THE MAIN INGREDIENT: "Everybody Plays the Fool." Sometimes. NEIL YOUNG: 1973-79 gets about 3 and a half hours of analysis and discussion on Political Beats. OLD AND IN THE WAY: March 2,…
Read MoreOFF BROADWAY: "Stay In Time" and "Full Moon Turn My Head Around," for Twofer Tuesday. More power pop for the summer. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bachelor, black midi, and…
Read MoreTHE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE SWEET! The bubble-glam rockers are probably best known for the trifecta of "Little Willy," "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run," though they…
Read MoreFREE: "All Right Now." Wouldn't be Summer without it. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Mdou Moctar, Angélique Kidjo, and more. LAURIE ANDERSON plays a Tiny Desk Concert. COLD…
Read MoreDAVID BOWIE: "Modern Love." from the Summer of 1983. JOHN HIATT visits World Cafe. DEEP SEA DIVER plays a Tiny Desk Concert from the "red room" in Twin Peaks. WYE OAK returns…
Read MoreTHE RASPBERRIES crush "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be With You" for Twofer Tuesday. TOM JONES visits World Cafe. REAL ESTATE plays The Current. DURAN DURAN busted out a medley…
Read MoreFOUNTAINS OF WAYNE play "It Must Be Summer" unpluggedy. NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to Lambchop, Fiddlehead, Mannequin P*ssy, Olivia Rodrigo, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Gruff Rhys, CHAI, FACS, and…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with POWER POP! A few of these may be known generally, like Cheap Trick's "Way of the World" and Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind"… and some well-known…
Read MoreJON PRATT covers Pate's anthemic "Gone Electric" as Pete Townshend crossed with early Billy Bragg. PALBERTA plays a Tiny Desk Concert. WILD PINK plays for KEXP. LUCY DACUS shares "VBS." SAM EVIAN…
Read MoreSIMON & GARFUNKEL tackle "Late In the Evening" in Central Park, circa 1981, iirc JIMMY MONTAGUE streams Casual Use, a maximalist, horn-fueled, '70s-style baroque pop album. BEABADOOBEE virtually visits The Current. ALL…
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