THE UNTOUCHABLES: "I Spy For the FBI." JASON ISBELL & AMANDA SHIRES, Live at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville on May 15. ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live at Fillmore West, March 7, 1971. LANKUM plays a Tiny…
Read MoreSTRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK: "Incense and Peppermints" plus "Tomorrow" for Twofer Tuesday. THE NATIONAL, Live From Best Kept Secret (June 9, 2018). SPARKS visits World Cafe, sort of. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED does a special…
Read MoreWE FIVE: Because "You Were On My Mind," natch. NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to Jason Isbell, Perfume Genius, Charli XCX, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT points you to Magnetic Fields, Public…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with STEVIE WONDER! His session at the Beat Club includes "Intro Jam," "Contusion," "Higher Ground," "Dont You Worry ‘Bout A Thing," "I Can See The Sun In Late…
Read MoreEVERY MOTHER'S SON: "Come On Down to My Boat," baby. CREAM, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1968. HAMILTON LEITHAUSER visits World Cafe via a feed shed. LANGHORNE SLIM, Live at Daytrotter,…
Read MoreLOVE: "Your Mind and We Belong Together." Rare promo. THE HOLD STEADY, Live in Norway, June 26, 2007. OMNI covers Billy Joel's "The Stranger" and 10cc's "Art For Art's Sake" for a…
Read MoreTHE GO-GOS: "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat" for Twofer Tuesday THE PEEL SESSIONS: Someone has compiled a huge trove of them on the Tube. THE STYLE COUNCIL, Live…
Read MoreLITTLE RICHARD, a/k/a Richard Penniman, who combined the sacred shouts of the black church and the profane sounds of the blues to create some of the world’s first and most influential rock…
Read MoreTHE 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 MoreTHE TEMPTATIONS gallop through "I Can't Get Next to You" live on TOTP. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley play virtually for The Current. WAXAHATCHEE guests on World Cafe. MARISSA NADLER…
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