Drake Lelane,
Sep 28, 2009
Get out your flannel, it's like 1994 in Seattle all over again. That feeling comes with the recent reunions of local acts
Alice in Chains and
Sunny Day Real Estate, and this week they're taking to the airwaves.
Sub Pop just reissued Sunny Day Real Estate's first two albums (Diary and LP2), putting on full display where the mostly underground emo sound began to find mainstream -- and then somehow got subverted to what it is now, eyeliner and all. SDRE play Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Alice in Chains are about to release their first proper album in 14 years, Black Gives Way to Blue, and the first without singer Layne Staley, who died seven years ago. Alice, who made their network television debut back in 1991 on ABC-TV's "In Concert" show, pull double-duty this week playing The Jimmy Kimmel Show both Monday and Tuesday nights. I'm guessing the two nights will allow them to play both a new one ("A Looking in View"?) and a classic ("Man in the Box").
Speaking of bands making a comeback, the metal band Anvil has made one of the most unlikely ones, thanks to the great documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil. On Saturday, in advance of its release on DVD, VH1 will be airing the film as part of its Roc Doc series, which is quite a coup considering the documentary was one of the best released in the past few years.
Elsewhere, Austin City Limits kicks off its 35th year this weekend, with a safe bet set from The Dave Matthews Band. Highlights this season include performances from Pearl Jam, Willie Nelson, Andrew Bird, St. Vincent, M. Ward, Okkervil River, Elvis Costello and Steve Earle.
Other highlights this week include a busy Monday night with The Avett Brothers on Letterman and The Dirty Projectors on Jimmy Fallon. Then on Saturday, Lady Gaga is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, which promises all sorts of blood-splattered possibilities.
Playlist: Picks for the week
Monday, September 28
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: The Avett Brothers
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Saosin
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Dirty Projectors
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Metric (REPEAT)
Tuesday, September 29
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Alice in Chains
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Miranda Lambert
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Nebula
NBC: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: Patton Oswalt
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Sunny Day Real Estate
Wednesday, September 30
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Alice in Chains
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Band of Skulls
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Like
Thursday, October 1
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Every Time I Die
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Miranda Lambert
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Arctic Monkey
Friday, October 2
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Saturday, October 3
NBC: Saturday Night Live: Lady Gaga
PBS: Austin City Limits: Dave Matthews Band
VH1: Anvil! The Story of Anvil: Anvil
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