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Seth Meyers is still getting comfortable in that “Late Night” hosting chair but at least he had on one of his “all-time favorite bands” to ease that transition last night. That “favorite band” stuff is not merely lip service, either. Last year, Meyers tapped the Brooklyn group to write the theme song for his animated Hulu series “The Awesomes.” Check out last night’s performance by the Hold Steady of its heavy-hitting new single “Spinners.”

Bruce Springsteen is known for covering just about anything. So how about playing to Lorde’s home country by doing an acoustic version of “Royals” in New Zealand? Hey, the Boss knows how to please a crowd. Of course, he changed the lyrics to correct the gender, singing “you can call me king bee” instead of “queen bee.” And really, Bruce can do anything he wants.

Last month, Ryan Walsh wrote an excellent piece for us profiling a Massachusetts musician named Matt Farley who made $23,000 in a year by “spamming” Spotify — that is, writing simple songs with popular keywords and band names in their titles to encourage plays. The story was one of our most popular pieces ever, being shared heavily on social media and getting reported on by other outlets, including Business Insider. Apparently, Farley liked the story too — because he wrote a song about its author. More

New York duo Phantogram celebrated the debut of its excellent new album “Voices” yesterday, which we called its “most accessible release to date,” with a performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” More

This week, the oft-rocking Band of Horses released “Acoustic at the Ryman,” which might expose it to a different audience. Enter “Ellen,” and the band’s daytime TV debut on Friday. Watch the South Carolina group play the beautiful “No One’s Gonna Love You,” originally on 2007’s “Cease to Begin,” but stripped down and performed here with acoustic guitars, mandolin, upright bass, and light drums. And just because, check out the awkward hug at the end of the performance. More

In December, the BDCwire team invited the Boston Derby Dames, the Boston League of Women Wrestlers, and the local Americana band Comanchero out to Hopster’s Brew & Boards in Newton for a little friendly beer brewing competition. As you can see in the video above, a grand time was had by all. But there’s just one problem. We have too much beer now. So on Feb. 19, we’re hosting a FREE beer tasting at Workbar in Cambridge where you will be the judge. Unfortunately, this event is now completely sold out, but be sure to visit Hopster’s with a group of friends to create your own signature beer. More

I’ll admit that I didn’t know who American Authors was when it played the RadioBDC Live in the Square block party in October. And to its credit, now the group of Berklee dropouts is everywhere, riding its radio-friendly lite rock single “Best Day of My Life” straight into the hearts of music fans impatiently awaiting the next Train album. The band scored the designation of VH1’s featured “You Oughta Know” artist for February. So what’s the next step? Oh yes, “Ellen” and her dance-crazed audience. Watch the Brooklyn-based band light these ladies on fire on today’s show. More

This week, David Letterman has been having his musical guests perform Beatles tributes, from Broken Bells to Sting, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band’s legendary performance on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” But last night’s Flaming Lips performance topped them all. As you’d expect. More

For 47 seconds, you only heard the familiar raspy voice. No, can’t be. Wouldn’t be. He would never. Then, he appeared, our most famous iconoclast Bob Dylan, pitching Chryslers and touting buying American and imploring us to let Asia assemble our cell phones. After the two-minute, $16 million ad ran between the third and fourth quarters of Super Bowl XLVIII, the Internet handed down a scathing indictment: Bob Dylan, mega sellout. More