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Our nifty poster here pretty much says it all, right? Tonight from our Live In NYC series we present The Drums at 9:00pm ET. Just a few minutes before the show, come join us on MTV.com and you’ll get a hot hour long performance from these Brooklyn-based indie rockers. We already gave you a rundown on their sound, a sweet, infectious and propulsive rhythm that has made them one of the most buzzed-about bands of the moment. Make sure to sign up for this event tonight on its Facebook page, and you can also Tweet about it using the #LiveInNYC hashtag.
+Watch one of their latest singles, “Forever and Ever Amen” below and learn more about the band.
It’s no exaggeration to say Brooklyn indie-pop band The Drums are blowing up. Heck, in some circles they’ve positively exploded already. They’ve already been named a Freshman Five band by MTVU and already performed on Ahead of the Curve at this year’s SXSW. And we’re not the only ones that have noticed. Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork, Stereogum are all raving about this band and helping create an groundswell underground.
And while the press is a lot of noise, the indie rock band — which mixes the dreamy sheen of Factory Records bands like New Order and Joy Division, the romantic longing of the Smiths, ’80s synth pop and even some 1950s bubblegum pop — the band definitely live up to the hype.
So, we’re psyched to announce that The Drums will be kicking off MTV.com’s new series of streaming live performances called “Live In NYC” on Tuesday, July 20th on MTV.com, live from the Studio at Webster Hall. The show starts at at 9pm ET, so log on to LiveInNYC.mtv.com then (or get there early, if you like) and get pumped for the twitchy, sweet sounds of these up-and-coming, here-to-stay rockers.
+ Watch The Drums’ “Let’s Go Surfing” video and a live performance clip from SXSW.
MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: La Roux On Style, Influences And More + Watch ‘Tigerlily’ Live
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MTV’s PUSH Artist of the Week is the inimitable, intoxicating La Roux. You’re probably already familiar with the twosome’s severe beauty and alluring, infectious electro-pop. But now it’s time to get to know singer-songwriter Elly Jackson a little more intimately, with these fascinating interview clips.
In the videos below, Elly Jackson talks about being the face (and voice) of La Roux (which, in the studio, functions as the duo of Jackson and producer Ben Langmaid), the history behind her increasingly famous and always fabulous hair, some of her celeb sightings (Jennifer Lopez!) and her biggest musical influences (Michael Jackson, Prince, David Bowie).
Finally, after all that chatting, it’s time to get back to the music. And we have a great live performance of “Tigerlily,” off La Roux’s dynamite self-titled debut album, for you to watch and rewatch and enjoy.
So buckle up for a five-pack of La Roux greatness.
Taylor Swift will host a live chat to talk with fans about a new album.
With his solo debut, former Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk says he’s “Alive” again after suffering a “creative malaise” in the wake of the band’s dissolution last year.
Buzzworthy Exclusive: Phoenix On ‘Saturday Night Live’ And The Kids Of PS22
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We’re all still catching our breath and drying eyes from Phoenix’s near-holy “MTV Unplugged” performance. The marimba on “Lisztomania” would have been worth the entrance fee alone, had there been an entrance fee!
But what about the men behind the music? What’s on their minds? We decided to find out in this exclusive Buzzworthy Q&A with the fine Frenchmen of Phoenix.
Find out how Phoenix felt about appearing on “Saturday Night Live” (guitarist Laurent Brancowitz musing, “We didn’t know it was imporrrrtaaant,’ FTW!”). Hear about how Phoenix has changed since the group’s early days, how they felt about PS22’s kiddie chorus cover of “Lisztomania” and much, much more.
Check out the interview as well as their “Unplugged” performance of “Lisztomania” below.
+ Watch Phoenix’s entire “MTV Unplugged” performance.
Missed Miley’s show? Watch “Can’t Be Tamed,” “Who Owns My Heart,” and “Liberty Walk” below, and watch the rest of the show, including “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” here. And check out more photos from the concert too! And read below for a play by play of everything that happened tonight.
We’re so into Miley Cyrus’ brand-new album, Can’t Be Tamed and tonight’s “Miley Cyrus: Can’t Be Tamed World Premiere Live” concert, live from House of Blues Sunset in Los Angeles — streaming live on MTV.com — that we’re live blogging Miley’s every move! Put your hands in the air, and follow along here!
