Brittany Howard performed her shimmering soul ballad “Stay High” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday. The track boasts a simple but swooning groove, flecked with sparkling guitars and soft chimes, leaving plenty of space for Howard’s vocals. Backed by a trio of singers, the Alabama Shakes frontwoman showed …
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Ex Hex returned to Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform their new blissful ripper, “Cosmic Cave.” The song appears on the band’s sophomore album, It’s Real, which was released in March. Immersed in pink and blue-hued lights, Mary Timony sang about the dark illusions love can cause and wanting …
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Vampire Weekend delivered a delightfully shaggy take on their new song “Sunflower” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday. The performance opened with frontman Ezra Koenig and guitarist Brian Jones breezing through the song’s up-and-down guitar licks. But instead of jumping straight to the verse, Vampire Weekend jammed out the intro a …
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Stephen Colbert mocked celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti for his brazen attempt to extort Nike out of millions of dollars on The Late Show Tuesday. Avenatti — who represented Stormy Daniels, inserted himself into the ongoing R. Kelly court battle and recently mulled a presidential bid of his own — was …
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Paul Simon discussed revisiting and revising old songs for his new album, Into the Blue Light, and performed two tracks from that album on The Late Show Monday. In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Simon said that, in making the album, he wanted to focus on deep cuts that hadn’t …
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