This is one of those bands that I knew nothing about before they came in, and thought they would sound much different than they did…probably because of the name. It turns out that ATE happened to be one of my favorite performances in long time. If you are into BritPop and/or the Smiths I think this might be your new favourite band.

It’s not all that often that a band does a live cover that makes you want to find out more about the original artist, but I have a feeling this version of “Blue It Is” originally recorded by the late Billy MacKenzie might have that effect on a lot of you. This performance is one of my favorite moments from the Live at LG sessions. Good stuff!

Great Northern seem to be everywhere lately. Every time I am out at a show here in Los Angeles somebody is inevitably talking about how they saw Great Northern last week and were absolutely blown away. The thing is it’s true. They are great. I was lucky enough to have my own private performance when they came by our studios. This is the first of three songs they did…more to come soon!

We liked Mezzanine Owls so much that we had to put up two of their songs this week. How awesome is that distorted keyboard lead that snake sin and out of the performance. We here at LG like keyboards. They are like magic.

"Illegal Aliens" is as big of a B-movie as you can get. And Chyna Doll's performance is worthy of a John Waters film!

AMPOP are from Reykjavik, Iceland and they sound more like Radiohead than they do their countrymen Sigur Ros. Big melodies, soaring vocals and some pretty cool guitar effects highlight this performance. Look for a couple more songs in the near future.

After a recent singing performance at PURE nightclub in Las Vegas, Paris got pelted in the face with an ice cube! That's hot!

Sierra Swan was the first Live at Liquid Generation performance that featured only vocals and a piano. Guitars are soooo overrated.

Without a doubt one of the best vocal performances to come through the LG Studios so far. If you think this is good, check out the Holiday cover he did. Wow.

Paris attended the Jay-Z convertin Vegas this weekend, spending most of her time with her BACK to the stage! After his performance, the perpetually self-absorbed heiress jumped on stage and had the DJ play a couple of her songs so she could lip-sync along -- but she puked instead!

Wow. K-Fed played the West Hollywood Halloween parade. What a douche.

José González came by the LG studio and played some songs for us, and he even brought his own microphone! This is a real acoustic performance.

Jonny Lives invaded our studio and all we got was this stupid performance. Actually, it was the opposite of stupid. It was awesome. See them play "Outside."

LG invaded the Intonation Music Festival and all we got was this stinkin' video. Watch live performances from Bloc Party, Lady Sovereign, Jon Brion, and Rhymefest.

Our exploration of fascinating Asians continues this week with an awesome freestyle performance by a Chinese rapper.