11:00 — That’s all! Stay tuned for photos and videos from “Miley Cyrus: Live In LA.”
10:55 — Miley’s telling the crowd she wrote “Heart Beats For Love” for her gay fans for anyone who’s felt discriminated or judged. Total lighters-/peace sign-up epic.
10:51 — Miley intros “Robot” by telling everyone to do what they want and do what they love.
10:48 — It’s an ’80s classic, but Miley’s making “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” her own by adding a little country flair.
10:44 — Miley just dedicated “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” to her mom who’s home sick and loves this song, and to Brett Michaels. Awww.
10:39 — Miley’s dedicating “Liberty Walk” to women stuck in physically or mentally abusive relationships and says she’s a good example of being able to break free. Wow.
10:35 – “Who Owns My Heart” (Miley’s second song) is owning right now.
10:33 – “Can’t Be Tamed” looks bad-ayse! Love Miley’s shorter hair and her spot-on dancers. Woah. Did she just kiss that guy? (No? Bummer.)
10:30 — IT’S HERE! Love the haunting intro…
10:28 – Miley’s answering MTV fan questions. And no, she has no plans to write a song with Justin Bieber, at least not right now. Bummer.
10:25 – Um is 11-year-old Stella not the CUTEST little Miley fan EVAR?
10:22 — A guy in the audience who looks like a Kevin Jonas/ Pete Wentz hybrid just said he’d get a matching tattoo with Miley. Perhaps that can be arranged.
10:21 — Sway’s warming up the crowd and pretty much just made a dance off happen. It’s about to get “High School Musical” up in here.
10:18 – Sway’s catching up with Miley who’s chatting about Liam, who loves “Can’t Be Tamed.”
10:14 – The crowd’s filling up the House Of Blues, waiting for Miley!
MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: Miike Snow Play ‘Burial’ And ‘Silvia’ Live In The Woods
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This week’s MTV PUSH Artist of the Week is Miike Snow. With their seamless mix of dance, R&B and pop, Miike Snow have been garnering attention and gaining a gang of new fans. This week, we watched their video for “Animal,” the lead track from their 2009 debut self-titled debut album and their exquisite live performances from the 2010 MTV Movie Awards after-party.
Now, check out Miike Snow’s performance of “Burial” and “Silvia,” shot in a less traditional environment. Namely, the middle of the woods.
“Silvia” sounds particularly beautiful, with singer Andrew Wyatt’s reverbed and distorted vocals sailing out into the night sky. The band also perform “Burial,” the beautiful crescendo of which is absolutely soul-stirring.
+ Watch Miike Snow perform “Silvia” and “Burial” in these exclusive MTV PUSH videos.
This week we introduced you to up-and-coming band 2AM Club, who seamlessly blend layers of funk, hip-hop, and rock into hooky, harmony-laced come-hither dance tracks and party jams. It’s the kind of sexy, sleek music you can start your night out with and end it with too. And today, we’ve got an exclusive live performance by 2AM Club at MTV in New York City.
Watch 2AM Club kick off “Live At MTV” — a new MTV online performance series — with a four-song-strong live set, including “Worry About You,” “Nobody’s In Love,” “Flashing Room” and “Faster Babe.” And stay tuned for more Live At MTV performances.
This week we introduced you to up-and-coming band 2AM Club, who seamlessly blend layers of funk, hip-hop, and rock into hooky, harmony-laced come-hither dance tracks and party jams. It’s the kind of sexy, sleek music you can start your night out with and end it with too. And today, we’ve got an exclusive live performance by 2AM Club at MTV in New York City.
Watch 2AM Club kick off Live @ MTV — a new MTV online performance series — with a four-song-strong live set, including “Worry About You,” “Nobody’s In Love,” “Flashing Room” and “Faster Babe.” And stay tuned for more Live @ MTV performances.
