THE MAMAS & PAPAS lip-synced "California Dreaming" really well on Hullaballoo, but not showing you the go-go dancers, who are worth the wait BRITTANY HOWARD visits KEXP. SHOVELS & ROPE visits KEXP.…
Read MoreRICHARD THOMPSON: The culmination of 1000 Years Of Popular Music. TYLER CHILDERS visits World Cafe. COLD WAR KIDS visits The Current. VAGABON visits WFUV. CORNERSHOP share “St. Marie Under Canon." THE SADIES…
Read MoreDOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd." NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork points you to Andy Schauf, Wire, Sarah Mary Chadwick, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT will point you to Nicolas Godin, En…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with NEIL DIAMOND! There are two types of people, you know. But here's Neil on the Beeb in 1971. Your set list: "Sweet Caroline," "Solitary Man," "Cracklin' Rosie,"…
Read MoreTHE CLOTHES LINE SAGA CONTINUES. (Have you heard the news?) ARCTIC MONKEYS: "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor." Their ferocious (Domino) debut. AEROSMITH: A judge ruled against Joey Kramer…
Read MoreTHE HOLLIES: "I Can't Let Go." PRINCE HARRY touched down in Canada on Monday night to join Meghan Markle. TAYLOR SWIFT is no longer polite at all costs, incymi. PAMELA ANDERSON married…
Read MoreLOVE TRACTOR plows through "Buy Me a Million Dollars," "Paint" and "Fun To Be Happy" in Athens, GA, circa 1983, for an instrumental Threefer Tuesday. THE BLACK PUMAS, Live from First Avenue in…
Read MoreU2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream. DION: A vintage performance of "Abraham, Martin & John." WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Bad Boys For Life tops the chart with 59.2MM, which is…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ….wtih THE PRETENDERS! Circa 1981, via one of Pate's two fab drummers, Jon Hahn. Your setlist includes "The Wait," "The Adultress," "Message of Love/Louie Louie," "Talk of the…
Read MoreALBERT LEE covers Jimmy Webb's "If You See Me Getting Smaller," one of my favorite Webb tunes, though (afaik) never a hit for anyone. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER visits World Cafe. WHITE REAPER…
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