BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." Because it's summer. Plus, cowbell. JONI MITCHELL with BRIAN BLADE at the Fez Club in 1995. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Lorde, Pokey LaFarge, The Go! Team,…
Read MoreTHE CARS play "Candy-O" and "The Dangerous Type" for Twofer Tuesday. MERRY CLAYTON, one of rock's most important backup singers, plays a Tiny Desk Concert. HAND HABITS shares "motherless" and "no reply"…
Read MoreEDDIE COCHRAN: "Summertime Blues." Ain't no cure for 'em. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Sleater-Kinney, Garbage, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Cold Cave,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: SLY & THE FAMILY STONE rip through a medley of "Everyday People" and "Dance to the Music," plus "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey," and "I Want…
Read MoreI MEAN, I haven't even seen the Loki premmiere yet. What is the world coming to? AEROSMITH: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" At least until Midnight. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Bon Jovi's shamelessly horny…
Read MoreCARL DOUGLAS, with the classic "Kung Fu Fighting." GOAT GIRL visits World Cafe. SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN covers the nonpareil oeuvre of Serge Gainsbourg for a Lagniappe Session. WHITE DENIM shares "Crystal Bullets." LINDSEY…
Read MoreURGE OVERKILL: Their killer '93 single "Sister Havana" and their even more famous cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" are your Twofer Tuesday. TOM JONES plays a Tiny…
Read MoreTHE PSYCHEDLIC FURS broke through with this video for "Love My Way" on the MTV. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Japanese Breakfast, Wolf Alice, Rostam and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with HARRY NILSSON! He would have celebrated a birthday yesterday, so let's revisit the BBC's "The Music of Nilsson from 1971, including a mashup of "Mr. Richland's Favorite…
Read MoreBUT I HAVE A FEW THURSDAY THINGS ANYWAY. MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle choreographs Ace of Base's "The Sign." (Language warning) A perennial fave. BUCK MEEK visits World Cafe. THE NUMBER ONES looks at…
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