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Video(s) of the Moment #1219: Deap Vally

Unbeknowst to them, Los Angeles duo Deap Vally provided the best comic relief the night I covered the Fierce Panda 19th birthday party at London Scala starring the Crookes, the Heartbreaks and Hey Sholay on Tuesday 21 May. Now, I haven’t been to that many Crookes shows, but I’d been warned to expect in London that only girls were stood at the front of their gigs; having heard this, I thought it was very strange to see a lone bloke stood dead centre down the front.

After the Heartbreaks finished and left the stage, he asked me and my friend, “err…Deap Vally are next, right?” I had no idea what he was talking about; I tried to set him straight, saying, “no, the Crookes are on next. It’s a Fierce Panda show”. We found out later when he returned for the headphones he’d left onstage with us that security at the venue didn’t pay attention to the fact he had a ticket for the *next* night’s show headlined by Deap Vally and just let him in to this one instead. Surely he should have realised during Hey Sholay’s set that something was amiss? Take home message: always check and double-check your tickets, folks.

So anyway, in honour of the much needed comic relief between sets by this hapless Deap Valley fan, we’ve got for you the promo video for ‘Baby I Can Hell’ and the same song performed by the duo on Jools Holland in May.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2OjVFp54po[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNNYC9qKSk[/youtube]

Live Gig Video: Beach House perform new song ‘Myth’ on Jools Holland

Beach House from Maryland appeared last week on Jools Holland and played their song ‘Myth’. Watch the performance below.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-kGrIN3Pb4[/youtube]

Live Gig Videos: Damon Albarn plays two tracks from ‘Dr. Dee’ on Jools Holland

Damon Albarn appeared on Jools Holland a couple nights ago. What did he perform? Tracks off his new album out this week, ‘Dr. Dee’, specifically ‘The Marvelous Dream’ and ‘O Spirit, Animate Us’. Watch both clips below.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PFZ06YYgI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7Ty3PvcO0[/youtube]

(Great Escape 2012 flavoured!) Live Gig Video: Grimes performs ‘Genesis’ on Jools Holland

Here’s a live video of Grimes performing what I imagine will be her signature song, ‘Genesis’, from her debut album ‘Visions’on Later Live with Jools Holland. The only distraction? An eyeball decal on her forehead. Not sure what that’s about, maybe protection? She didn’t need it, as she looks cool as a cucumber and completely in control, doing what she does best in this performance.

We usually post two videos from Jools Holland on artists we choose to write about, but sadly Claire Boucher was confined to performing one track while Norah Jones was allowed three (much to the dislike to the YouTube commenters, I might add). However, if you’re heading to Brighton for the Great Escape this weekend, you’re in luck. Grimes will be performing at the M is for Montreal/Brooklyn Vegan showcase at the Great Escape on Friday the 9th of May at Brighton Digital, with a set time of 20.45.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aea0WMx8e7E[/youtube]

Live Gig Video: Florence and the Machine on Jools Holland

Florence and the Machine performed this week on Later…with Jools Holland and we’ve got two performances to show you. ‘No Light, No Light’ and lead single ‘What the Water Gave Me’ can be watched below.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emogqey7DxQ[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhA9ow0ZFE[/youtube]

Live Gig Video: Coldplay on Jools Holland

Coldplay performed songs from their new album ‘Mylo Xyloto’ on Jools Holland this past Friday and here are two performances – ‘Paradise’ and ‘Hurts Like Heaven’ – that you can enjoy below.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrOWZfLXGtE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjuGlHzsxWw[/youtube]

Coldplay’s latest album on Parlophone/EMI, ‘Mylo Xyloto’, was released last Monday (24 October 2011).