[Watch] Two Door Cinema Club - "Sleep Alone" Live on Fallon

Two Door Cinema returned to the television sets of the masses in the US last night with a performance of their track "Sleep Alone" on Jimmy Fallon's slot. The performance was spot on and is in promotion of their newly released album, Beacon. Thanks to The Audio Perv for the video hookup.

The band will also be playing a number of US and European tour dates in the coming months/year. Dates can be seen below.

Two Door Cinema Club 2012

9/27 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn
9/28 Rumsey Playfield New York
9/29 Electric Factory Philadelphia PA
9/30 House Of Blues Boston MA
10/2 9:30 Club Washington D.C.
10/3 9:30 Club Washington D.C.
10/5 Sound Academy Toronto ON
10/6 Metropolis Montreal QC
10/8 Newport Music Hall Columbus OH
10/9 Riviera Theatre Chicago
10/10 First Avenue Minneapolis MN
10/11 Beaumont Club Kansas City MO
10/13 House Of Blues Houston TX
10/14 Austin City Limits Festival Austin TX
10/16 Ogden Theatre Denver CO
10/18 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver BC
10/19 Vogue Theatre Vancouver BC
10/20 City Arts Festival Showbox SoDo Seattle WA
10/21 Crystal Ballroom Portland OR
10/23 Fox Theatre Oakland CA
10/25 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles CA
10/26 Soma San Diego CA
10/27 House Of Blues Las Vegas NV
10/28 The Observatory Santa Ana
11/9 Le 106 Rouen France
11/10 Festival Les Indisciplines @ Cosmao Dumanoir
Lorient
11/12 La paloma Nimes (FR)
11/13 Le Rocher de Palmer Bordeaux (FR)
11/14 Stereolux Nantes (FR)
11/15 Zenith Paris (FR)
11/17 Paradiso Amsterdam
11/19 E-Werk Cologne (DE)
11/20 Tonhalle Munich (DE)
11/21 Capitol Offenbach (DE)
11/23 Astra Berlin (DE)
11/24 Gr. Freiheit Hamburg (DE)
11/26 Orangerie Brussels
12/12 Hatch Osaka
12/14 Bay Hall Yokohama
12/15 Studio Coast Tokyo
12/30 Falls Festival – Marion Bay Marion Bay Australia
12/31 Falls Festival – Lorne Lorne Australia
1/5 Southbound Festival Busselton Australia
1/11 Esplanade Concert Hall Singapore
1/19 O2 Dublin Dublin
1/24 Newcastle Academy Newcastle
1/25 Manchester Apollo Manchester
1/26 Manchester Apollo Manchester
1/28 Southampton Guildhall Southampton
1/29 Nottingham Rock City Nottingham
1/31 Cardiff University Cardiff
2/1 Birmingham Academy Birmingham
2/2 Birmingham Academy Birmingham
2/4 Aberdeen Music Hall Aberdeen
2/5 Glasgow Barrowlands Glasgow
2/7 Leeds Academy Leeds
2/8 Brixton Academy London
2/21 X-TRA Zurich
2/22 Magazzini Generali Milan
2/23 Orion Club Rome
2/25 Gasometer Vienna
2/26 Lucerna Music Bar Prague
2/28 Rockhal Luxembourg
3/1 Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam
3/4 Skaters Palace Munster
3/5 DOCKS Hamburg
3/8 Longhorn Stuttgart
3/9 Modernes Bremen
3/11 Bikini Toulouse
3/12 Liberte Rennes
3/13 Aeronef Lille
3/14 AB Brussels
4/27 Alexandra Palace London

[Watch] Muse - "Madness" x "Panic Station" Live on Jools Holland

Muse are set to release their genre hopping album The 2nd Law next week on October 1st, and last night they performed their first bit of promotion on UK television with 2 performances on the return show of Later... with Jools Holland. First up they performed their recent single "Madness", the bass synth infused jam. Secondly they performed an album cut, "Panic Station", a track that's about as funky and out there as I've seen Muse in quite some time. Check out their lead single at the top with the slap bass heavy number being available after the jump.

