The Late Show with David Letterman

The stage over at the Late Show with David Letterman was pretty crowded last night as the various Canadians that make up The New Pornographers were on hand for a performance of "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk". Unfortunately we don't get any fancy karate stuff but there sure is plenty of hand-clapping. As Letterman succinctly tells the "supergroup" after the performance, "Very cool."

For more of Carl Newman, Dan Bejar, Neko Case and company you can check out their recent concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. thanks to the fine folks over at NPR. I've included the stream after the jump for 90 minutes of indie pop goodness. Enjoy. [via the audio perv]

Last night Deer Tick made a stop by the Late Show with David Letterman where they went back a few albums for the tune "Baltimore Blues No. 1" off of 2008's War Elephant.  This is a particularly interesting choice considering they just released an awesome new album The Black Dirt Sessions that came out just two weeks ago. No complaints here, it all sounds good to me.

The band's summer calendar includes an appearance at Lollapalooza, full dates are listed after the jump.  [via the audio perv]

FRI 06/18/10: Richmond, VA - Brown's Island
SAT 07/17/10: Providence, RI - Jerky'
MON 07/19/10: Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's #
TUE 07/20/10: Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's $
WED 07/21/10: Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
THU 07/22/10: Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel $
FRI 07/23/10: Floyd, VA - Floydfest
SAT 07/24/10: Floyd, VA - Floydfest
SUN 07/25/10: Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theater ~
TUE 07/27/10: Orlando, FL - The Social ~
WED 07/28/10: Miami, FL - White Room ~
THU 07/29/10: Tampa, FL - Crobar ~
FRI 07/30/10: Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room ~
SAT 07/31/10: Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theater ~
SUN 08/01/10: Nashville, TN - Exit In
TUE 08/03/10: Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's ~
WED 08/04/10: Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone ~
THU 08/05/10: St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway ~
FRI 08/06/10: Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
SAT 08/07/10: Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
SUN 08/08/10: Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
MON 08/09/10: Toledo, OH - Mickey Finn's
TUE 08/10/10: Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
WED 08/11/10: Cleveland, OH - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
THU 08/12/10: York, PA - Capitol Theater
FRI 08/13/10: New York City, NY - Webster Hall

># with Jonny Corndawg
$ with Wye Oak
* with Dawes
~ with Dead Confederate

It's finally that time where we get SHA favorites The Black Keys on the late night promotional tour. Last night the stop was at The Late Show with David Letterman where Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney performed the Danger Mouse produced "Tighten Up" off of their awesome new album Brothers.  The duo certainly went with the ridiculously good looking approach as they rattle off a near album version of the tune. Amazingly they managed to avoid a fist fight this time around, good times.  [via the audio perv]

The National certainly don't seem to be skimping on their promotional duties. Just a couple days after releasing their insanely great new album High Violet, and the subsequent Berninger heavy music video for Bloodbuzz Ohio, the band made a pit stop over at The Late Show with David Letterman where they performed the track Afraid Of Everyone. Always ones for authenticity, the band brought their friend Sufjan Stevens along to replicate his backup vocals from the album version. The tune itself is another nice brooding song that builds into a frenetic climax, or as other people call it "every National song ever".   [via the audio perv]