Watch Garbage's Entire Webster Hall Show (New York City May 22nd 2012) I'm getting old. In previous years, a guy like myself would have made his way into the city earlier this evening to catch Garbage destroy Webster Hall.  But that wasn't the case as this writer not only wasn't in the building, but was admittedly asleep for the entire duration of the Webcast courtesy of MTV HIVE. Fate is a funny thing. You ever fall asleep early and wake up like 3Am with absolutely ... Read More

Slash & Myles Kennedy Bring "You're A Lie" To Fallon I know, I know. Every time Slash appears on some Late Night TV show performing I'm always here sharing the video.  It's just that I never get to see him live, the shows always sell out in 5 minutes, or they're on sale weeks I'm broke as sh!t. So, I try to get my fill in when I can. That said, below is the video from last nights episode of Late Night With Jimmy ... Read More

So to save some time, we'll tell you who's playing at Austin City Limits in one word: EVERYBODY. Every single act(besides Jay-Z and Pearl Jam.. so far at least) is on this list. From headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Black Keys and Jack White to Iggy and The Stooges(in which Mike Watt Plays Bass) and Florence + The Machine. Weezer has come out of hiding for this one as well. Childish Gambino continues to take over ... Read More

Mick Jagger, Foo Fighters & Arcade Fire Hit SNL Stage It's tough these days to try to be one of these "online rock journalist" dudes when I can't stand any moment in time when Dave Grohl isn't behind a drum kit. But, I've been muzzled from making fun of things that the mass majority of people like, so that will be my only dig I promise. Anyway, tonight Saturday Night Live completed it's 37th Season, and the finale featured a slew of big ... Read More

Best Coast Play "The Only Place" On Letterman  I walked in from a night of Foxy Shazam and the first thing on TV when I walked in was Best Coast on Letterman. Funny, because we at Concert Confessions were just discussing the other day about how Best Coast are playing Orion Music + More Festival (that Metallica thing in Atlantic City) and how it's not going to take long for this chick (the singer in this band) get hit in the face with ... Read More

Foxy Shazam- 05/16/2012 Bowery Ballroom -New York City Words/Photos By Jay Porks Usually for me, the opening bands at shows are a time for me to get annoyed-quickly. Yet somehow back in February when I saw The Darkness, there was just something about Foxy Shazam. Something about them that made me want to learn more. How long have I been missing out on this? Then, the band headlined there own tour and hit the places like Seattle, and Utah where I was able to read ... Read More

Willie Nelson Covers Pearl Jam On Jimmy Fallon It's been almost a year since I saw Willie Nelson in Spokane.  The legend himself in person. Hard to believe that weekend even happened.  So every time he's on TV or something I feel like I have to check it out, to sort of relieve the memories a little bit. So he stopped by 'Late Night', promoting his latest effort Heroes among other things. Hell I would go see him again in NJ tomorrow night ... Read More

Tenacious D Perform 'Roadie' on Letterman Easily entertained is how I would describe the majority of fans of music I run into. That being said, last night Tenacious D stopped by the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City to play a boring song to a crowd that loved it. Maybe it's because I don't find Jack Black funny in most of his flicks that I don't get this band. But I don't care if they brought John Bonham and Jimi Hendrix back from the dead ... Read More

The Wallflowers Announce A Few Tour Dates, New Record Bob's favorite son, Jakob Dylan is back with his band The Wallflowers, and they're set to release a new album in the Fall. They've also announced a few tour dates over the summer. If I remember correctly, back when I was first writing up a post on the Firefly Music Festival that's going to be held in Delaware, I noted next to The Wallflowers name "who's absence from Summerland 2012 is Baffling ". Well I ... Read More

The Beach Boys Didn't Die On Fallon I'll tell you a true story right now. Back at the Gorge last year, during the end of the Meat Puppets set, our man Mr. Sparkly was pissed he missed them covering The Beach Boys "Sloop John B" a video that can be found here:   He was pissed because he loves the Beach Boys, and was in the process of bringing his camera back to the campsite after Livenation mistakenly thought we were wearing lipstick and completely fucked ... Read More

Black Box Revelation To Kick Off US Tour May 12th So when these dates broke, I immediately thought to myself  "Okay, so what epic band are they opening for this time?". Readers of Concert Confessions have seen the Black Box Revelation pop up multiple times on this website. Whether it's opening for Beady Eye, opening for the Meat Puppets, opening for Jane's Addiction- The boys from Belgium have been able to keep themselves busy in the last calender year. Busy they shall stay, as on ... Read More

Mike Watt & Friends 05/02/2012 Le Poisson Rouge -New York City Words/Photos By Jay Porks Tonight is going to be a treat to say the least. “Tonight 'Three Rooms Press' presents: May Day 2: Mike Watt + Friends w/ Mike Watt + J Mascis + Murph , Appomattox , Dead Trend and the NYC Launch of Mike Watt: On and Off Bass + very special guests”. How could I not go to this?? Especially since I got the Flu (which I'm still laboring from) at ... Read More

Death Cab For Cutie Extend U.S.Tour Into Summer 2012 Don't worry folks, everyone's favorite whiny wimp rockers Death Cab For Cutie are set to play U.S. dates this summer.  If you've been tuned into Concert Confessions, then you've already read about Death Cab For Cuties Tour Dates through May 13th in North America. Well, now below you can check out the rest of the dates that broke this morning, including the Firefly Music Festival stop, and a trip to the Baseball Hall of ... Read More

