Mika (Mica Penniman) performs "Love Today" at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles on June 8, 2007. Highlight: at about 6:15, Mika rips off his shirt and goes crazy on a metal trashcan. Also check out my video of Mika performing "Love Today" at the 2007 Coachella Music Festival in April and at the Wiltern Theatre in February 2008. (okeastron video)
M.I.A., accompanied by DJ Afrikan Boy and young Baltimore rapper Rye Rye, performs "Hussel" and "Paper Planes" from her album "Kala" live at the 2008 Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, California, on April 26, 2008. This was my fourth time seeing M.I.A. live; my first time was the 2005 Coachella Festival. (okeastron video)
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the movie "Once") perform a cover of the Michelle Shocked song "Fogtown" live at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on November 10, 2007. Also be sure to check out my videos of Glen's band The Frames, who performed at the Henry Fonda Music Box in September, where Glen performed a cover of Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" (okeastron video)
Mika (Mica Penniman) performs "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" live at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles on June 8, 2007... complete with a couple of dancing big girls straight from the Butterfly Lounge. (okeastron video)
The Ting Tings perform "Shut Up And Let Me Go" from their album "We Started Nothing" live in their first ever Los Angeles, California, performance at the Jensen RecCenter in Echo Park on March 11, 2008. This song is featured in the Apple iPod commercial. I have video of them performing this song for a huge crowd at Lollapalooza the following August. (okeastron video)
The Frames (with Glen Hansard at the helm) close their show with a fantastic surprise, a dead-on cover of Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" from the Pixies album "Surfer Rosa" at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood/Los Angeles, CA, on September 6, 2007. The highpoint of a great evening filled with highpoints. (okeastron video)
Glen Hansard of The Frames and the movie "Once" does a solo performance of "Say It To Me Now" from the "Once" soundtrack to open The Swell Season (Glen's group with "Once" co-star Marketa Irglova) concert at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on November 10, 2007. (okeastron video)
The Polyphonic Spree perform their cover of Nirvana's "Lithium" from their "Wait" EP at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on July 18, 2007. It was their encore, so they had changed from their "Fragile Army" uniforms into their white robes. Tim DeLaughter dedicated this night's show to his former Tripping Daisy manager Eric Ferris. (okeastron video)
Mika (Mica Penniman) performs "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" live at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music Festival. Also check out my more recent video of Mika performing this song at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, with the owner of the Butterfly Lounge on-stage! (okeastron video)
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the movie "Once") perform "If You Want Me" (with Marketa performing lead vocals) from the "Once" soundtrack at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on November 10, 2007. Also be sure to check out my videos of Glen's band The Frames, who performed at the Henry Fonda Music Box in September. (okeastron video)
