40 Nights of Rock & Roll

Check out this rad drums & bass promo for Mutemath’s...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:49:00 -0400

Check out this rad drums & bass promo for Mutemath’s forthcoming album, Odd Soul. Should be out this October!

Scoutmob Atlanta interviews Scott and Steve about 40 Nights of Rock and the fair city of Atlanta

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:46:00 -0400

Scoutmob Atlanta interviews Scott and Steve about 40 Nights of Rock and the fair city of Atlanta:...

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 24 video blog - Of Montreal Scott...

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:29:54 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 24 video blog - Of Montreal

Scott and Steve arrive at the Granada Theatre in Dallas to interview Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes and film the band’s set. In this video blog, we catch the band’s stage props being unloaded, a clip of “Rapture Rapes the Muses” live at the Granada, and Barnes meeting with fans after the show.

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Recently Single Al Gore Finally Able To Listen To W.A.S.P. Albums

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:13:01 -0400

Recently Single Al Gore Finally Able To Listen To W.A.S.P. Albums: NASHVILLE, TN—Finally...

On ragged Sunday afternoon, Scott and Steve find themselves at a...

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:09:07 -0400

On ragged Sunday afternoon, Scott and Steve find themselves at a honky-tonk called The Cedar Shake in Texarkana.

A family band called Four Wheel Drive is playing a benefit for a woman with lung cancer. At first, everyone eyes the strange travelers suspiciously, but by the end, they’re all loading the boys up with plates of potluck BBQ and mugs of frosty cold beer.

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 22 Video Blog - Smoke Up Johnny A...

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:43:00 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 22 Video Blog - Smoke Up Johnny

A tour of Little Rock’s White Water Tavern, followed by a performance from local legends Smoke Up Johnny at the Thick Syrup Records anniversary show.

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 21 video blog - Stardeath and...

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:29:44 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 21 video blog - Stardeath and White Dwarfs

Our dynamic duo journeys through picturesque Southeastern Kansas, marveling at the rolling green hills, puffy white clouds and endless blue skies. Once in Tulsa, they catch an electrifying rock show from Stardeath and White Dwarfs at historic venue Cain’s Ballroom. Afterward, Steve tries to recreate the zombie-fighting lamp magic he discovered in Cleveland, but the mojo is gone. Scott wields knife menacingly.

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Listen to “Smoking Pot Makes Me Not Want to Kill Myself” by Stardeath and White Dwarfs
Watch this cool crowd-shot clip of Stardeath and White Dwarfs performing “Those Who Are From the Sun Return to the Sun” while opening for The Flaming Lips in Portland. Hell of a bass solo.

SIGUR RÓS - “GLÓSSÓLI” Gorgeous. Jonsí’s...

Thu, 26 May 2011 12:00:30 -0400

SIGUR RÓS - “GLÓSSÓLI”

Gorgeous. Jonsí’s whisper vocals evoke as much wonder and emotion as the video’s final, memserizing leap of faith.

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Watch Jonsí’s video for “Go Do”
Watch the 40 Nights Day 5 video blog, and get a behind-the-scenes peek at Jonsí’s stage being set up at the House of Blues in Boston.

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 20 video blog - Capgun Coup After...

Thu, 26 May 2011 11:10:00 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 20 video blog - Capgun Coup

After hanging at the ballpark with Paul Westerberg in Minneapolis, Scott and Steve head south and west toward Omaha. At dinner, Scott is nearly poisoned to death when he deviates from his standard burgers/tacos/pizza diet and eats a bowl of vegan, cashew-butter-laced tomato soup at a local health-food restaurant. That’ll teach him to ignore his best instincts. But Scott cures himself the old fashioned way - with straight whiskey - and the 40 Nights crew presses on, interviewing lo-fi Omaha rockers Capgun Coup outside Brothers Lounge. (WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS PROJECTILE VOMITING)

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 19 video blog - Paul Westerberg...

Fri, 20 May 2011 14:26:00 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 19 video blog - Paul Westerberg at the new Twins Stadium

It’s not every day you get to sit on the dugout of an empty major-league ballpark and shoot the shit about rock & roll with your all-time favorite artist. But sometimes the stars align. This video is just a tiny teaser of our Westerberg segment, but he says much in just a few seconds… “What is rock & roll? Not to be intimidated by anyone else’s rules and standards. To express yourself. Not necessarily to be offensive on purpose, but if it’s required…”

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40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 18 video blog - Baroness The...

