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SIMON & GARFUNKEL count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. JOHN PRINE on Austin City Limits. CHRIS STAPLETON plays a Tiny Desk Concert. HOPING FOR A REPLACEMENT: Neil Young's After The…

THE PRIMITONS play "Seeing Is Believing" at an in-store appearance from 1985.  Proof positive that the Internet makes the "Where Are They Now?" file bottomless.  Background at Trouser Press. WAXAHATCHEE & KEVIN…

SOUL ASYLUM dip into their back catalog for the classic "Never Really Been" at the Northern Lights Theater; Milwaukee, WI.  Throw in a cover of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and you have…

DAVID BOWIE plays "Young Americans" for Cavett, looking and sounding too much acquainted with the Thin White Duke. NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Laura Marling, Hamilton Leithauser, Trace Mountains and…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with GARAGE ROCK! It's the time of year when I bring out The Standells – "Dirty Water/ Why Pick On Me", but I couldn't stop there. Let's…

SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus." JOHN PRINE, covered by Jeff Tweedy, Andrew Bird, Brandi Carlile, and more.  Stereogum has 13 of his best lesser-known songs. And Bill Murray has a story. JAMES…

JOHN PRINE, the raspy-voiced country-folk singer whose ingenious lyrics to songs by turns poignant, angry and comic made him a favorite of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and others, died Tuesday at Vanderbilt…

THE REPLACEMENTS played "Bast^rds of Young" and "Kiss Me On The Bus" in an infamous TV appearance. NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Thundercat, Melkbelly, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT points…

BILL WITHERS, a onetime Navy aircraft mechanic who, after teaching himself to play the guitar, wrote some of the most memorable and often-covered songs of the 1970s, including “Lean on Me,” “Ain’t…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with the YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS! Live at Cicero's in St. Louis, On November 23rd,1985, so this is Chuck Carroll-era YFFs.  Selections include: "Gus Theme," "White Bird," "If I Had A Hammer,"…