PETER BJORN & JOHN drop "Breaker Breaker" as an advance clip for the upcoming album. NEW RELEASES: Iron & Wine, Deerhoof, John Vanderslice, Amanda Palmer and more are streaming this week via Spinner. ESBEN &…
Read MoreSTEVEN TYLER, 62, briefly took the throne to "Walk This Way" with Fallon and The Roots. THE GO! TEAM is advance streaming Rolling Blackouts. LIZ PHAIR stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. …
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with MOTOWN MADNESS! There's so much from which to choose, but let's start with a Martha Reeves and the Vandellas trifecta of "Heat Wave" (on RSG!) "Nowhere to Run"…
Read MoreSHE & HIM drop a video for "Don't Look Back," directed by Jeremy Konner and proving the only thing better than Zooey is four Zooeys. THE DECEMBERISTS played The King is Dead…
Read MoreDON KIRSHNER, who guided the course of Brill Building and bubblegum pop in the 1950s and '60s as a music publisher and promoter, and later served as an Ed Sullivan for 1970s…
Read MoreMETRIC covers Buffalo Springfield's "Expecting to Fly" (N. Young). NEW RELEASES: It's still Mew, British Sea Power, Tapes 'n' Tapes, etc. at Spinner, but they may update it now that MLK Jr.…
Read MoreU2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream. GANG OF FOUR are advance streaming Content, the band's first LP in 15 years. WANDA JACKSON is advance streaming The Party Ain't Over,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with GARAGE ROCK! After surveying power-pop a couple of weeks ago, I found myself in the mood for a dozen Nuggets, like Music Machine – "Talk Talk";…
Read MoreIRON & WINE did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, including 3 new ones. There's also video. THE YOUNG REPUBLIC did a set in audio and video at Laundro-Matinee, including a…
Read MoreOKKERVIL RIVER performed a new song,"Wake & Be Fine," with A.C. Newman and Questlove on Fallon. OK GO cranked out a couple of free tracks for Daytrotter. DELTA SPIRIT played Mountain Stage. PJ…
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