'Last Call' for Atmosphere tonight on NBC

The performance was filmed in August at the Minneapolis hip-hop vets' sold-out Greek Theatre show.

September 22, 2011 at 5:41PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Slug and Ant land on TV again tonight with Atmosphere's pre-taped "Last Call" appearance. / Tom Wallace, Star Tribune
Slug and Ant land on TV again tonight with Atmosphere's pre-taped "Last Call" appearance. / Tom Wallace, Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Tonight's episode of "Last Call With Carson Daly" will feature the latest TV appearance by Atmosphere, but it's not your typical TV appearance. The performance was filmed in August at the Minneapolis hip-hop vets' sold-out concert at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. That explains how the group could also have a gig scheduled tonight at the House of Blues in Houston.

Atmosphere's Greek show was one of four filmed by "Last Call" at the famous outdoor venue, also including Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists and Thievery Corporation (good company). They're being broadcast all this week as "Greek Week" for Daly's season kick-off. The show airs on NBC after "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" at 12:35 a.m. locally (technically Friday morning for you DVR users). It will also re-air a few times Friday on the Fuse network. Here's a bootleg video from the same Greek gig posted below.

After spending much of the spring and summer on the road, Atmosphere finally wraps up its Family Vacation Tour next week in Omaha. The next gig on the books is one that's actually sort of off-the-books: an Oct. 21 concert at TCF Bank Stadium for the University of Minnesota's "Pep Fest," which follows the annual homecoming parade. Tickets went on sale yesterday at $10 for students and $25 for everyone else. This confirms what many of us have long suspected: Slug is secretly trying to follow in Bono's footsteps.

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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