BANANARAMA: "Cruel Summer" and their cover of the Shocking Blue's "Venus" makes for a timely Twofer Tuesday. A friend suggested that the former is lifted from Clan of Xymox's "Phoenix of My…
Read MoreTHE STROKES are "Taken For a Fool" in their new video. CULTS played the World Cafe Live on Friday; you can stream the gig on demand. THE SMITHEREENS played the World Cafe…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE ENGLISH BEAT! Why? Mostly because they cranked out great ska-pop. My personal fave may still be "Best Friend," but you might prefer more signature songs like…
Read MoreTHE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART see themselves as kids in "The Body." THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA played a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR. JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD…
Read MoreTHEY MIGHT BE GIANTS brings in The Onion office staff to play Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping" for The A.V. Club Undercover. And it is terrific. NEW RELEASES from Memory Tapes, Robert Ellis, Federico Aubele…
Read MoreTHE JAYHAWKS played Taste of Chicago over the weekend and I went when the storms foretold failed to materialize (though a few minutes of rain was a welcome respite to a baking sun…
Read MoreTHE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS! Yep, time to "Do It Again." Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument — as with…
Read MoreGIVERS defy gravity in the clip for "Up Up Up." For fans of Vampire Weekend. SONDRE LERCHE plays a session at Morning Becomes Eclectic. THE CIVIL WARS played a Tiny Desk Concert…
Read MoreSLOAN plays Gary Numan's "Cars" for The A.V. Club Undercover. And nail it, imho. WILCO: Highlights from the Solid Sound Festival, including new songs and a cover of Split Enz's "I Got…
Read MoreARCHERS OF LOAF went "Wrong" on Fallon. Eric Bachmann watched the show and told Vulture about his encounter with Madonna back in the day. NEW RELEASES incuding Marianne Faithfull, YACHT, Handsome Furs, Jolie…
Read More
Karl