THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with LIVE AID! This week was the 35th Anniversary of the trans-Atlantic rock event aimed at aiding starving people in Ethiopia (Its prime movers, like Bob Geldof &…
Read MoreTOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl." SORRY connects from London with The Current for a live virtual session. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Live at Rockwood Music Hall. JONATHAN WILSON visits World…
Read MoreREALLY, just a handful of Wednesday Things because my head is asplodey. ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" — a song about "Papa" John Phillips — for Carson. GRANT IMAHARA, an…
Read MoreQUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS: "96 Tears" and " Girl (You Captivate Me)" for Twofer Tuesday. BOB MOULD shares a "Forecast of Rain." BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG covers Billy Bragg's "A New England."…
Read MoreLEMON PIPERS: "Green Tambourine." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Margo Price, My Morning Jacket, Rufus Wainwright, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Kelley Stoltz, The Beths, Ian Masters, and more.…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THREE DOG NIGHT! Once again, I'm enjoying the guilty pleasure of "Eli's Coming" with fellow fans of the late, lamented SportsNight. That, along with memories of The…
Read MoreANYWAY, a few Thursday Things: DIAMOND KNIGHTS: "Destination Diamonds". For the 70s vibe in the heat of July. THE JAYHAWKS preview their new LP a bit at World Cafe. CHICANO BATMAN plays a…
Read MoreFOUNTAINS OF WAYNE work the car wash for "Denise," whom you may know as T'Pol. THE B-52s, Live at Berklee College of Music, 1979. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Sufjan Stevens, Bill Callahan, Fenne…
Read MoreTHE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday. THE TWEEDY FAMILY covers Neil Young, My…
Read MoreBO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpuit look. THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS play KEXP. PERFUME GENIUS plays KEXP from home. AN…
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