MXDWN Madness #6

Avett Brothers playing death metal with a dramatic background

Yoko Ono, Flaming Lips, Sleepy Sun, Avett Brothers, Chris Cornell, Kid606, and Albert Hammond Jr.

Letterman and Fallon host the bigtimers, Sleepy Sun's got a druggy new video, Kid606 delivers new tracks, and the Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. goes on a solo tour.

WATCH: The Flaming Lips Join Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band for Performance of “Cheshire Cat Cry” on Letterman
Yoko Ono And Plastic Ono Band joins forces with The Flaming Lips to create a Late Show spectacle like none other. Mr. Letterman summed it up best: “It’s fun when you leave the theater humming the music from the show, isn’t it?”

WATCH: Sleepy Sun Releases New Video for Song "11:32"
“For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.” San Francisco’s Sleepy Sun put that God-logic in their pipes and smoked themselves into a warbling psych-rock dream in "11:32".

WATCH: Chris Cornell of Soundgarden Joins The Avett Brothers for Performance of New Song “Vanity” on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
After reinventing the greatest heavy metal hits in a segment called “The Avett Brothers Sing Heavy Metal,” the folk-rock legends join a scratch-throated Chris Cornell on the Late Night stage for the captivating debut performance of two-faced track "Vanity."

Kid606 Releases Stream of New Song “Cute Never Dies” from New Album Happiness Set for October 2013 Release and Accompanying Beat Tape Going Back to Kali Yuga
Miguel De Pedro AKA electronic shapeshifter Kid606 reps Happiness with a limp-beat chillout made for maximum dopamine extraction.

Albert Hammond, Jr. Announces November 2013 Tour Dates
Strokes member and Sideshow Bob impersonator Albert Hammond, Jr. flouts the Strokes’ post-Comedown Machine refractory period, choosing rather to fill the Autumn air with new solo tunes and a month-long November tour.