GOGOL BORDELLO rolled out "Pala Tute" from their major-label debut for Fallon. CoCoROSIE is advance streaming Grey Oceans. OWEN PALLETT played Webster Hall last week; you can stream the gig via WNYC and…
Read MoreSHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS played "She Ain't a Child No More" on the Colbert Report. Ms. Jones is also interviewed. THE FALL is advance streaming Your Future, Our Clutter. NATALIE MERCHANT…
Read MoreBROKEN SOCIAL SCENE was "Forced to Love" at the Ed Sullivan Theater. But the version with Feist at NXNE might've rocked harder. NEW RELEASES: Broken Social Scene, Gogol Bordello, New Young Pony…
Read MoreHOT CHIP and THE XX both played the 9:30 Club in DC Saturday night. You can stream both sets on demand via NPR. The xx also have a new video out for…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with CHEAP TRICK! On a TV program called "Night Gallery," circa 1977 — so it's not the Rod Serling creation. The setlist includes: "Oh, Candy," "Hot Love," "He's…
Read MoreLIGHTSPEED CHAMPION is on the throne for "Madame Van Damme." THE FALL is advance streaming Your Future, Our Clutter. DR. DOG did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. FREELANCE WHALES also…
Read MoreFAITH NO MORE covered Michael Jackson's "Ben" at Coachella. BAND OF HORSES is offering "Factory" to stream and download as an advance track for Infinite Arms. ("Laredo" is also streaming there.) THE…
Read MoreBECK's RECORD CLUB coverS "Need You Tonight" as the next track from INXS's Kick LP. There's something about St. Vincent's Annie Clark. NEW RELEASES: The Apples in Stereo, Doves, Roky Erickson and Okkervil…
Read MoreATOMS FOR PEACE (featuring Thom Yorke) covers "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in Oakland. Look no further for the original. BLUR dropped "Fool's Day," their first new song in seven years, for…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with THE TALKING HEADS! Here's the expanded band — including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) — in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay…
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