[Night Out] Biffy Clyro @ The Roundhouse, iTunes Festival (22/09/12)

I was introduced to Biffy Clyro at one of my first ever musical outings at the age of 16. The outing in question was to Leeds Festival 2005 and me and 2 close friends were those eager kids that wanted to see everything from as close as possible. We had ran to the barrier on the Sunday morning in hope of staying there for the 9+ hours until Foo Fighters arrived to close the festival (which we did!). Little did I know though that 2 bands into the day a Jesus like figure dressed all in white would step out onto the stage and change my musical taste for the foreseeable future. That bearded man was Simon Neil and the band Biffy Clyro. I remember it vividly as my friends older brother actually said something along the lines of "these guys are shit, we'll see you back at the tents tonight, they play every year." How wrong he was. 

In 2005 the band had already released 3 albums in as many years, it was their fourth, Puzzle, that rocketed them into the consciousness of the masses. Fast forward to 2012, ten years after releasing their debut Blackened Sky and they've had an album peak at number 3 (Puzzle) and number 2 with Only Revolutions. With this said they've just announced a new double album set for release in 2013 and with that exciting news came that they were added to the iTunes festival at The Roundhouse, London. I was lucky enough to be there.

The chants of "Mon the Biff" echoed up to the historical wooden ceiling 50 feet above as the lights dimmed and the 3 topless gents took to the stage. They opened with their latest track, an album tease in the shape of "Stingin' Belle" and immediately rolled onto "The Captain", at which the crowd cried back "wooooo" with the opening riff. This was my first time at the legendary London venue but I must say the sound was immense and the circular shape meant you were never too far from the action. For a band that have sold out arenas, this was a true treat if you'd managed to get a ticket! The band seemed tighter than ever, 17 years together would probably have that effect as they played a mixed bag of both old and new. "27" from their debut, Blackened Sky, and was played just 3 tracks in and juxtaposed against the first (truly) unheard track of the evening (depending on if you'd seen them at a few festivals last year or in Leeds the previous evening) with "Modern Magic Formula" which was an energetic pulsating track that felt oh so fresh after the more sombre tones of "27".

The crowd was a pretty tame one by all accounts, but you can't expect it to be completely full of die-hard fans given the ticket allocation system yet in the pit they bounced as one at every opportunity to songs old and new. "Bubbles" proved very popular and during the track actual smoke filled bubbles rose from the front of stage popping in a puff of smoke as they reached he ceiling making for quite the spectacle. The crowd was loudest for "Many of Horror", the track enlisted by Simon Cowell last year for the X Factor winner which led to their own version re-entering the charts. Veteran fans and new fans alike sang, shouted and screamed the lyrics back at them.

The set rounded off with a couple of fan favourites but another new one a little earlier had caught my attention. It got me and Kitty so excited we looked at each other at precisely the same time and said "this sounds reminiscent of Blackened Sky/Vertigo of Bliss." Honestly it was at pretty much exactly the same time, you couldn't make this up. Titled "Sound Like Balloons" it was a jangly number from start to finish that had a soaring chorus suited for sing-alongs matched by thunderous sounds of bass and drums intertwined perfectly yet chopped to pieces by the vocal. It reminded me of "There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake" in its delivery erly on. It brought a tingle to my spine and it's only served to build my excitement more for next year's Opposites.

What I liked about the show was the growth. They've had a touring guitarist for several years now but this was the first time I'd seen them introduce an extra pianist for a few songs and the result was a continuation of their ever growing sound. They've had a large power behind them for years, even prior to the additional guitarist for newer songs, but add to that the piano and the songs take on a gargantuan form. A form and sound that is destined for arena domination. A force that we will no-doubt see sell out numerous venues next year. The night draw to a close after 21 songs of pure bliss ranging from their early beginnings and into their future next year. The crowd walked away happy and I was that 16 year old kid again on the barrier, left open mouthed and hyper active at what I'd just witnessed. A musical awakening that would shape my tastes for the coming years. Mon the Bif.

