THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL! The obligatory "Summer in the City" because of course. But let's do the other big hits: "Daydream," "Do You Believe in Magic," and "You Didn't Have…
Read MoreROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" — a song about "Papa" John Phillips — for Carson. JAPANESE BREAKFAST plays KCRW. JONATHAN RICHMAN returns with “O Guitar,” and “I Was Just A Piece Of…
Read MoreTHE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of "Tobacco Road." RAIN PARADE plays KCRW unplugged. THE BETHS shares "No Joy." FRANZ FERDINAND adds JOHNNY MARR to "Build It Up." FOLK BITCH TRIO shares…
Read MoreTHE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday. WEIRD BLOOM is profiled at World Cafe. …
Read MoreBO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpsuit look. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to HAIM, Hotline TNT, and more. …
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with the wicked, wicked WILSON PICKETT, live from Germany, circa 1968. This disappeared from the Tube, but I've managed to find almost all of it reposted there or…
Read MoreTHE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul." JAPANESE BREAKFAST plays KCRW. MARK STEWART's posthumous cover of The Korgis’ “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometimes.” FRUIT BATS shares "Stuck In My Head Again." STEVE GUNN shares…
Read MoreSTEAM: The one-hit wonder with a synced take on "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." Sorry 'bout those White Sox. THE HEAD AND THE HEART play WFUV. THE HIVES share "Paint…
Read MoreTHE CARS play "Candy-O" and "The Dangerous Type" for Twofer Tuesday. HINDS plays KEXP. RIP VAN WINKLE: Robert Pollard shares "Sh^t-heel Man." NATION OF LANGUAGE shares "I'm Not Ready For The Change." …
Read MoreTHE FIVE AMERICANS: "I See The Light." NEW RELEASES: Paste has Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Common Holly, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, The…
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