Melvins Fight 'The War on Wisdom' With Carson Daly  With just hours until this writer is off to see the band at Webster Hall, the Melvins paid a visit to that late night show we often forget about-Last Call w/ Carson Daly. Check the Seattle sludge legends rocking "The War on Wisdom" from their recent stop at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA below. To check out what dates are left on the Melvins current tour with Unsane, click here. Read More

Jack White Interviewed, Performed On Colbert Report Hey here's a surprise, Jack White made a television appearance. Since announcement of his solo trek across the United States and Beyond, Mr. White has been all over television, so much so that's is starting to leave some of us bored with it already...  But in all seriousness, no matter what side of the fence you fall on: The "I Heart Jack White" side, or the "I'm so damn sick of Jack White already I want to puke ... Read More

Jack White On Later With Jools Holland If there's one thing that America, the land of the free home of the brave doesn't have, it's a show like "Later... with Jools Holland", who focused his show around the musical stylings of Jack White.   Normally the Late Night shows are where sitcom/movie stars and the occasional Presidential Candidate stop by to promote their own filth, while making us all wait. Making us wait through the stupid anecdotes about their "cute dog" or how they really had to really ... Read More

Pearl Jam And The Foo Fighters Headline YET Another Festival So, in a week where "Bands Jay Porks Hates" is the Lunchtime Jam of the Day theme it's just fitting that a festival with this line up would be announced. There are so many things I'd rather be doing right now then reporting on yet another festival headlined by Pearl Jam and The Foo Fighters. Cutting myself, putting my mouth on the exhaust of a parked car and voting Republican top the list, but you know ... Read More

Jackson Browne Summer Tour Dates Announced   Just when Mother's Day is coming around the corner, the perfect gift has reached your door step.  Singer, Songwriter, Activist, Dude who is cool for bringing Warren Zevon out to CA to record stuff- Jackson Browne is taking his acoustic guitar on tour through the US this July and August. This US Acoustic tour will see $1 from each ticket sold donated towards charity. Also there seems to be what's being called "Premium Benefit seats" available through The Guacamole Fund . Who ... Read More

fun. Perform 'We Are Young' During Letterman Stop It's just something about bands with punctuation involved in their names. Here we have fun. And yes the period is included. Not Fun or FUN but lower case F and ended off with a period.  Quick, name three other artists that have that punctuation in their names without googling and win free hugs courtesy of Jay Porks. Anyway, here's fun. performing "We are Young" on David Letterman last night fun. We Are Young Read More

 The Hives Perform On Jimmy Kimmel   Last time I heard anything from the Hives was that "Hate to Say I Told You So" song that showed up on my Meat Puppets Pandora Internet Radio station.  That song was pretty cool.  Still waiting on that second hit from the band(How will they ever become The Strokes if they only have ONE good song?)   Anyway, below is video of the Hives on Jimmy Kimmel last night playing a song called "Wait A Minute" and underneath that ... Read More

Girls Bring "Love Like A River" to Conan   When a late night host calls a band "critically acclaimed", it usually means I hate them. Most of the time that's just code for "Yea we don't quite know why they're here either".   Finally, this was not the case on Wednesday Night, when the awesome San Francisco boys, known as  Girls paid a visit to Late night cable television. They performed  the beautiful "Love Like A River"(off 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost') on Conan. In case you missed ... Read More

I have no idea why people don't support/know of this band. My 4th time seeing the Mid West Duo and it's no secret that New York City hasn't gotten the full Local H platter the last 3 visits to town. First it was way back when they opened for the dreadful Electric Six at Webster Hall, then the next time they played, Livenation bumped them out of the building early due to a Midnight Showcase the Stone Temple Pilots had scheduled at ... Read More

Furthur Adds Fall Tour Dates We previous reported Furthur  embarking on  a slew of  summer  tour dates. Well, it seems the Bob Weir and Phil Lesh felt like that had a few more in them.  Today the band announced some west coast dates-including 3  night runs at Red Rocks in CO, and Edgefield in Troutdale, OR in addition to a two night stint at the Greek Theatre Los Angeles.  We have the dates below Furthur Fall US Tour Dates: 9/21 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO 9/22 ... Read More

The Shins Pay Jimmy Kimmel A Visit So as I tuned into to Late Night show after Late Night show, I began to notice a recurring theme. All of these bands are heading to Coachella Festival this weekend. Although they're not in hologram form, The Shins hit Jimmy Kimmel Live last night and we've got video of their performance below: Simple Song   The Rifle’s Spiral Read More

Alabama Shakes Shake The Letterman Stage  Critical darlings Alabama Shakes, who are supporting Jack White on his current tour along with their Coachella stop, stayed busy on Thursday afternoon. The Athens boys  stopped by the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City to perform "Hold On" on Late Night w/ David Letterman. We've got the video here: Read More

Arctic Monkeys Bring 'R U Mine' To Conan With our very own Reverend Justito currently en route to the desert for Coachella, we're here to bring you a couple other dudes on their way to Indio as well, and that's the Arctic Monkeys. The  band performed "R U Mine?" on Conan (4/12), and the video sits below: (Video first stumbled upon Courtesy of The Audio Perv) Read More