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Watch M. Ward Perform “Confession” & “Girl From Conejo Valley” On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | February 03, 2016 - 9:02 am
Next month, M. Ward will release new LP More Rain, follow-up his 2012’s A Wasteland Companion. And last night, his album-promo duties took him to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where he played the album’s two early singles. On the show proper, he sang “Confession” And as an online bonus, he did “Girl From Conejo Valley.” Watch both performance below.


Watch Iggy Pop & Josh Homme Debut “Gardenia” On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | January 22, 2016 - 5:37 am
Veteran rocker Iggy Pop and QOTSA/Eagles Of Death Metal’s Josh Homme have gotten album together called Post Pop Depression coming out in March. Last night, Iggy and Homme were on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to perform “Gardenia” and to talk about how the album came to be. Talking to Colbert, they said that they recorded it quickly, over a couple of weeks, at Homme’s Joshua Tree studio. And they also performed “Gardenia” for the first time. They did it with QOTSA/Dead Weather keyboardist/guitarist Dean Fertita, and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, the only other two musicians who perform on Post Pop Depression, as well as Chavez frontman Matt Sweeney and QOTSA guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, who round out the touring band. And Pop wore a shirt, watch the interview and their performance below.


Watch EL VY Cover David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | January 12, 2016 - 10:56 pm
EL VY, the side project from the National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf, stopped by the Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. They performed a nice version of the title track from their debut album Return To The Moon. They were not just done yet as they teamed up with Jon Batiste And Stay Human, Colbert’s house band, to cover David Bowie’s 1983 dance-rock megahit “Let’s Dance,” as a tribute to Bowie’s passing yesterday. Watch below.


Watch Michael C. Hall Sing David Bowie’s “Lazarus” On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | December 18, 2015 - 9:55 pm
David Bowie has shared a second song off his forthcoming new album ★, “Lazarus.” The song also appears in Bowie’s new Off Broadway musical Lazarus. In the play, the former Dexter star Michael C. Hall plays the lead. And last night, Hall appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday to sing “Lazarus.” Since Bowie himself appears determined to never perform live again, this is probably the closest thing to a Bowie performance on late-night TV. Watch the performance below.


Watch Squeeze Perform “Happy Days” On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | December 16, 2015 - 4:11 am
70s British new wave/pop band’s Squeeze stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to serve a musical slot on the show last night. The band member’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford played “Happy Days” with Colbert house band John Batiste And Stay Human, a track off of their recent thirteenth studio album Cradle To The Grave. Watch the performance below.


Watch Sleater-Kinney Perform “Bury Our Friends” On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | December 15, 2015 - 1:51 am
Carrie Brownstein returned to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night and this time with Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss as their band Sleater-Kinney was a musical guest on the show. They played “Bury Our Friends” from this early year release No Cities To Love. Watch the performance below.


Watch J Mascis Join Kurt Vile Perform “Pretty Pimpin” On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | - 12:44 am
Last week, garage rocker Kurt Vile joined Dinosaur Jr. celebrating the band 30th anniversary since the release of their debut album Dinosaur in 1985 with a six-night run of shows at The Bowery Ballroom. And at the end of the week on Wednesday, the frontman J Mascis pay it back by joined kindred spirit Vile to performed Vile’s b’lieve i’m goin down… track “Pretty Pimpin” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Watch the performance below.


Watch John Lydon Trash Donald Trump At Public Image Ltd. Performance On The Late Show




Unknown | November 18, 2015 - 3:13 am
By The Audio Mug | November 18, 2015
John Lydon’s post-punk project Public Image Ltd. just released the new album What The World Needs Now…, and the band served as a musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday Nov. 17 episode to played the single “Double Trouble.”  As the song ended, Lydon stared at the crowd and bellowed, “And don’t you dare vote Donald Trump.” Watch it in their performance video below.


Alabama Shakes – “Joe” 10/28/15 Stephen Colbert




Unknown | October 29, 2015 - 10:02 am
By The Audio Mug | October 29, 2015
Alabama Shakes’s Brittany Howard returned to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert once more and now with her proper band as a musical guest of the show. The band performed “Joe,” the outtakes track of their sophomore album Sound & Color. Watch the performance below.


Watch Carrie Brownstein Talk New Book On Stephen Colbert




Unknown | - 8:10 am
By The Audio Mug | October 29, 2015
Carrie Brownstein just released her new book Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl this week. The Sleater-Kinney singer and Portlandia cast discussed the book with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. They discussed on the book’s title, their appreciation of awkward situations, whether or not she’s “cool,” and how performing as a comedian compares to performing with Sleater-Kinney. Watch her full interview clip below.