Jimmy Fallon Is "Putting It On The Roof"

Note: "Putting it on the roof" is slang my friend Ben told me for stepping your game up so much: you put it on the roof. He may or may not have made it up.

Talk show host and world's most frequent laugh-er Jimmy Fallon has never been one of my favorites. For some reason though, I actually enjoy his talk show. I've gotten used to the awkwardness, the bits are semi-funny, the guests are usually awesome, and The Roots are the best band in Late Night.

Late Night, since the very beginning, has been giving spots to indie acts in music and comedy, and this week they had two of their best acts/performances so far.

Sunny Day Real Estate, in the midst of their reunion tour, stopped by to play "Seven" off their classic 1994 release Diary. The band is as tight as ever, although the full lineup hasn't played together in 15 years. Dan Goldsmith is still one hell of a drummer and Jeremy Enigk still has the voice that made them what they were. Here is them playing "Seven" from last nights show:

Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"

Dirty Projectors, album of the year candidate, and Bjork and David Byrne collaborators also stopped by Fallon recently to play a new song that blew Jimmy, the audience, and The Roots away. ?uestlove even tweeted and Twitvid(?) a video of DP playing in The Roots dressing room, absolutely amazed at what he heard. The song, "When The World Comes To An End" features some of the coolest harmonies you'll ever hear. Here it is:

Dirty Projectors - "When The World Comes To An End"

St. Antlers Real Estate

That was my attempt at a clever title for this post.

Anyway, this is my first real music post in forever, and I am writing about three things I am VERY excited about.

St. Vincent aka Annie Clark aka the Love of My Life (she'll find out soon enough). The thing about Annie is that she performed a song on Letterman last night. Said song is "Marrow" off her new album. Said album is "Actor" and is currently number one on my Album of the Year so far list (it's even ahead of Dark Was The Night). Also, she can play a damn good guitar, she can sing, and she is absolutely gorgeous. I'm sending her flowers as we speak (no I'm not). Thanks to Videogum for the video.

Secondly is The Antlers, a Brooklyn (of course) band who are about to put out one of the best albums of the year in September, "Hospice" I can only describe them as Okkervil River meets Sigur Ros meets Say Hi meets Dntel meets Awesome. They performed the two stand-out tracks from "Hospice" live on NPR. Check the video here.

Lastly, but most importantly, one of the best bands to ever influence shitty bands is reuniting in their original lineup for the first time since 1995. Sunny Day Real Estate's original lineup (Jeremy Enigk, Dan Hoerner, William Goldsmith, and Nate Mendel) put our one perfect album (1994's "Diary") and one unfinished one (1995's LP2). They're embarking on a nation-wide reunion tour, and it seems that I cannot attend due to transportation issues. But if you can, please go, you wont regret it. All dates are posted at sunnydayrealestate.fm.

Thanks to Mike at gnarlysaucemusic for getting me into The Antlers.