THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with MY MORNING JACKET! Breakfast on Tour has video of eight new MMJ songs from the band's upcoming Evil Urges LP — performed live in Houston — for…
Read MoreI'm still not 100% healthy, even by my standards. Nevertheless, here is some linkage to keep us all on top of the news of the semi-popular… THE RUTLES put yet another spin…
Read MoreAccordingly, I'm taking the day off. I hope to be back with the usual stuff for Thursday. In the meantime, the Godfather of Soul. H-UH!!!
Read MoreSPOON has a new video for "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb," a song that still puts up the hair on the back of my neck. NEW RELEASES: New albums from The B-52s,…
Read MoreSxSW VIDEO: Festival keynote speaker Lou Reed takes a "Walk on the Wild Side" by joining his own tribute concert. WXPN also has clips of The Weakerthans, Kaki King, and Someone Still…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with a head start on ST. PATRICK'S DAY! Around here, that means bringing on The Pogues with a vintage live set from 1985 and this later set from Japan,…
Read MoreKAKI KING: The video for "Pull Me Out Alive" was made with over 5000 still photos. There are no special effects; all of the light trails were created by hand, with up…
Read MoreIGGY DOES MADONNA: The highlight of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony? Rather than perform herself. Madge had fellow Motown natives Iggy Pop and the Stooges (plus SteveMcKay on…
Read MoreRIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a/k/a "Client 9," who investigated radio airplay and payola while serving as the state's Attorney General, totally gave me earworm yesterday for Labelle's "Lady…
Read MoreWFMU JAM: Ted Leo, Death Cab's Ben Gibbard, and comedian Patton Oswalt raised over 50K in three hours for this year's WFMU pledge drive, with a set that inlcuded Blondie's "Union City…
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