Walk The Moon: Shiver Shiver + Iscariot

Cincinnati, Ohio natives Nicholas Petricca, Kevin Ray, Sean Waugaman, and Eli Maiman formed Walk The Moon in 2008, independently released their debut album 'i want i want' in 2010, and followed up with a self-titled major label debut last month.

The band is playing their hometown tonight as part of their big U.S. summer tour which culminates with a show in Redmond, Washington on August 25.  They kick off their extensive European fall tour on September 19 in Amsterdam.  See below for details:

 www.facebook.com/walkthemoon/app_123966167614127


NOTE on the two videos:

"7in7" is a series of officially unofficial music videos, hand-made by the band without a film crew or a budget. While out on tour, with one camera, Walk The Moon filmed seven videos in seven days. 

Gossip: Move In The Right Direction

Still one of the finest voices around:  Beth Ditto of Gossip.

The trio's fifth studio album 'The Joyful Noise' dropped in late May, and they are busy touring this summer and fall.   Most of the shows are happening in France, Germany and the UK, but a few gigs in the US, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, and Italy are also lined up.

www.gossipyouth.com/us/tour

www.facebook.com/gossipmusic

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band & The Roots: The E Street Shuffle

Audiences got a double treat at Northern Europe's largest and oldest music festival at Roskilde, west of Copenhagen, Denmark this past weekend when The Roots joined Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band on stage. Both bands are said to have delivered the hands down best concerts at this year's event: The Boss and the E Street Band did a 3 hr. set on July 7; the Roots did a 90 min. show on the same date.

The two bands performed the same song on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in March with Tom Morello sitting in. As a bonus, the host provided (more) cow bell.

Trivia: In 2000 then Saturday Night Live cast member Jimmy Fallon had a hard time keeping a straight face during the now legendary SNL skit that spawned the catch phrase "More Cowbell".

Kelis: 4th of July (Fireworks)

The perfect 4th of July video by Kelis.  (from her 2010 album 'Flesh Tone'.)


Happy Birthday America! 

When Saints Go Machine: Mannequin

Danish quartet When Saints Go Machine's album 'Konkylie' was released in May.  Their latest video was directed by Mia Fremming.

The band has a few gigs in Europe this summer:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/When-Saints-Go-Machine/10036951470?

Turboweekend: I Forgot

Turboweekend's new 11-track album 'Fault Lines' was released today.

Last week the Danish band performed one of their new songs live for Danish network radio P3's Shed Sessions at the NorthSide music festival in Århus.  Echoing Peter Gabriel both in terms of arrangement and vocals, "I Forgot" is yet another superb showcase for Silas Bjerregaard's voice.

I posted the first single/video from 'Fault Lines' earlier this month:

http://latenightdj.blogspot.com/2012/06/turboweekend-on-my-side.html

Read my interview with Silas Bjerregaard here from when Turboweekend was still a trio:

http://latenightdj.blogspot.com/2010/11/interview-with-turboweekend.html

They have four shows in Denmark this summer, and will also be doing a gig in Poland on November 6:

http://www.facebook.com/turboweekend/app_123966167614127


Turboweekend was one of five Danish bands invited to play the first one-day NorthSide festival in 2010.  Besides TW, the line up at this year's three-day event June 15-17 included Little Dragon, James Blake, Snow Patrol, Emile Sande, When Saints Go Machine, Freja Loeb, Kashmir, and more.

My Evil Twin: Sunshine In A Pill + No Plot

Multi-instrumentalist Cecilie Enevold Nielsen is the sole composer/lyricist behind Copenhagen band My Evil Twin.  A debut album 'The Slow Escape' came out in 2010 on Tactic Records.  Their second full-length, 'Sunshine In A Pill', will drop on September 24. 

The gorgeous first single of the same title is out now on iTunes; the track was produced by Cecilie's close collaborator Lasse Lyngbo (Diefenbach, White Pony.)


www.facebook.com/pages/My-Evil-Twin/17880407717

www.myspace.com/myeviltwindk