STEPHEN MALKMUS &THE JICKS drop a video for "Lariat" ahead of Wig Out At Jagbags. THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE soundtrack, ft. music from the National, Lorde, Coldplay, the Weeknd, Santigold, Antony…
Read MoreBEST COAST: "I Don't Know How" verges on country, as surf-pop goes. Then they kick it up a notch. OKKERVIL RIVER stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. BASIA BULAT…
Read MoreBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, "Dancing In The Dark," unpluggedy, at Stand Up For Heroes 2013 (at 2:24 min, though the link should take you there). Also, he tells a dirty joke. POLICA played a…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE WRECK of the EDMUND FITZGERALD: The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. Nov. 10 marks the 38th anniversary of the…
Read MoreMETRIC offers a kaleidoscopic view of Emily Haines in "Synthetica." JIMI HENDRIX: HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN' is streaming in full at PBS. ERASURE is advance streaming… wait for it… a Christmas…
Read MoreDESTROYER drops a video for "Bye Bye" from the Five Spanish Songs EP. BLACK FLAG — Greg Ginn's version of it, anyway — is streaming What The… via Spoitify. BLOOD ORANGE is…
Read MoreCHARLI XCX busts out the Strangeloves’ "I Want Candy" in SF. WOODEN SHJIPS advance stream Back To Land. HOWIE GELB advance streams The Coincidentalist. (Plenty of cameos, too.) THE BEATLES preview Live…
Read MoreARCADE FIRE covers "Uncontrollable Urge" in Hollywood. Plus, the Devo original, for Twofer Monday or something. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS: The soundtrack to the next Coen Bros movie is streaming at NPR. CATE…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with THE BYRDS! The turning of the seasons had me in the mood for this rare live threefer of "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Bells of Rhymney" and "Mr.…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …STREAMING FROM THE CASTLE EAST! This fan-made 1973 video for "The Monster Mash" is today's must-see clip (natch), though you can also see Bobby "Boris" Pickett perform it…
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