solo album later this fall, his debut solo full-length. In support of the release of Former Lives, Gibbard has announced a brief North American tour. Following individual shows in late September and mid-October, the DCFC frontman will trek across the continent performing 10 shows in 14 days. Check out his full tour itinerary after the jump.

Pre-sale tickets for the tour are now available for members of the Death Cab for Cutie fan club, and the official artwork for Former Lives is pictured above.

Ben Gibbard 2012 Tour Dates:
09/26 – Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Library
10/14 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
11/01 – Minneapolis, MN @ Assembly Hall at The Women’s Club *
11/02 – Chicago, IL @ Athenaeum Theatre *
11/04 – Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theater *
11/05 – New York, NY @ Town Hall *
11/07 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre *
11/08 – Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue *
11/10 – Saxapahaw, NC @ The Haw River Ballroom *
11/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
11/13 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre #
11/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wilshire Ebell #

* = w/ Advance Base
# = w/ Damien Jurado

[Watch] Ben Howard - "Only Love" Live on Letterman

Well isn't this a nice treat to end the week on... Last night the talented Mr. Ben Howard made his US television debut with a visit to the Ed Sullivan Theatre and the Late Show with David Letterman. He performed his recent single "Only Love" and delivered a top notch rendition for the masses at home. Watch it again at the top courtesy of The Audio Perv. 

Ben's album, Every Kingdom, is out now.

[Watch] Santigold Visits The Colbert Report

On Tuesday evening we got to enjoy some highlights from Stephen Colbert's very own festival: StePhest Colbchella ’012 RocktAugustfest in the shape of some performances from Grizzly Bear. Last night Santigold was on the show to have a chat and we also get to see her perform "The Keepers", "Go", and "Disparate Youth" off of her latest release, Master of My Make-Believe. You can catch the interview at the top with a performance of "The Keepers" after the jump courtesy of The Audio Perv. We'll update with more videos once they become available. 

[News] The Weeknd Announces North American Tour

The Weeknd is going to be touring heavily in between his already planned tour with Florence & the Machine. The talented singer and producer has now announced a fall tour that will start in mid September and finish up in late October in Montreal. Make the jump to check the dates.

09/18 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center *#
09/19 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion *#
09/24 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
09/26 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Event Centre
09/27 Calgary, Alberta - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
10/04 San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre *#
10/05 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre *
10/07 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *#
10/16 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
10/17 Miami, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
10/19 Atlanta, GA - Atlantic Civic Center
10/20 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte
10/22 Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston
10/26 New York, NY - Terminal 5
10/27 Bronx, NY - Paradise Theater
10/29 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis

* = with Florence and the Machine
# = with the Maccabees

[Watch] P.O.S. Perform The New Tune "Bumper" For MPLS.tv's City of Music

What a great start to the morning, i literally just rolled over and opened my laptop and BAM! The perfect start to any day, BRAND NEW P.O.S.! That's right P.O.S. is back and is debuting a new tune on MPLS.tv's City of Music titled "Bumper" from his forthcoming 4th LP We Don't Even Live Here dropping this fall on Rhymesayers. This live performance of "Bumper" features Doomtree associate DJ Plain Ol Bill and 2 drummers from Polica and takes me back to P.O.S. first single "Drumroll" from his last album Never Better and just destroys. I can't wait to hear this on his next tour but let me shut up and allow you folks to enjoy the music.

If you are looking for more new P.O.S., check out his collaboration with Boys Noize artist Housemeister on the track "Weird Friends" which is also rumored to appear on P.O.S.' upcoming album. "They on some nonsense, we on some nonstop."

UPDATE: Check out studio version of "Bumper" as well as the artwork and full tracklisting to We Don't Even Live Here below which features Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon, Ryan Olson of Polica and Gayngs, Housemeister and Boys Noize as well as the rest of Doomtree. The new album is set to drop on October 23rd on Rhymesayers. Pre-order the album here which comes with a free download of both the studio and live version of "Bumper". Get ready. 

01 Bumper
02 Fuck Your Stuff
03 Where We Land
04 Wanted Wasted
05 They Can't Come
06 Lockpicks, Knives, Bricks and Bats
07 Arrow to the Action - Fire in the Hole
08 Get Down
09 All of It
10 We Don't Even Live Here (Weird Friends)
11 Piano Hits

[Watch] Grizzly Bear Visit The Colbert Report

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen looked back at the festivities he put together as part of his own festival: StePhest Colbchella ’012 RocktAugustfest. Yeah, that happened. On the bill were the likes of Flaming Lips, Santigold and Grizzly Bear. Last nght on his show he included performance from Grizzly Bear including an interview, a performance of "Yet Again" taken off their forthcoming LP, Shields. As well as that we get to enjoy a rendition of "Sleeping Ute" and "Two Weeks". We expect more footage from StePhest to arrive this week but check out GB's interview at the top with the interviews being available after the jump courtesy of our buddies at The Audio Perv.

"Yet Again" 

"Sleeping Ute"

"Two Weeks"