Fri, 20 May 2011 11:48:04 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 18 video blog - Baroness

The fellas travel to Madison, Wisc., to film super-badass, ultra-melodic, guitar-shredding metal heroes Baroness at the Orpheum Theatre. Afterward, over cheeseburgers and $2.50 cuba libres at the Plaza Tavern & Grill, Scott outlines his idea for 40 Days in a Cubicle, a much less fun 40 Nights of Rock spinoff.

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RED FANG - “WIRES” Now this is how you make a rock...

Fri, 20 May 2011 11:06:00 -0400

RED FANG - “WIRES”

Now this is how you make a rock video. Brand new awesomeness from Red Fang. Maybe the coolest band ever.

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40 Night of Rock Archive: Day 17 video blog - Conspiracy of...

Wed, 18 May 2011 13:24:10 -0400

40 Night of Rock Archive: Day 17 video blog - Conspiracy of Owls

After a night of battling zombies, Steve demonstrates a magical power he never knew he possessed. Then he and Scott head to Detroit Rock City where they interview Conspiracy of Owls‘ Bobby Harlow and John Krautner (formerly of The Go). Bobby vents about his needy cat.

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40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 16 video blog - Reverend Horton...

Tue, 17 May 2011 15:45:29 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 16 video blog - Reverend Horton Heat

Sixteen days in, and the road is starting to unravel our dynamic duo. Zombie-vampire paranoia sets in at a rest-stop and, later, a hotel on the outskirts of Cleveland. But the 40 Nights crew presses on, visiting This Way Out, a subterranean record shop beneath the super-rad Beachland Ballroom, and then filming a performance from punkabilly king the Rev. Horton Heat.

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From an old Those Darlins photo shoot. Love this pic.

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:58:40 -0400

From an old Those Darlins photo shoot. Love this pic.

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 15 video blog - Those...

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:55:00 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 15 video blog - Those Darlins

Scott and Steve arrive at Hocking College in picturesque Nelsonville, Ohio, for the Nelsonville Music Festival where they are scheduled to film garage rockers Those Darlins. Unfortunately, Nikki Darlin has broken her arm in an early morning tumble down a hill, so the band is forced to cancel its performance that day. Still, the interview goes on, with all the Darlins piled in bed at a nearby cabin, watching Grease on TV and sipping straight whiskey. This video blog captures our arrival at the festival, and the immediate aftermath of our interview, during which Nikki tends to her broken arm and drummer Linwood Regensburg does a very sexy, specially choreographed modern-dance number commemorating 40 Nights of Rock & Roll.

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40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 14 video blog - Torche Our...

Mon, 16 May 2011 12:58:10 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 14 video blog - Torche

Our hardscrabble travelers begin their day touring the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee and visiting Kramp and Adler at radio station WLUM. Then they venture to Chicago for a backstage interview with stoner-metal heroes Torche before the band’s set at the historic Congress Theater.

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OF MONTREAL - “HEIMDALSGATE LIKE A PROMETHEAN...

Sun, 15 May 2011 13:47:31 -0400

OF MONTREAL - “HEIMDALSGATE LIKE A PROMETHEAN CURSE”

Yet another inventive video from the wonderfully weird Of Montreal. These guys are like the Talking Heads, David Bowie and Shuggie Otis all rolled into one mythical lobster-clawed beast of funky glitter rock.

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40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 13 video blog - Club Garibaldi...

Sun, 15 May 2011 13:21:33 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 13 video blog - Club Garibaldi Battle of the Bands, Milwaukee

Scott and Steve head north to Milwaukee, jam to some Journey in their trusty Jeep Black Betty, and shoot whiskey with hard-rock band A Line Between after their battle of the bands set at Club Garibaldi. I’m pretty sure they won, but it’s a little fuzzy on account of all the Jameson.

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40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 12 video blog - Big Star’s...

Sat, 14 May 2011 19:56:19 -0400

40 Nights of Rock Archive: Day 12 video blog - Big Star’s Jody Stephens

Day 12 of Rock begins with the aftermath of a late night at the Shotgun Lover house in Nashville, before Scott and Steve wind up at Memphis’ legendary Ardent Studios, where they interview Big Star drummer Jody Stephens. And, yes, that is a Led Zeppelin III gold record on the wall.

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Listen to Big Star’s power-pop classic “September Gurls”
40 Nights Photo Archive: Jody Stephens welcomes 40 Nights of Rock to Memphis’ Ardent Studios.