Showing All "Elvis Costello" Posts
Oct 26th, 2011 5 Comments
Elvis Costello's first major U.S. TV appearance was on a December 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live -- a gig he got because the Sex Pistols, originally booked for the show, didn't want anything to… Read Story »
Aug 19th, 2011 3 Comments
Elvis Costello has been in T Bone-assisted alt-country mode for the last couple of years, so for this unexpected, debonair ballad we have the soundtrack to Anne-Hathaway-attempts-a-British-accent… Read Story »
Jul 8th, 2011 5 Comments
On July 26th, the Strokes will make an honest single out of Angles' Elvis Costello-indebted "Taken For A Fool." You may also remember that time the Strokes headlined MSG and confirmed the song's… Read Story »
Apr 2nd, 2011 3 Comments
Before the Strokes even took the stage for their sold-out show headlining MSG, their concert took over NYC Twitter feeds with Elvis Costello's surprise opening set of "Pump It Up," "Radio Radio," and… Read Story »
Nov 5th, 2010 Comment
Elvis is busy in NYC right now, no surprise, the man tends toward a brisk pace of performance and productivity and NYC is the perfect foil. To wit: On Tuesday he performed at the Celeste Bartos Forum… Read Story »
Aug 16th, 2010 1 Comment
Elvis Costello's 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane touched on bluegrass, R&B, and Americana with producer T-Bone Burnett. This year Costello's back with similar sounds and the same… Read Story »
Jun 7th, 2010 4 Comments
Bands are canceling gigs in Israel following last week's raid on a group of aid ships heading to Gaza. Elvis Costello posted a carefully-worded letter on his website outlining his reasons for… Read Story »
Jun 3rd, 2010 2 Comments
Paul McCartney received the third Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song yesterday, an award that went to Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder in its previous years. He accepted the award from… Read Story »
Dec 15th, 2009 9 Comments
Here's Bono, taking the steam out of all the "Pump It Up" jokes everyone was making on first hearing about U2's overstuffed bag of sexy boots. This comes from last Wednesday's Season 2 premiere of… Read Story »
Nov 23rd, 2009 6 Comments
The Roots and Elvis Costello are two tireless acts who are so in love with collaborating. These days you see Elvis join in jams on his Spectacle interview/performance show. Questo et al do it all the… Read Story »
