THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with XTC! Live on Rockpalast, February 10, 1982. Your setlist includes: "Respectable Street" (still one of my faves), "Towers of London," "Runaways," "Jason and the Argonauts," "Burning…
Read MoreCINCO DE MAYO STARTS HERE: …with LOS LOBOS: "I Got Loaded" (with an added snippet of "Turn On Your Lovelight") from their fabulous first full-lengther, How Will the Wolf Survive? "Don't Worry Baby," "Evangeline," "Our…
Read MoreTHE TEMPTATIONS gallop through "I Can't Get Next to You" live on TOTP. THE SERATONES, Live at Rockwood Music Hall. MODERN NATURE covers “Stormy Weather” and Billie Holiday for a Lagniappe Session.…
Read MoreTHE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards. THEE SINSEERS play a Tiny Desk Concert. MAGDELENA BAY plays World Cafe. LANA DEL REY made a…
Read MoreTHE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Girlpool, Toro Y Moi, Tomberlin, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Melody's Echo Chamber,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SQUEEZE! Despite a new LP, some of you whippersnappers may never heard of Difford, Tilbrook & Co., who previously reeled of stellar string of pop gems, including "Take…
Read MoreTHE ROLLING STONES made their second US TV appearance on The Mike Douglas Show, covering Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away." JOSE GONZALEZ visits World Cafe. DENZEL CURRY plays KEXP. MICHAEL STIPE on…
Read MoreTHE MEMBERS: "Working Girl," from the "Where Are They Now?" file. SUPERCHUNK plays KEXP. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Phoebe Bridgers, Wilco, Quinn Christopherson, and more. SHEARWATER shares "Aqaba." CASS McCOMBS shares "Belong To Heaven."…
Read MoreWALL OF VOODOO, on the "Mexican Radio." HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF plays KEXP. YARD ACT visits World Cafe. KURT VILE covers Bruce Springsteen's "Wages of Sin." TY SEGALL shares "Hello Hi."…
Read MoreTHE CONNELLS: " '74-'45. " Read more about this Raleigh, North Carolina quintet at Trouser Press. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Fontaines D.C., Spiritualized and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has King…
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