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Empire of the Sun Beam Onto 'Kimmel' for Dazzling 'Alive' Performance
Empire of the Sun brought their sci-fi theatrics to Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (June 18), performing electro anthem "Alive," the lead single off the Australian duo's just-released second album, Ice on the Dune. Outrageously out...

Quadron Make Classy, Clappy 'Letterman' Debut With Soulful 'Hey Love'
Handclap-based songs have proliferated this past year or so, from hip-hop and R&B "clappers" to neo-folk hoedowns. Denmark's Quadron put a jazz-soul twist on the affair last night on Late Show With Letterman. Robin Hannibal — the prod...

Paul McCartney Stages Beatles Invasion on 'Colbert' Hour-Long Special
Paul McCartney is set to give a Must-See performance at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this weekend, but first the ex-Beatle decided to hijack The Colbert Report for an hour-long episode last night (June 12). Macca sat down for an intervi...

Watch Black Sabbath Desecrate Prime-Time Television With 'End of the Beginning'
Heavy metal elder statesmen Black Sabbath treated CBS' elderly audience to eight minutes of hell-raising rock on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's last month, and now the episode is available online.Originally aired on May 15, the performance debuted ...

Lil Wayne Describes His Near-Fatal Seizure on 'Kimmel'
Lil Wayne visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night (june 11) where he sat down for a lengthy chat about his health and eventual retirement plans. It was his first successful appearance in a run of three attempts — the unexplained March 2012 no-s...

Disclosure and Jessie Ware 'Confess' in Sultry 'Jools Holland' Appearance
Disclosure are critical darlings and pop stars now; their debut album Settle is both a SPIN Essential and the No. 1 album in the United Kingdom. But their first big break was a bright garage remix of Jessie Ware's "Running." The t...

Watch Broken Social Scene's Big, Happy Family Reunion With Feist on 'Fallon'
Broken Social Scene broke their extended hiatus last night (June 6) to appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The Canadian collective crowded the NBC stage with guitars, drums, keyboards, horns, and longtime associate Feist to run through ...

Watch Queens of the Stone Age's Raucous, Hour-long 'Live on Letterman' Concert
Queens of the Stone Age spent some quality time with David Letterman last night (June 5). The hard-rock heavyweights appeared on the Late Show to perform "My God Is the Sun," the dizzying lead single from their latest album, ...Like Cl...

Watch Divine Fits' Triumphant 'Chained to Love'-'Ain't That the Way' Medley on 'Conan'
Divine Fits can cram the members of a gazillion top-notch bands into one, so of course they can pack two songs into a single on-air TV performance. The A Thing Called the Divine Fits group digitally released double A sides "Chained to Love"...

Local Natives Warm Up for NYC's Governors Ball on 'Letterman'
Local Natives are currently holed up in New York City for this weekend's Governors Ball Music Festival, happening on Randall's Island from June 7 to 9. Since they're in the Big Apple anyway, the Silver Lake four-piece made a pit stop at the Late Show...
