Tune in to Arcade Fire’s Youtube chan­nel tonight at 10PM EST for a free live con­cert! That’s 7pm for west coasters.

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I was lucky enough to get into the sold out Lit­tle Boots show on wednes­day, and I must say, she blew me away. I’ve lis­tened to her album a ton and I had my doubts about her voice, which is very effect heavy, but to my sur­prise, she sounded bet­ter live than on record (they also bought a new syn­the­sizer for the show). Since the album isn’t out in the states, she kept on telling the audi­ence that they wouldn’t know the songs, but every time she started singing, we all sang along. It was a blast, prob­a­bly the best dance party I’ve been to since Pas­sion Pit (I’m see­ing them again on fri­day with Phoenix!). A french band called Plas­tiscines, along with Yes Giant­ess, opened for Boots, they were both put on great shows.
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he didn’t wear a box the whole time…
I didn’t bring my cam­corder to the Pet Shop Boys con­cert, but a bunch of other peo­ple did. If you were at all curi­ous about my expe­ri­ence, check out these vids:

• West End Girls
• Viva La Vida
• Go West

You may have to turn the vol­ume up here ^^.

Lucia Micarelli plays Kash­mir at a Josh Groban con­cert. Try to make it past the 2:30 mark. I shoulda learned to play the violin!

Tonight I got to see swedish singer Lykke Li live in con­cert, and I have to say, she was bet­ter than I had expected. I’ve lis­tened to her album a bunch of times and there aren’t that many great songs. I pretty much expected her to play the entire album and get kinda bor­ing. Well, she did play her whole album (I mean 11/14 songs), but it didn’t get bor­ing. The live ele­ment added a very dif­fer­ent spin to all her famil­iar record­ings, and I espe­cially enjoyed the lit­tle bits they added here and there just to spice things up. She also did a few great cov­ers. The first cover was a beau­ti­ful ren­di­tion of ‘Knocked Up’ by Kings of Leon, which I know Timmy would have loved. And the last cover (also her last song) sounded like Lou Reed, but ended up being A Tribe Called Quest. You know the song… if you don’t– SHAME ON YOU!!

Not too bad, iPhone…