Category: TV

Milestones: David Byrne is 58 today; watch quirky 'Music for the Knee Plays' live

Milestones: David Byrne is 58 today; watch quirky ‘Music for the Knee Plays’ live

Former Talking Heads leader David Byrne turns 58 today, and we mark his birthday with one of his quirkier solo projects: ‘Music for the Knee Plays,’ a 1985 brass-band-and-vocals album Byrne composed for Robert Wilson’s opera ‘the CIVIL warS.’

Video: Gorillaz, featuring The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, play ‘Colbert’

Fresh off their headlining appearance at last weekend’s Coachella festival, the in-the-flesh version of Damon Albarn’s cartoon act Gorillaz — which currently features a rare joint appearance by The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon — played current single ‘Stylo’ on ‘The Colbert Report’ last night.

Video: Devo plays new single 'Fresh,' classic 'Whip It' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Video: Devo plays new single ‘Fresh,’ classic ‘Whip It’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

Devo took to the airwaves last night to perform their new single, ‘Fresh,’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ The track is off the band’s first new album in 20 years, ‘Something for Everybody,’ which is due out June 15 — and is available now on the ‘Song Study’ EP via iTunes.

Vintage Video: Pixies play ‘Doolittle’ tracks ‘Dead,’ ‘I Bleed’ for ‘Snub TV’ in 1989

While it’s an album hardly in need of commemoration given last year’s high-profile tour and a looming reissue, the Pixies’ beloved Doolittle — from which this site gets its name, of course — was released 21 years ago today.

Video: The Specials play ‘A Message to You, Rudy’ on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’

Returning to American TV for the first time in 30 years, The Specials last night performed their 1979 single ‘A Message to You, Rudy’ on ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ — and a second tune, ‘Little Bitch’, exclusively for the show’s website.

Video: Public Image Ltd. plays 'Rise,' 'This Is Not a Love Song' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Video: Public Image Ltd. plays ‘Rise,’ ‘This Is Not a Love Song’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

The rejiggered Public Image Ltd. made its first U.S. television appearance since 1992 last night with a performance of ‘Rise’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to promote its upcoming appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and subsequent U.S. tour.

Public Image Ltd. adds 3 dates to U.S. tour, will appear on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

The reconstituted Public Image Ltd. this morning announced three more U.S. concerts — April 28 in Pontiac, Mich.; April 30 Milwaukee, Wis.; and May 16 in Northampton, Mass. — on the band’s post-Coachella tour this spring.