M.I.A. Rocks the MoMA Sculpture GardenAt last night’s MoMA “Party in the Garden,” stars like Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols kept cool while M.I.A. performed.
Theremins and Rocket Balloons: Octopus Project LiveOctopus Project brought a thousand rocket balloons to their show and passed them out to the audience, instructing them to let the balloons sputter off into the air as the band played its space-age punk rock. We’ve got original video coverage of the day’s events, including opening act Erase Errata.
ByJonah Green
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Video: Man Man and Illinois LiveAbove, check out Man Man playing “Banana Ghost,” preceded by a brand-new song that we would title “Been Knocked Out Way Too Long,” but which is probably called “Kitten Apocalypse” or some shit.
Video: Superchunk Live at McCarren PoolYesterday we showed you the scene at this weekend’s McCarren Pool show in Williamsburg, at which Chapel Hellions Superchunk rocked, Brooklyn tots Slip-’n-Slid, and music fans baked under the sun. Today we’ve got full-song video of two performances from the show. Above, check out Superchunk playing their opener, “Driveway to Driveway”; below the jump, catch the band playing the always-great-live “Animated Airplanes Over Germany.”