[Watch & Download] Citizens! - "True Romance" (Official Video) x Gildas Kitsuné Club Night Remix

Dear friends, if you have been running out of ideas of crazy places where you and your lover can make out, Citizens! have compiled quite a few of them in their video for their latest single, "True Romance", which is off of their recent album Here We Are. I don't know why, but about halfway into the video all I could think of was describing the scenes in Dr. Seuss-esque speak: "You can make out on a car You can make out in a bar. You can make out in a store. You can make out on the floor. You can make out all intense. You can make out through a fence." But seriously though, the imagery of people being passionate in chaotic places is incredbly sweet. It's not surprising that the inpiration came from the couple kissing during the Vancouver riots.

If you're like me and can't get enough of "True Romance" now, you can download this fun remix from Kitsuné’s very own Gildas Loaec.

"True Romance" is now available on Kitsuné.

Citizens! will be be hitting the road for a brief stint in November. Have a look at the dates below to see if they'll be in your area.

NOVEMBER
13th             Glasgow                King Tuts     
14th             Edinburgh                Electric Circus
16th             Darlington                The Hub
18th             York                    Fibbers
19th             Brighton                The Haunt
20th             London                    XOYO

[Watch] Animal Collective - "Today's Supernatural" Live on Conan

Animal Collective recently released Centipede Hz which can be picked up over here and last night the band paid a visit to the studio of Conan O'Brien to promote it. They brought along a performance of their recent single "Today's Supernatural" and it was every bit as great as you'd expect from Avey and the gang. The band have announced that their second single, "Applesauce" will be released on November 11th. The track will come packaged with a b-side of "Crimson" that we heard at the start of the month.

[Watch] The Killers - "Miss Atomic Bomb" x "Runaways" Live on Kimmel

The Killers took to the outdoor stage of Jimmy Kimmel last night to perform two tracks from their newly released album Battle Born. As hard as I try to get into the album it just doesn't sit well with me but I know a lot of fans absolutely love it. Their live shows still seem to be pretty decent too and you can see for yourselves with a performance of "Miss Atomic Bomb" at the top and "Runaways" after the jump courtesy of The Audio Perv.

[Watch] The Weeknd Performs New Songs in Chicago

The Weeknd recently announced that his famed mixtape trilogy would be released commercially this November as Trilogy, and this release promied mixed and mastered versions of songs as well as new, unreleased material. We've already heard the new version of House of Balloons track "Wicked Games", but now you can hear some of that unreleased material The Weeknd has been working on for Trilogy. At a recent performance in Chicago, the R&B crooner offered up a new track titled "Birds Part Three"—"Birds Part One" and "Birds Part Two" were part of the Thursday mixtape. Watch the live rendition above.

Trilogy is out on November 13th via Repulic Records, and in the meantime you can catch The Weeknd live, so make sure to check out his fill tour itinerary after the jump.

The Weeknd 2012 Tour Dates:
09/24 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
09/26 – Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Event Centre
09/27 – Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/29 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
10/04 – San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Ampitheatre *
10/05 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Ampitheatre *
10/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *
10/10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre
10/13 – Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
10/14 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/16 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
10/17 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore
10/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Civic Center
10/20 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
10/22 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
10/25 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/26 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/27 – Bronx, NY @ Paradise Theater
10/29 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis

* = w/ Florence and the Machine

[Watch] Mumford & Sons Perform on Saturday Night Live

As previously reported, Mumford & Sons served as the musical guests on last night's episode of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In support of their soon-to-be-released sophomore LP Babel, the London-based outfit performed renditions of "I Will Wait" and "Below My Feet". The quartet even put their acting skills to the test in a skit where they portrayed a Beatles cover band called Hey Dude. Watch the two performances along with the skit after the jump (via The Audio Perv).

Mumford & Sons' sophomore album Babel is out on September 25th via ATO Records.

"I Will Wait":

"Below My Feet":

Skit: