Video: Cursive - From The Hips (Live on Letterman) 2009.03.13 (hq)

Fresh off the release of its sixth studio album Mama, I'm Swollen and its network television debut on Letterman, Omaha's Cursive have taken to the road for its spring tour with stops on the east coast, midwest and UK. Today the Saddle Creek veterans announced the tour will be stretching into the summer for 11 more stops out west. New dates: JUNE 13 DENVER, CO WESTWORD MUSIC SHOWCASE JUNE 18 SIOUX FALLS, SD NUTTY'S NORTH [...]

One week from tonight Cursive will be returning to Black Cat . It's a mainstage show with opening acts Andrew Wright and Man Man. Doors open at 8:00 and tickets are $15 in advance / $17 day of show. To celebrate their return to DC, I'm giving away a signed CD and poster. For a chance to win this fine package, just email me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com and the title of Cursive's new album as the subject. I'll pick a winner on Wednesday. Here's the band performing "From The Hips" last month on Letterman. [...]

It seems more and more these days, we're seeing really solid bands on late night TV. We have no idea if this is because we're watching more late night TV, or if the situation has improved in some way. In either case, we're not complaining: it's great to be exposed to solid, new, live music in glorious HD. Case in point: Cursive . The band played David Letterman last month (above) and delivered a totally show stopping performance of "From The Hips", from their new record Mama, I'm Swollen . To [...]

Cursive has debuted the video for single "From The Hips," after their explosive TV debut March 13th on the Late Show with David Letterman. The band's new album Mama, I'm Swollen is out and sure to please many. Cursive will also hit the road in April and May with MAN MAN. dates: APR. 24 ST. LOUIS, MO THE FIREBIRD APR. 25 MEMPHIS, TN HI TONE APR. 26 NASHVILLE, TN MERCY LOUNGE* APR. 27 BIRMINGHAM, AL BOTTLETREE* APR. 28 PENSACOLA, FL SLUGGOS* APR. 29 ORLANDO, FL THE SOCIAL* APR. 30 ORLANDO, FL THE SOCIAL* MAY [...]

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If you missed their performance of this song on Letterman than you might want to check it out as well (below), it explodes in the end and was a great performance. Now they have a normal video out for the song. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it's pretty fun. Despite the video, it's just a great song. From The Hips (official Vid) Live on Letterman Related: Get Ready To Rock! Literal Tears for Fears Video [...]

Difficult one, this. A lot of the correspondence that I've seen about the new Cursive album, Mama I'm Swollen , seems to say "it's way better than Happy Hollow", but I rather liked their last album, and this one just doesn't do it for me. I've given it some time - it's been a few weeks since I bought it from the record label for $2 - but with a couple of exceptions, it's just not kicking in. I think the primary thing that's missing is a unified theme - their last three albums have [...]

Check out Cursive's amazing performance of "From The Hips" on Late Show with David Letterman :

This Cursive track, "From the Hips" starts out slow, and seems to be going nowhere. Aah, but don't be fooled. If you hang out past the 2:00 mark, you're going to be rewarded handsomely, and they rocked it up a...

Typically late night musical performances are meant for the easy singles, the songs that have a chorus early to get people watching interested. Cursive's performance on Letterman on Friday wasn't that, since the band performed "From the Hips," the moody, slow building track from their new album, Mama I'm Swollen. That Cursive proceed to kill the song in the latter half is sure to make up for the fact that the first minute and a half is mostly just mood-setting that might not translate for late night viewers. Plus, I'm not sure I've heard horns sound this good [...]

Even if you didn't dig into "From The Hips" and "I Couldn't Love You" ( you should have ), take the four minutes to start your day with Cursive's stop at the Ed Sullivan Theatre Friday night. The Omaha outfit summoned an air of electricity from the sparse jags and soaring climax of Mama I'm Swollen 's lead single, and I'm not sure that David's sound system's ever sounded more dialed in. You don't need Letterman's 180º (from teasing the album title during his band intro to "Good God"ding his way over to congratulate them) to certify its awesomeness, [...]

Cursive made its network TV debut on Letterman Friday night, performing the dynamic and emotional "From the Hips" off its sixth studio album, Mama, I'm Swollen , out now on Saddle Creek. Love it when the horns come in. Kasher lets out some classic bellows, and Letterman seemed genuinely impressed.

Video: Cursive "From The Hips" Late Night with David Letterman Taken from the latest release " Mama, I'm Swollen ":

Cursive performed the track "From The Hips" Friday night on Late Night with David Letterman. The track comes from their recent release Mama, I'm Swollen .

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