Watch Cobra Starship Perform ‘Hot Mess’ And ‘Good Girls Go Bad’ Live On The Too Fast For Love Tour
Author: webcAs a public service, we thought you’d bring you these exclusive live clips of Cobra Starship rocking Kent State University, home of the Golden Eagles
Cobra Starship’s been on the road for the last few weeks, along with their like-minded amigos 3Oh!3 and Travie McCoy, performing on the Too Fast For Love Tour. And in these performance videos fresh off the tour, we get to see Gabe Saporta and his squad run through two crowd faves: “Good Girls Go Bad” and “Hot Mess.”
Two immediate reads on these Cobra clips: 1.) Live, Cobra spit some kind of rocking venom; as they develop as a band they might be getting shinier and more pop, but they can still throw down live. 2) These songs are obviously anthems for those in attendance, as the sea of Kent Staters really seem to lose themselves in the moment.
Check out “Hot Mess” and “Good Girls Go Bad” from the Too Fast For Love Tour.
Check out the archived video of the live chat we did with Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas on May 19, 2010.
The guys will be answered your tweeted questions on camera. Thanks for watching!
Watch 3OH!3 Perform ‘My First Kiss’ And ‘Don’t Trust Me’ Live On The Too Fast For Love Tour
Author: webcDid your first kiss involve Ke$ha, armpit hair, a smoke machine and a guy in a wool poncho? Then do we have something for you.
Watch 3OH!3 perform “My First Kiss” and their party favorite, “Don’t Trust Me” (not to be confused with “House Party”) at the Kent State University stop of the Too Fast For Love tour. And check in with Nat and Sean in this 3OH!3 tour diary. 3OH!3’s album, Streets Of Gold is out June 29.
The man with the platinum pipes chatted live on camera on May 11. Thanks for watching!
If you weren’t at your computer on Friday, April 30, you missed the live stream of the Gorillaz performing at London’s Roundhouse. We wish we could show the whole gig, which was great.
Their performance featured tracks from the new album Plastic Beach with special guests Mos Def, De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Snoop Dogg and more. Plus The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon were a part of the backing band.
Since we can’t bring you that gig, we’ll give you a taste with videos of Gorillaz recent performance on the British show “Later … with Jools Holland.” Here are videos of “Stylo” and “White Flag.” Be ready to be grooved by Damon, Mos Def and many more.
In case you’re wondering what’s been up with Gorillaz of late, a lot has changed for the virtual supergroup since their album Demon Days. There’s been much madness, mayhem, kidnappings and explosions. Evil Svengali Murdoc Niccals has taken over the fantastical floating island of garbage known as Plastic Beach.
With airborne pirates hot on his heels and moaning whales surrounding Plastic Beach, Murdoc Niccals clearly has just one choice: Plan a massive party, and let the new Gorillaz album loose upon London and the world. All you have to do is watch the cyborgian experience unfurl.
Just to give you an idea of how great the Roundhouse show was, here are photos from Gorillaz’s Roundhouse show on Thursday, April 29. (And yes, that’s Snoop and De La Soul.)




+ Plus: Watch Gorillaz’s “Stylo” video.
Platinum pop-punk quintet Paramore took your tweeted questions during our live video interview April 29 at 4pm EST. Thanks for watching. Don’t miss the archived video to catch it all over again.
The folks at MTV Iggy had the fine idea to get the wonderful indie rock band Surfer Blood to play its jam “Floating Vibes” at the Lower East Side club The Delancey and capture the whole thing on camera.
Surfer Blood’s breakout debut album, Astro Coast, is full of jangly, slightly askew pop-rock gems that recall the best moments of classic indie bands like Pavement, while tipping its musical cap to classic rock stalwarts such as Cheap Trick. I know I’ve mentioned Cheap Trick a lot recently, but that’s because Cheap Trick is awesome.
Anyway! Surfer Blood ran through “Floating Vibes” as well as “Take It Easy,” and its single “Swim (To Reach The End).” Check out the videos below. You can check out the MTV Iggy blog post about the filming of the live session right here. Astro Coast is out now.
Check Out Photos Of Honor Society And Just Kait From Their MTV.com Live Performance!
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Sure, this past Friday night — the night of Honor Society and Just Kait’s MTV.com live chat and performance — was probably the Best Friday Night Of Your Life. So why not make the Bestness last a little longer?
Check out photos of Honor Society and Just Kait performing live and chatting with their fans on MTV.com. And stay tuned for video footage from the show!









