THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THREE DOG NIGHT! Once again, I'm enjoying the guilty pleasure of "Eli's Coming" with fellow fans of the late, lamented SportsNight. That, along with memories of The…
Read MoreBRIAN WILSON, who as the leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys became rock’s poet laureate of surf-and-sun innocence, but also an embodiment of damaged genius through his struggles with mental illness…
Read MoreBACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." Because it's summer. Plus, cowbell. FRANZ FERDINAND plays KEXP. MAVIS STAPLES covers Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed.” DAVID BYRNE shares "Everybody Laughs." JAPANESE BREAKFAST shares “My Baby (Got…
Read MoreSYLVESTER STONE, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late ’60s and early ’70s, has died. He was 82. Here are the obits from the NYT and Rolling…
Read MoreEDDIE COCHRAN: "Summertime Blues." Ain't no cure for 'em. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Pulp, Turnstile, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Lifeguard, Jens Lekman, and more. DAVID BYRNE joined…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and…
Read MoreAEROSMITH: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" At least until Midnight. BEN KWELLER visits World Cafe. TURNSTILE played "Dull" and "I Care" for Fallon. FREDDIE COSMOS shares "Pressed Flower." ALLO DARLIN' shares "Cologne." HAND HABITS…
Read MoreCARL DOUGLAS, with the classic "Kung Fu Fighting." TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS gets over two and a half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats. MATT BERNINGER plays "Bonnet Of Pins" for Fallon. …
Read MoreURGE OVERKILL: Their killer '93 single "Sister Havana" and their even more famous cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" are your Twofer Tuesday. PULP plays Jools Holland. PAVEMENT…
Read MoreTHE PSYCHEDELIC FURS broke through with this video for "Love My Way" on the MTV. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Amy Millan, Ben Kweller, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has…
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