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. U2: Crushingly obvious, I know. OTIS & CARLA: "New…
Read MoreCHRIS BELL was profiled by the Memphis Commercial Appeal on the 30th anniversary of his death. In 2009, Rhino Records is releasing a Big Star box set and an expanded edition of Bell's…
Read MoreZOOEY DESCHANEL is reportedly engaged to Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard. To celebrate, here's a snippet of the couple dueting on the Everly Brothers' "(All I Have To Do Is) Dream."…
Read MoreEARTHA KITT, known for songs like "Santa Baby" and for playing the Catwoman on the Batman TV series, died Christmas Day of colon cancer at 81. YO LA TENGO performed their eight nights…
Read MoreI'm technically taking the day off, but as people may be looking to spend some holiday cash on music, I thought I would relink to my faves list, the aggregated reviews at Metacritic, and the…
Read MoreTHE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS START HERE… …with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera. Part…
Read MoreOF MONTREAL played "An Eluardian Instance" for Dave last week, which was a pretty good week for Dave. NOAH & THE WHALE do the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, one previously…
Read MoreBROKEN SOCIAL SCENE stopped by Dave's last week to play "Churches Under The Stairs" from Brendan Canning's "BSS Presents…" solo LP. ANNUALS did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. THE 50…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SHINDIG CHRISTMAS '64! Part One includes The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep on Searching," the Righteous Brothers doing "The Jerk" and an…
Read MoreSCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS get a feature plus tracks via NPR's Day to Day. They also kicked off a new series at the 'Gum with a video of "Caldo." And they have a…
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