Jan 16, 2025 By Mark Redfern

Yesterday, Lucy Dacus announced a new album, Forever Is a Feeling, and shared two new songs from it, “Ankles” and “Limerence.” Last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she performed “Ankles” with a string section and was clad in the same dress she wore in the “Ankles” video. More

Dec 12, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Julien Baker and TORRES (aka MacKenzie Scott), two beloved queer indie rock singer/songwriters, performed their new country song, “Sugar in the Tank,” together on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night. The song hasn’t been officially released yet. More

May 08, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Irish five-piece Fontaines D.C. are releasing a new album, Romance, on August 23 via XL. Last night the band were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the band performed the album’s first single, “Starburster.” More

Feb 14, 2024 By Mark Redfern

British post-punk band Yard Act are releasing a new album, Where’s My Utopia?, on March 1 via Republic. Last night they were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed recent single “We Make Hits.” They have also announced some new fall North American tour dates. More

Apr 04, 2023 By Mark Redfern

In February, Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES shared a new song, “Over,” via a music video. Last night they were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed the song. More

Mar 23, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) released an acclaimed new album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, last month via Perpetual Novice. Last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she performed the album’s “Welcome to My Island.” More

Jan 11, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Toronto-based indie-pop band Alvvays made their late night TV debut last night when they performed “Belinda Says” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. More

Jan 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

London-based post-punk band Dry Cleaning released a new album, Stumpwork, in October via 4AD. Last night they were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where they performed the album’s “Hot Penny Day.” More

Sep 30, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Arctic Monkeys are releasing a new album, The Car, on October 21 via Domino. Yesterday they shared its second single, “Body Paint,” and last night they performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. More

Aug 04, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Kevin Bacon made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. During the latest sketch of “First Drafts of Rock,” in which Bacon and Fallon sing parody versions of classic songs, they sang a parody version of “Head Over Heels” by Tears For Fears. More

Mar 24, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Last night Britain’s Wolf Alice performed “The Last Man on Earth” with a choir and string section on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song was the lead single from Blue Weekend, which was #2 on our Top 100 Albums of 2021 list, and was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. More

Mar 14, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Nilüfer Yanya released her sophomore album, PAINLESS, earlier in the month via ATO. On Friday she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she performed the album’s “midnight sun” while clad in the large pink angel wings she’s been wearing in promotions for the album. It was a stunning performance, despite being filmed remotely instead of in The Tonight Show studio. More

Mar 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) are releasing their self-titled debut album on April 8 via Domino. Last night they stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed “Wet Dream” on the broadcast show and “Chaise Longue” as a web-exclusive. More

Oct 01, 2021 By Mark Redfern

The Flaming Lips were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, where they performed “Mother I’ve Taken LSD,” from their 2020 album, American Head. More

Aug 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Courtney Barnett is releasing a new album, Things Take Time, Take Time, on November 12 via Mom + Pop Music/Marathon Artists. Last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where Barnett and her backing band performed the album’s first single, “Rae Street,” remotely from a cozy table lamp-lit room. More

Jun 23, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Modest Mouse are releasing a new album, The Golden Casket, this Friday via Epic. Last night they were the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where frontman Isaac Brock and band performed the album’s “We Are Between” remotely from a plant-filled location. More

Jun 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Last month two of the best contemporary singer/songwriter/guitarists, Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten, teamed up for a brand new collaborative song, “Like I Used To.” Last night the super-duo were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where, joined by a fantastic backing band, they gave a flawless performance of the song. More

May 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) released a new album, Daddy’s Home, a couple of weeks back via Loma Vista. Last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which she performed the album’s “Down.” Befitting the themes of the album, the performance was styled and filmed as if Clark and her band were the guests on a 1970’s talk show. Also, St. Vincent has announced some new tour dates. More

Mar 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner) is releasing a new album, Jubilee, on June 4 via Dead Oceans. Last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which she performed the album’s lead sinlge “Be Sweet.” Zauner and her band also performed “Jimmy Fallon Big!” as a web-exclusive. More

Feb 03, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Nilüfer Yanya was the musical guest last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which she and her backing band ran through a fantastic rendition of “Crash,” from her recent EP Feeling Lucky?, which came out in December on ATO. More

Dec 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night and for her remote performance she did “Savior Complex” with the accompaniment of a self-playing piano, almost as if a ghost was performing with her, from Los Angeles’ famed Magic Castle. More

Sep 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) released a new album, The Slow Rush, earlier this year via Interscope (stream it here). Last night they performed “Borderline” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance below. More

Sep 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The Flaming Lips released a new album, American Head, last Friday via Warner Records. On Friday night they did a performance for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon of the album’s “God and the Policeman,” with each band member in their signature giant plastic bubbles. More

Jul 29, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday Angel Olsen announced a new album, Whole New Mess, and shared its first single, title track “Whole New Mess,” via a video for it. As promised, last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing “Whole New Mess” solo in an empty space. More

Jul 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

My Morning Jacket released a new album, The Waterfall II, last Friday via ATO after announcing it only a few days earlier. Last night the band was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing album opener “Spinning My Wheels.” More

May 14, 2020 By Samantha Small

Last night, singer Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers (who are quarantining together) joined Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show to play their recent single “Caution” from the forthcoming album Imploding the Mirage, which was due out later this month but was recently pushed back “due to delays in finalizing the album.” More

