U2 releases a video for "Get On Your Boots," the first single from the band's new album. RYAN ADAMS & MANDY MOORE are engaged. SPINAL TAP (and doc director Marty DiBergi) talk…
Read MoreTOM JONES did a Take-Away show for La Blogtheque, including "We Got Love," "If Ever I Should Leave You" and "Green Grass of Home." GARY LOURIS & MARK OLSON talk to PopMatters…
Read MoreBEATLEMANIA at National Review, 45 years later. You can watch the Fabs play "All My Loving", "'Till There Was You", "She Loves You", and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" on the…
Read MoreTHE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART are picking up buzz; this piece in Exclaim is a decent intro, with refs to My Bloody Valentine, JAMC, and the Field Mice being fairly…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with CHEAP TRICK! Live in Providence, 1980. That playlist was served up by the band on its YouTube channel, which the band has been stocking over the…
Read MoreTHE GASLIGHT ANTHEM brought "The '59 Sound" to the Ed Sullivan Theater last week. FLEET FOXES: Robin Pecknold seems to be streaming new songs for a side project called White Antelope. GOLDEN SMOG:…
Read MoreSILVER JEWS played their final gig 300 feet underground in the Cumberland Caverns, stating with "Introduction/ We Are Real" and ending with "Smith and Jones Forever." ANDREW BIRD and LONEY DEAR played…
Read More867-5309 is up for auction on eBay, with bids over 150K as I write this. The price of a call has gone up since the days of Tommy Tutone (who appears to have been a…
Read MoreFirst D.J.: Rise and shine, campers and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.Second D.J.: It's cold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?First D.J.: Not hardly.…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED. It's 50 winters later, but the passing of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in a plane crash…
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