Brian is the one holding the guitar!
Click here to watch the scene from Mad Men, season 4, episode 3 in which Don & Lane go to a comedy club to meet some “lady friends” and enjoy a few seconds of singing by “Rudy” aka Brian from the Broken West! “Rudy” appears at 3:01 in the clip.
The Broken West will be the backing band for actor Jason Segel and his Dracula puppet on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” tonight, December 15. The show airs at 12:35 am (EST) on CBS. Check your local listings for channel information.
This is Craig Ferguson’s 1000th show, and it’s all puppets. Jason Segel is manning his Dracula puppet from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and The Broken West will back up Dracula on a song called “Dracula’s Lament.” Although you won’t be able to see the band, you will be able to hear them play and sing!
Watch the “Dracula’s Lament” scene from Forgetting Sarah Marshall below! The Broken West’s most recent album, Now or Heaven, is available in the Merge store.
Kelly Rosebud & Ross at XX Merge
I’m more of a “song” kind of guy, so most of my list is comprised of favorite tracks of 2009. However, there were a handful of records that I listened to on repeat. Also, I threw in a TV show, a webshow, and a music festival that really helped to make my year. Happy holidays to everyone and a happy 2010! (And, I hope it goes without saying, these are in no particular order.)
To Willie — Phosphorescent
“Lisztomania” — Phoenix
“Come Saturday” — The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
“Nothing To Hide” — Yo La Tengo
“Wilco (the song)” — Wilco
“The Fade” — Megafaun
“Coast of Carolina” — Telekinesis
“Learned to Surf” — Superchunk
Curse The Branches — David Bazan
“Southland” — TV SHOW
“Between Two Ferns (with Zach Galifianakis) – WEB SERIES (on funnyordie.com)
“The Switch Kids” — The Henry Clay People
“Shampoo” — Elvis Perkins In Dearland
“A Whole Lot Better” — Brendan Benson
Get Guilty — A.C. Newman
“The Right” – Lou Barlow
Love & Curses — Reigning Sound
XX Merge — (Maybe the greatest weekend of my life…especially Pipe, Lambchop and American Music Club.)
2009 Discoveries but NOT 2009 Releases
Palm Wine Guitar Music — S.E. Rogie
Santogold — Santogold
“Street People” — Bobby Charles (thanks to Justin Gage)
The Broken West visited KCMP in St. Paul yesterday on their stop in the Twin Cities. You can listen to the session and interview at Minnesota Public Radio!
Tour Dates:
03.25.2009 Chicago, IL Logan Square w/ AC Newman
03.26.2009 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room w/ AC Newman
03.27.2009 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop w/ AC Newman
03.28.2009 Pittsburgh, PA Andy Warhol Museum w/ AC Newman
03.30.2009 Cambridge, MA Middle East w/ Say Hi, Blind Pilot, and Telekinesis
03.31.2009 New York, NY Mercury Lounge w/ Blind Pilot
04.04.2009 Austin, TX Mohawk w/ Clem Snide
The Broken West appearance on Rockville, CA is now available at thewb.com. They appeared in episode 3 entitled “Into Me.”
Watch live performances of “Perfect Games,” and “Auctioneer” followed by an interview in the Green Room. New episodes of Rockville, CA are available each Tuesday at rockvilleca.com. The Broken West’s most recent album, Now or Heaven, is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store.
The Broken West rocked out with “Major Deb” and “The Douche” at Rockville, CA! On March 17, you will be able to watch the first three episodes of this new online show produced by Josh Schwartz (Chuck, The OC, Gossip Girl). Visit the newly relaunched WB website for more information.
Radar Bros. and Wye Oak contributed covers of traditional folk songs for Splice Today‘s first annual mix of original recordings of traditional folk music, The Old Lonesome Sound. They are joined by Headlights, Deer Tick and many more. Visit Splice Today to listen & download The Old Lonesome Sound
Radar Bros. and The Broken West contributed covers of songs from Paul McCartney’s RAM for Aquarium Drunkard’s RAM on LA: A Los Angeles Music Sampler. Radar Bros. chose “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey” and The Broken West give their take on “Eat at Home”.
The RAM love continues tonight on WFMU. Portastatic, Ted Leo, Aimee Mann, Death Cab for Cutie and others have covered the songs of RAM as a benefit for The Best Show on WFMU. Portastatic covered “Ram On” as his contribution.
If you visit the WFMU website or call 800-989-9368 tonight between 8 and 11 PM EST during The Best Show and pledge at least $75 you will receive a prize pack that includes both a new Scharpling & Wurster cd of guaranteed hilarity, but also a CD of various artists covering the entirety of Paul and Linda McCartney’s album RAM.
Directed by Neil Mahoney of Showfriendz.com
The band is heading out on the road next week with the French Kicks!
| 02.23.2009 | San Diego, CA | Casbah w/ the French Kicks |
| 02.24.2009 | Los Angeles, CA | Troubadour w/ the French Kicks |
| 02.25.2009 | San Francisco, CA | The Independent w/ The French Kicks |
| 02.27.2009 | Portland, OR | Doug Fir w/ the French Kicks, AA Bondy |
| 02.28.2009 | Seattle, WA | Chop Suey w/ The French Kicks |
| 03.11.2009 | Denver, CO | Hi-Dive w/ Blind Pilot |
| 03.12.2009 | Omaha, NE | The Waiting Room w/ Blind Pilot |
| 03.13.2009 | Iowa City, IA | The Picador w/ Blind Pilot |
| 03.14.2009 | Madison, WI | Orpheum Stage Door w/ Blind Pilot |
| 03.16.2009 | Columbus, OH | The Treehouse |
| 03.17.2009 | Philadelphia, PA | Johnny Brenda’s w/ AC Newman |
| 03.18.2009 | Washington, | The Black Cat w/ AC Newman |
| 03.19.2009 | Carrboro, NC | Cat’s Cradle w/ AC Newman |
| 03.20.2009 | Atlanta, GA | The Earl w/ AC Newman |
| 03.21.2009 | Nashville, TN | Mercy Lounge w/ AC Newman |
| 03.22.2009 | St. Louis, MO | Duck Room w/ AC Newman |
| 03.24.2009 | Minneapolis, MN | 400 Bar w/ AC Newman |
| 03.25.2009 | Chicago, IL | Logan Square w/ AC Newman |
| 03.26.2009 | Pontiac, MI | The Pike Room w/ AC Newman |
| 03.27.2009 | Cleveland, OH | Grog Shop w/ AC Newman |
| 03.28.2009 | Pittsburgh, PA | Andy Warhol Museum w/ AC Newman |
| 03.30.2009 | Cambridge, MA | Middle East w/ Say Hi, Blind Pilot, and Telekinesis |
| 04.04.2009 | Austin, TX | Mohawk w/ Clem Snide |
The Broken West stopped by Daytrotter on their last tour to rework some of the songs on I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On, and this fall’s Now or Heaven.
The Broken West will stop by KEXP this afternoon for a live session! Tune in around 4pm pacific, 7 eastern, for the set and interview!
Later tonight they’re playing the Tractor Tavern in Seattle with the Heartless Bastards.
