Drake Lelane,
Mar 24, 2008
During the writer's strike I found myself searching up the dial for
live music performances, finding only a few nuggets, one of which was
the Current TV network. My favorite new program is a 30 minute show
called Fix Extended Play, which focuses on new
music and rock journalism every Tuesday. This week features Detroit rap
artists Black
Milk and Guilty Simpson along with the electro pop of Yacht and one
of my new faves Neon Neon.
The Cardiff, Wales, act Neon Neon is the collaborative project of
electronic producer Boom Bip and Super
Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys. The resulting product is '80s-style
electro and guitar pop, but far more rich in texture and less hollow
than you might remember that decade sounding.
Stainless Style, released this month, is a rock
opera about John DeLorean, the American auto engineer famous
for the Pontiac GTO and his failed DeLorean Motor Company. The use of
'80s-style music works perfectly for this story of excess -- it's the
perfect album to play in your DeLorean DMC-12 while trafficking cocaine.
Playlist: Picks for the week
Monday, March 24
FUEL: The
Daily Habit: Howlin Rain
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Sheryl Crow
(REPEAT)
Tuesday, March 25
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Panic
at the Disco
CBS: Late
Show With David Letterman: The
Raveonettes
CBS: Late
Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Bell X1
CURRENT TV: Fix Extended Play: Black Milk,
Guilty
Simpson, Neon
Neon, Yacht
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Steve Earle
Wednesday, March 26
CBS: Late
Show With David Letterman: Langhorne
Slim
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Jose
Gonzalez
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Björk
(REPEAT)
SYNDICATION: The
Ellen Degeneres Show: Lupe Fiasco
(REPEAT)
Thursday, March 27
FUEL: The
Daily Habit: Bad Religion
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Allison
Moorer
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Ghostland
Observatory (REPEAT)
OVATION: A Story of Modern Jazz: Doc on the founding
of Blue Note Records
Friday, March 28
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Serj
Tankian
CBS: Late
Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Ziggy Marley
FUEL: The
Daily Habit: The Wombats, Mike V.
and the Rats
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: k.d. lang
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Sondre
Lerche (REPEAT)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Shiny Toy
Guns (REPEAT)
RAVEHD: Later
with Jools Holland: Crowded House, Angie Stone,
Kurt Elling,
Richard
Thompson, Battles
and Roisin
Murphy
SYNDICATION: Live With Regis and Kelly: k.d. lang
Saturday, March 29
NBC: Saturday
Night Live: Wilco (REPEAT)
drake lelane
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