Kate Bush is a brilliant musician (one of my personal favorites) who toured only once (in 1979). Her live performances since then have been extremely rare, the latest being a 2002 surprise duet of “Comfortably Numb” with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
December Will Be Magic Again (1979)
Breathing (1986)
Running Up That Hill (with David Gilmour) (1986)
Comfortably Numb (with David Gilmour) (2002)
and her latest single, Deeper Understanding
This acoustic set by Florence and the Machine was performed for KEXP radio on April 16, 2010. Watch below, and also check out this earlier post with 2 more great live performance by Florence and the Machine.
Rabbit Heart
Cosmic Love
Drumming Song
Kiss with a Fist
One of the “greatest female musicians of all time” (according to the UK music press), PJ Harvey, is now promoting her eighth solo album, Let England Shake
Nina Hagen’s Personal Jesus
Nina Hagen – Personal Jesus tour
Paris, France (September 17, 2010) [mp3] [mp4]
setlist: Personal Jesus, Riders on the Storm, LSD, Das Veilchen, Nobody’s Fault But Mine, God’s Radar, Schachmatt, Help Me, Lily of the Valley, Mean Old World, On the Battlefield, Spirit in the Sky, When the Saints Go Marching In, The Lord’s Prayer, Soldat Soldat, All You Fascists Bound to Lose, What It Is, Killer, Atomic Flesh Deluxe, Boom, Like an Angel, My Way, Summertime, Sometimes I Ring Up Heaven, Milky White Way, Ave Maria, This World Is Not My Home, We Shall Overcome, Free Ride, Run On
“Personal Jesus” (Paris 2010)
“Riders on the Storm” (Paris 2010)
“God’s Radar” (Paris 2010)
“Killer” (Paris 2010)
an interview (2010)
I’ve been into The Decemberists since posting Colin Meloy’s solo performance the other day, so I put together a collection of 11 live TV performances from 2005-2010 (highlights below) in mp4 (video) and mp3 format (the mp3 version includes a cover of Bjork’s “Human Behaviour” and “Crazy on You” by Heart). There’s also a brief but awesome 5-song set from Austin City Limits that I found on youtube (mp3 & mp4). This is all good to hold us over until their new album, The King is Dead
We Both Go Down Together (Conan O’Brien 2005)
The Crane Wife #3 (Austin City Limits 2007)
The Perfect Crime #2 (Austin City Limits 2007)
The Mariner’s Revenge Song (2007)
The Wanting Comes in Waves (Jools Holland 2009)
The Hazards of Love (Rock the Garden 2009)
The Rake’s Song (Rock the Garden 2009)
Crazy on You [Heart cover] (Rock the Garden 2009)
On October 22, 2010, Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists) performed a great solo acoustic set in New York City for KEXP radio. Included in the set were 2 songs from the upcoming Decemberists album, The King is Dead. Watch below or download the mp4 (video) and mp3 versions.
Down by the Water
June Hymn (new song!)
Rise to Me (another new song!)
The Crane Wife (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Rise to Me (with the full band)
Yes, Patti Smith is wild and wonderful. In 2007 she released a covers album called Twelve
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” (album version)
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” Live in 2007
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” Live in 2008
“Gloria” live in 1979
“Gimme Shelter” (The Rolling Stones) from Later with Jools Holland in 2007
“Gloria” from Later with Jools Holland in 2007
Nico was a truly unique singer/songwriter from Germany who died tragically in 1988 at the age of 50. The music she made sounds like nothing else and her voice is very haunting and distinct. She’s one of my favorites, so I hope you enjoy this rare concert recorded in Tokyo, Japan, on April 26, 1986. [mp3 audio] [mp4 video]
tracklist:
1. Me Heart is Empty
2. Purple Lips
3. Tananore
4. Janitor of Lunacy
5. You Forgot to Answer (not included)
6. 60/40
7. My Funny Valentine
8. All Tomorrow’s Parties
9. Das Lied vom einsamen Madchen
10. Femme Fatale
11. The End
Some highlights of the show are “My Heart is Empty”, “Tananore”, “Femme Fatale” (very Tori-esque), and her spooky, epic version of “The End” by The Doors (watch below, along with the promotional video for “My Only Child” / “All That Is My Own”). The whole show is amazing, though. She’d definitely have an audience these days…
MGMT performed a concert last night at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City to coincide with their TV appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. This was a really great show, I enjoyed it all. Setlist: Flash Delirium, Destrokk, The Youth, Electric Feel, It’s Working, The Handshake, Song for Dan Treacy, Time to Pretend, Congratulations, Brian Eno. “Time to Pretend” (below) is on youtube, plus some other songs. Or you can watch the complete concert here.
these things inside 