The Gaslight Anthem Visits Conan

The Gaslight Anthem - "Great Expectations" mp3

Maybe they felt some added pressure because a real live member of the E-Street Band was in their presence, but New Jersey's The Gaslight Anthem sure rocked the shit out of Studio 6A in Rockefeller Center last night. They delivered a triumphant performance of the title track to this year's breakthrough The '59 Sound, which should make many a year-end-list around here, prompting Conan O'Brien himself to call the band "killer." And yeah, we know he has to do that with all the bands, but usually they're just "great." Catch the video after the jump.

Alejandro Escovedo with the Boss and E-Street Band

In the midst of lots of possible posts this morning and little time - this was too cool not to put up here. One of my long-time favorite artists (thanks Lee), Alejandro Escovedeo, got a resounding endorsement from the Boss and the full E-Street band last night in Houston. Bruce invited Alejandro to the stage and the full band played the single "Always a Friend" from Alejandro's amazing new album, Real Animal, hitting stores on June 24th from Back Porch/Manhattan Records. The new record is a true return to form for Alejandro as he relies heavily on the guitar rock of his early days, while blending in the beautiful string laced ballads only a musician of his maturity can produce. Enough talk - check it out. Alejandro doing his best Win Butler... or something like that.