SHARON VON ETTEN covered R.E.M.'s "Strange Currencies" at the Bowery Ballroom last weekend. NEW RELEASES from Mew, British Sea Power, Cage the Elephant, Cake, Tapes 'n' Tapes and more are streaming this…
Read MoreJUSTIN TOWNES EARLE made his network TV debut with "Harlem River Blues" at the Ed Sullivan Theater. GIRLS stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. SMITH WESTERNS are advance streaming Dye…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… … with THE RASCALS! I was delighted to find one of my fave clips, their cover of "Mickey's Monkey" in a medley with "Turn On Your Love Light." A…
Read MoreSON VOLT plays a four-song session at LaundroMatinee. The MP3s are there; all the videos are at Vimeo. BANDS FOR 2011: A streaming playlist and video gallery from NME. TWIN SHADOW did…
Read MoreBEST COAST brought their "Boyfriend" to meet Fallon. BRITISH SEA POWER is advance streaming Valhalla Dancehall. THE VACCINES, "purveyors of classic fuzzed-up indie in the mould of The Jesus & Mary Chain…
Read MoreR.E.M. drops "Oh My Heart" as another advance track to Collapse Into Now, and a lyrics video for "It Happened Today," featuring a cameo from Eddie Vedder. WIRE is advance streaming Red…
Read MoreU2: Crushingly obvious, I know. WELCOME… TO THE NEW YEAR: You can stream a live version of Pate's "New Year" (and three others from the 2003 reunion) at PateSpace. THE DECEMBERISTS are advance…
Read MoreTHE NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEAT FARMERS! Because I was in the mood for an encore of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including…
Read MoreEDWYN COLLINS is joined by Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy on "Do It Again," an advance track from Losing Sleep. TY SEGALL did five free songs for Daytrotter. For fans…
Read MoreELBOW previews "Lippy Kids" from Build a Rocket, Boys! (due in March), live at Blueprint Studios. ABIGAIL WASHBURN is advance streaming City of Refuge, which "takes her outside of the her…
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