ELVIS COSTELLO joined THE STROKES on "Taken For a Fool" at Madison Square Garden, after having played a brief opening set for the band. Video for "Take It or Leave It" is…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with DEVO! Since it's Friday, here they are on Fridays (ABC's ill-fated attempt to ape SNL) in 1980, playing "Girl U Want" and "Gates of Steel," along with "Whip…
Read MoreFLEET FOXES dropped a video for "Grown Ocean." TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. ROONEY did five free songs for Daytrotter, including a faithful cover of…
Read MoreRAPHAEL SAADIQ is "Stone Rollin'" in his latest video. SUFJAN STEVENS: Stream the new tribute album, Seven Swans Reimagined. LOST IN THE TREES played DC's Black Cat the other night; you can…
Read MoreJ MASCIS dropped an animated video for "Not Enough." NEW RELEASES from Radiohead, Mountain Goats, Generationals, The Sounds, Broken Bells, Peter Bjorn & John, Pearl Jam reissues and more are streaming via…
Read MoreGRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS rawked "Paris (Ooh La La)" for Conan. GENERATIONALS are advance streaming Actor-Caster… and I'm digging it, in its twee sort of way. COLD CAVE is advance streaming Cherish…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with THE BYRDS! Pretty much because I dig them as we turn into Spring (or Fall). Let's start with a rare 1965 clip of their breakthrough smash…
Read MoreTHE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART played "Heart in Your Heartbreak" at the Ed Sullivan Theater. DESTROYER played a mini-set for KEXP in Seattle. THE KILLS played songs from their forthcoming Blood…
Read MoreJENS LEKMAN played new songs, including "Every Little Hair Knows Your Name," in London. THE OBITS are advance streaming Moody Standard and Poor, which sounds like garage-punk goodness. THE HEAD AND THE…
Read MorePINETOP PERKINS, one of the last old-school bluesmen and the oldest Grammy winner, died Monday at his home of cardiac arrest. He was 97. All Things Considered has a profile up from his…
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