THE BANGLES are "Going Down To Liverpool" to do nothing with Mr. Spock GARY CLARK JR visits Morning Becomes Eclectic. ROYAL TRUX streams White Stuff, their first in 19 years. WILLIAM TYLER…
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 MoreMARVIN GAYE: "Got To Give It Up." BOB MOULD plays a full set at Rockwood Music Hall. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH visits KEXP. JULIA JACKLIN visits WFUV's Studio A. HEY GUY,…
Read MoreJON PRATT plays "Symmetry," a belated valentine, standing up. Gets a bit Macca in the middle-eight. BENNY SINGS visits Morning Becomes Eclectic. GREYSON CHANCE plays a mini-set in the Paste studio, NEYLA…
Read MoreTHE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEARE: The psychedelic front group for XTC play "The Mole From the Ministry" and "You're A Good Man, Albert Brown" for Twofer Tuesday. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, Live at the…
Read MoreTHE KNACK: "Frustrated." THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND is streaming their first LP in 19 years, This Is My Voice… and it's both what you'd expect and better than you'd think. GUY CLARK JR…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with OTIS REDDING! Otis and the Bar-Kays crank up the energy to 11 for a Ready Steady Go special, crashing through "Satisfaction," "My Girl" and "Respect," then "Shake" morphing into "Land of a…
Read MoreTHE FOUR TOPS: Levi Stubbs works up a sweat on live French TV, belting out a supercharged "I'll Be There." NELLIE McKAY plays the Mountain Stage. DOROTHY stops by The Current for…
Read MoreRAY CHARLES plays "What'd I Say" live; he recorded it on Feb. 18, 1959. SUNFLOWER BEAN stops by The Current for a chat and miniset. AIDA VICTORIA plays the World Cafe from…
Read MoreI WANT CANDY from The Strangeloves and a super-charged Bow Wow Wow for Twofer Tuesday. THE ELVIS '58 COMEBACK SPECIAL got an all-star anniversary tribute on NBC. The Current notes how it set…
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