TEAGAN & SARA finally drop a video for the 80s-ish "Closer." YEASAYER discusses and performs songs from Fragrant World at World Cafe. FREELANCE WHALES also stopped by World Cafe for a chat and…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE GODFATHER OF SOUL, MR. JAMES BROWN! With a hat tip to Friend of Pate Steve Craven, here's the hardest working man in show business barreling through…
Read MoreLOCAL NATIVES drop a video for "Breakers" ahead of their sophomore LP. JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION stopped by World Cafe to play two songs from their new record and discuss their two decades as one…
Read MoreTHE ARTIST CURRENTLY KNOWN AS PRINCE may hate the internet, but he posted a video for "Rock and Roll Love Affair," and it's pretty darned good. THE BEN FOLDS FIVE stopped by…
Read MoreTHE BEACH BOYS drop "Little Deuce Coupe" from the 50th anniversary video. NEW RELEASES from Graham Parker & the Rumour, Big Dipper, Rage Against the Machine and more are streaming via Spinner.…
Read MoreTHE ROLLING STONES drop a NSFW clip for "Doom and Gloom," plus Noomi Rapace and zombies. SUFJAN STEVENS is streaming all five volumes of Silver and Gold. TRACEY THORN is advance streaming…
Read MoreTHE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE… with FAVES 2012! I occasionally hear from folks who want to know what music — from among all of the posts I do here — I recommend. To some…
Read MoreBRADFORD COX joins DIVINE FITS on the Ramones' "53rd & 3rd." FATHER JOHN MISTY stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. BEN GIBBARD plays a Tiny Desk Concert at the…
Read MoreDIVINE FITS break out "Baby Get Worse" at the Ed Sullivan Theater. NEW RELEASES from Bad Brains, Massive Attack, the Twilight Sad (remixes), the 1975 and more are streaming this week via…
Read MoreDIRTY PROJECTORS brought "About To Die" — and the yMusic quartet — to the Ed Sullivan Theater. PATRICK WATSON played DC's 9:30 Club; you can stream the whole show on demand. FIELD…
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