The guys from Angels and Airwaves have been busy on the road, but they made time to stop by our Los Angeles studio to perform their new hit, 'Everything's Magic,' along with three other tunes. Check out all of the performances after the jump.

Last summer, the Last Goodnight's 'Pictures of You' dominated the airwaves and emanated from the tube on the TV show 'Brothers and Sisters.' But what most people may not know is that prior to being called the Last Goodnight, this Connecticut-based group released two albums and an EP as Renata.

"Renata was a girl's name, and it was never pronounced correctly," singer Kurtis John tells PopEater during the TLG's recent performance in our studio. "It always pronounced like Recata, Remota, Retata. People thought It was like a cheese, a hotel, a painting ... I mean it's humiliating to have people ask, 'Did you name you band after a [kind] of cheese?'"

Watch the Last Goodnight's full performance, including their hit single, 'Pictures of You,' after the jump.

Connecticut's own the Last Goodnight recently stopped by our studios to chat about their latest album, 'Poison Kiss,' and perform a few cuts from the record. However, the cheerful rock group also surprised us with a special holiday treat -- a live rendition of 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.' Five days and counting!

When it comes to 'American Idol,' sometimes second is the place to be. Clay Aiken, Bo Bice and Katharine McPhee have all gone on to have widely successful releases, and Blake Lewis is no exception. The 26-year-old beatboxing rocker became a fan favorite during the sixth season of the widely popular talent show, and has been on the rise to stardom ever since.

Lewis and his band recently stopped by our Sessions studio to perform his hit single, 'Break Anotha,' and four other songs from his debut album, 'Audio Day Dream,' or 'A.D.D.' as he calls it.

"'A.D.D.' was a concept from [my drummer] Kevin [Sawka] and I because he's way ADD and everyone thinks I'm ADD," Lewis explains. "So it just totally fit. We have too much fun. It's like a rock show, but we're performing pop and drum and bass, and different styles that we're all into. We all come from different backgrounds. We just all mesh together really well."

Life's a beach for 22-year-old Colbie Caillat. Her debut album, 'Coco,' has won over scores of listeners with it's mellow melodies, while her summery hit single, 'Bubbly,' has taken over Top 40 radio. But the Malibu native hasn't let the success get to her head.

"It's really easy to stay grounded because my [of] band," Caillat tells PopEater during a recent performance in our studio. "I'm with them everyday, we're on the tour bus together and we're all such good friends. They're like my big brothers and we just constantly joke around and have fun together. If we have spare time, we like to relax, go to the beach [or] play music. It's easy, you just stay yourself and do what you love to do."

Watch Caillat's full four-song performance, including her reflective ballad, 'Realize,' after the jump.

Motion City Soundrack's lead singer and guitarist Justin Pierre showed up at our L.A. studio recently with his signature vertical coif and dark-rimmed glasses, as he and the rest of MCS sat down to perform a few acoustic tracks off their third record, 'Even If It Kills Me.'

"I definitely think that there's still a few sad and depressing moments," Pierre told PopEater of the album, produced by the impressive trifecta of Ric Ocasek, Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) and Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys). "But, for the most part, it's a pretty upbeat and kind of happy sounding record." Case in point: this live rendition of the band's second single, 'This Is for Real.'


Full Set:

• 'This Is For Real'

• 'Broken Heart'

• 'Time Turned Fragile'

• 'Attractive Today'

• Interview

The Almost is the solo project from Aaron Gillespie, drummer for the Christian metal group Underoath. Gillespie visited our New York studio to perform a few songs from his debut release, 'Southern Weather' and talked about his experiences on the hot 'n' sweaty summer Warped Tour. Part of his keep-cool (and keep-sane) regimen included listening to Ryan Adams. Watch Gillespie's cover of Ryan Adams' 'To Be Young.'

We're happy to say that Chris Carrabba and the rest of Dashboard Confessional have returned to the acoustic rock roots that made us fall for them in the first place. The band stopped by our studio to perform a few selections from the group's repertoire, including this take of 'Vindicated.' D.C.'s brand-new album, 'The Shade of Poison Trees,' is out today.

Pennsylvania pop-punk band the Starting Line recently visited our Los Angeles studio, where the Warped Tour veterans performed their single 'Island' and told PopEater about their obsession with Jimmy Eat World and their stalkers' obsessions with, well, them!

Covers are tough by nature. It's a challenge for bands to put a fresh spin on an already great song, and they're nearly never an improvement on the original. Against the odds, Florida's Yellowcard pull off their rendition of Radiohead's 1995 hit 'High and Dry' with flying colors. Watch the same guys who belt out songs like 'Ocean Avenue' and 'Light Up the Sky' mellow out in a live version of the Radiohead classic.