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Childish Gambino – “Freaks and Geeks” Live
Check out Childish Gambino performing his latest single “Freaks and Geeks” live and acoustic here. The video was posted by Donald Glover himself via his Twitter account.
You can catch Donald on his IAMDONALD Tour through April and May. Check out the dates here. Childish Gambino’s upcoming Freaks and Geeks EP will be out on March 8, 2011.
Adele Performs On Jimmy Kimmel
Adele recently performed current single “Rolling In The Deep” and “Someone Like You” on Jimmy Kimmel in support of her new album 21. Check out the two performances below.
The National Perform in NYC
The National recently taped a live performance for MTV’s Live In NYC series while performing at the Studio at Webster Hall. The band performed four songs from their 2010 album High Violet (“Bloodbuzz Ohio”, “Afraid of Everyone”, “Conversation 16” and “Terrible Love”) and “Fake Empire” from Boxer. You can watch all the performances below.
“Bloodbuzz Ohio”:
“Afraid of Everyone”:
“Conversation 16”:
“Terrible Love”:
“Fake Empire”:
Odd Future (OFWGKTA) Perform on Fallon and More
This week has been huge for the OFWGKTA crew; if you aren’t yet familar with this exciting young rap collective, make some time to check them out. Just a few days ago, leader Tyler, The Creator and Hodgy Beats made their television debuts on Jimmy Fallon, enthralling and scaring Fallon and his audience with their performance of “Sandwitches” backed by The Roots. Swag? Mos Def certainly agrees: “SWAAAAG!” Watch Tyler and Hodgy tear it up, as well as more Odd Future news below.
On Monday, Tyler announced his signing with XL Recordings, where he will be releasing his upcoming albumGoblin. The eerie, black-and-white music video for first single “Yonkers” was also released this week.
Mellowhype, the collaborative group of Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, have announced that their next album will be titled Numbers.
That’s not all though. Odd Future’s resident R&B man Frank Ocean has released his new album Nostalgia for free download here. The album highlights the incredible diversity of Odd Future. The album is unbelievably smooth and even features a Coldplay sample.
Video: Hoodie Allen – “You Are Not A Robot”
Hoodie Allen has released an official music video for “You Are Not A Robot”. The track, which features a sample of Marina & The Diamonds, was one of my personal favorites from Hoodie’s debut mixtape Pep Rally and the visuals certainly are a great complement.
“The best thing about this video is that it was only made possible due to the undying support of my fans: from the entire crew to all the extras who came out from as far as Maryland at 7:00 AM to help, the whole production was done ourselves. 2011 is all about that DIY mentality for me. I’ve recently taken a break from my job at Google to pursue my music full time,” Hoodie told us via email. Check out the video below.
Small Sins Announce Tour, Premiere New Video
Small Sins will hit the road again next month, returning to the US for the first time since 2007 in support of their third full-length Pot Calls Kettle Black. Three of the announced dates will be at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
The band also released a new video for third single “Why Don’t You Believe Me?”, premiering yesterday in Canada and today in the United States, but you can watch it below.
Check out the tour dates below.
Small Sins:
3/2/11 – Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
3/3/11 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewery Co.
3/4/11 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
3/5/11 – Montreal, PQ @ Casa del Popolo w/ Say Hi
3/7/11 – Halifax, NS @ The Seahorse
3/9/11 – Boston, MA @ O’Briens Pub
3/10/11 – New York, NY @ Santo’s Party House
3/11/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Rock Shop
3/12/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
3/13/11 – Washington, DC @ The Red Palace
3/14/11 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light
3/16/11 – Austin, TX @ Maggie Mae’s Gibson, 12am (SXSW)
3/17/11 – Austin, TX @ The Trophy Room, 4:30pm (SXSW)
3/18/11 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk, 12pm (SXSW)
Shad’s “Keep Shining” Music Video
Shad‘s “Keep Shining”, from his latest album TSOL, is an uplifting track showing his respect towards women with self-respect and goals and, in his own words, “an ode to the strong and often under-appreciated spirits of women”. Check out the music video, directed by Sarah Michelle Brown, below.
Kid Cudi Confirms ‘Wizard’ Singles, Previews Songs
“Perfect Is The Word”, “Rocket”, and “Upper Room” have been confirmed by Kid Cudi to be the first three singles off of his upcoming Wizard album. He announced the singles and even played the first two while on Ustream last night, celebrating his 27th birthday. Happy birthday Scott!
Check out a preview of “Rocket”, the second single, from the UStream session last night below, recorded and uploaded by a fan who was in the Ustream room.
Drake Works With The xx and Florence and the Machine
According to NME, Drake is working with The xx‘s Jamie Smith and Florence and the Machine‘s Florence Welch. Smith says that he has been working with Drake on the rapper’s upcoming album Take Care. Drake has also announced that he may appear on the new Florence and the Machine record.
As of now, no release dates have been anounced. To tide you over, you can watch a fan video of Florence performing “Fireworks” with Drake in London below.
Two Door Cinema Club Music Video
Check out the new music video for Two Door Cinema Club‘s “What You Know” below.
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