GUADALCANAL DIARY: From the "Where Are They Now?" file (and MTV's 120 Minutes), we have a semi-live take on "Watusi Rodeo." (and 120 Minutes first aired 40 years ago yesterday) BUDDY GUY plays…
Read MoreDRAMARAMA give you "Anything, Anything" and a "Last Cigarette" for Twofer Tuesday. CHARLIE CROCKETT plays WFUV. GORILLAZ played SNL. MEKONS are doing a remix album. MICHAEL STIPE shares "I Played The Fool." …
Read MoreBLUE SWEDE: "Hooked on a Feeling," introduced by the late Don Kirshner. Ooga-Chucka. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bonnie “Prince” Billy, turgill Simpson, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Squeeze, Dutch…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with THE TALKING HEADS! Here's the expanded band — including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) — Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist:…
Read MoreWRECKLESS ERIC: The "Whole Wide World," of course. With Ian Dury on the throne. SORRY plays KEXP. WEIRD NIGHTMARE shares "Pay No Mind." THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS shares "Sleep's Older Sister." METRIC…
Read MoreHARRY NILSSON: "Everybody's Talking" on Swedish TV, circa 1969. CATE LE BON visits World Cafe. FRIKO shares "Choo Choo." PETER GABRIEL shares the bright-side mix of "What Lies Ahead." BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY…
Read MoreTHE FOUNDATIONS: "Build Me Up, Buttercup" and "Baby, Now That I Found You" are your Twofer Tuesday. STURGILL SIMPSON said the new Johnny Blue Sky album wouldn't be streaming, then put the…
Read MoreTHE BANGLES are "Going Down To Liverpool" to do nothing with Mr. Spock. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bill Callahan, cootie catcher, Iron & Wine, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including: "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back To Me," "Satisfaction," "Don't…
Read MoreCANDIE PAYNE brings her updated Northern Soul sound on "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More." JOSH RITTER plays WFUV. GUIDED BY VOICES shares “We Outlast Them All.” And they still got it!…
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