BEST COAST drops a video for "Feeling Ok." SAUN & STARR, also part of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, played Philadelphia's NON-COMMvention. LUCIUS played Rock the Garden 2015 . JOY WILLIAMS, formerly of The…
Read MoreJON PRATT: The Pate frontman delivers a bluesy reinterpretation of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze," using a 50's era Gibson L48. COURTNEY BARNETT played Rock The Garden 2015. REAL ESTATE played the Solid…
Read MoreBEN FOLDS premiered "Phone in the Pool" at Bonnaroo. Language warning. VERUCA SALT advance streams Ghost Notes. ANDERSON EAST advance streams Delilah. WILCO performed an all-acoustic set at the Solid Sound fest.…
Read MoreTHE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS! It's Pate Reunion Weekend and time to "Do It Again." Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the…
Read MoreFATHER JOHN MISTY covers Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs," solo and unpluggedy. HEARTLESS BAST^RDS stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. RICHARD THOMPSON stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. …
Read MoreBILLY CORGAN medleys Smashing Pumpkins' Gish into three minutes. SUEDE played Glastonbury. PALMA VIOLETS played live on KEXP’s Midday Show. RICHARD SWIFT dropped a mixtape at Aquarium Drunkard. PANDA BEAR shares his PBVSGR…
Read MoreCHRIS SQUIRE, a/k/a "The Fish," the co-founder and longtime bassist of prog rock icons Yes and the only member of the group to feature on every studio album, has passed away just over…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE RAMONES! Live at CBGB's circa October 1977. Your setlist includes: “Blitzkrieg Bop”; “Sheena is a Punk Rocker”; “Beat on the Brat”; “Now I Wanna Sniff Some…
Read MoreTHEY MIGHT BE GIANTS performs Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" for the A.V. Club Undercover. RYAN ADAMS drops a three-track single on Spotify. WIN WIN advance streams Primaries. CLASS ACTRESS: Dance music…
Read MoreTUESDAY was a verrry slow news day…for ths ort of items typically posted here anyway. But there are these notable passages: DICK VAN PATTEN, who played the paterfamilias on the 1980s TV…
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