May 06, 2020 By Samantha Small

This past week it was the one year anniversary of Father of the Bride, the fourth album from indie-pop heroes Vampire Weekend. To celebrate, lead vocalist Ezra Koenig joined Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show: At Home Edition as the musical guest to perform a solo piano-medley of popular tracks from the Grammy Award winning album. More

Apr 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Thom Yorke was the musical guest on last night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Instead of performing something from his last solo album or a Radiohead classic, Yorke did a brand new song, “Plasticine Figures.” More

Apr 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, in May 2018 via Glassnote. On Friday night they performed the album’s “Forever” for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They did so remotely, with each member in their homes, but unlike most such performances in the pandemic era, it was quite dynamic, full of energy and with cool video effects. More

Mar 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles sister trio HAIM are releasing a new album, Women In Music Pt. III, on April 24 via Columbia. Last night they stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s “Summer Girl,” only a day after they performed another song, “The Steps,” on the show and took part in a short musical sketch with Fallon. More

Mar 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles sister trio HAIM are releasing a new album, Women In Music Pt. III, on April 24 via Columbia. Last night they stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s recent single “The Steps.” They also took part in a short musical sketch with Fallon that joked about the embarrassment that comes from liking a year’s old Instagram post More

Oct 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

FKA twigs is releasing a new album, MAGDALENE, on November 8 via Young Turks. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s first single and closing track, “Cellophane.” Matching the song’s stunning video, she did part of the song while artistically performing on a stripper pole. More

Oct 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Jenny Lewis released a new album, On the Line, back in March via Warner Records. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s “Rabbit Hole.” In an amusing twist on the usual late night performance, at the end she was carried away by a man dressed as a rabbit, with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. More

Oct 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Last week My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James released The Order of Nature, a new live album recorded with The Louisville Orchestra in collaboration with conductor/arranger/composer Teddy Abrams. Last night they all stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s “Back to the End of the World.” More

Sep 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX released a new album, simply titled Charli, last Friday via Atlantic. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “2099” that features Charli and guest vocalist Troye Sivan riding jet-skis. Also, last night she performed the album’s “Gone” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier, who also guests on the studio version of the song). Plus Fallon interviewed Charli XCX. More

Jun 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

New Zealand singer/songwriter Aldous Harding released a new album, Designer, back in April via 4AD. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to make her U.S. late night TV debut and perform the album’s “The Barrel.” More

Jun 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, on August 16 via Mom + Pop. Last night the trio stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s first single “Hurry On Home.” It was a fierce performance, aided by cool shadow puppet-like images. More

May 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Vampire Weekend released a new album, Father of the Bride, last Friday via Columbia/Spring Snow. Last night the band stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform two tracks from the album: “This Life” on the broadcast show and “Jerusalem, New York, Berlin” as a web-exclusive. For the former they were aided by all three members of HAIM and the latter performance featured Danielle Haim (who is featured prominently on several tracks on the album), but not her sisters. More

May 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, this Friday on Mac’s Record Label (that’s actually the name of his new label). Last week he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform one of the album’s singles, “All of Our Yesterdays.” Now The Tonight Show have shared a video of DeMarco covering Feist’s “One Evening” (from her 2004 album Let It Die) backstage with his band. More

Apr 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Paul Rudd has a history of going on The Tonight Show and recreating iconic cheesy music videos with host Jimmy Fallon. Last night they were at it again, creating a shot-for-shot remake of Dead or Alive’s video for “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record),” a hit from 1985. Rudd offered a perfect imitation of late frontman Pete Burns, with Fallon as another member of the band. More

Mar 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sharon Van Etten released a new album, Remind Me Tomorrow, in January via Jagjaguwar (it was our Album of the Week). Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s “Comeback Kid.” Van Etten really gave it her all in an impassioned performance that was aided by her tight backing band. More

Dec 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) recently shared a brand new song for our future AI overlords, “We Appreciate Power,” via lyric video for the track. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the song. More

Oct 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James released a new solo album, Uniform Distortion, back in June via ATO and a couple of weeks back he released another one, Uniform Clarity, that featured acoustic versions of the songs found on Uniform Distortion. More

Oct 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James released a new solo album, Uniform Distortion, back in June via ATO and tomorrow he’s releasing another one, Uniform Clarity, that features acoustic versions of the songs found on Uniform Distortion. More

May 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett released a new album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, today via Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk! Records. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s first single, “Nameless, Faceless.” Watch the blistering performance below, followed by her upcoming tour dates. More

May 17, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Florence + the Machine (aka Florence Welch and backing band) is releasing a new album, High As Hope, on June 29 via Republic. Previously she shared a video for its single “Hunger” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform “Hunger.” It was a fantastic performance with a full backing band, including a harp, that featured Welch making complete use of the stage and the space between the stage and the audience, dancing around and getting closer to the audience than most performers on TV shows usually do. More

May 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) is releasing a new album God’s Favorite Customer, on June 1 via Sub Pop worldwide (except for Europe, where it’s on Bella Union). Last night he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s first single “Mr. Tillman.” He was backing by the New York City Gay Man’s Chorus. More

Apr 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Jack White released a new solo album, Boarding House Reach, last month via Third Man and Columbia. Last night he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to be interviewed by Fallon in honor of his performance on tomorrow night’s Saturday Night Live. More