I don't know what I was doing but somehow I missed Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos peformance on Conan a few weeks back. They performed an amazing rendition of "As Tall As Cliffs" off of their recent dual album release Animal/Not Animal . Here's some thoughts I had while watching. First - damn that's a lot of people playing on that stage/floor. Imagine if they played the Sidebar . Second -...
Let's be honest. There's a reason that radio stations play Lady Gaga over Morrissey at a rate of about 10,000 to 1. People would rather listen to upbeat, albeit lyrically lacking songs, than be reminded, quite poetically, about how awful their lives are. This is one of the reasons remixes and mashups even exist. Take a song we already like, inject it with a harder bassline and more persistent d...
I doubt this is much of an exclusive, but I always enjoy having Perch Exclusive in my post title to build excitement. I received in my inbox today a much anticipated email from Sony Epic, Margot’s new label, giving me a peek at the new album and confirming that my copy is in the mail [...]