BISHOP ALLEN premiered the video for "Click Click Click Click" at the 'Gum; it's currently in a Sony camera ad, so you can be the one who impresses friends and family by…
Read MoreTHE WHITE STRIPES go bullfighting in the video for their cover of Corky Robbins's "Conquest," popularized in the 1950s by Patti Page. Olé! WOXY is streaming the season indie-style via its Holiday Mixer. As…
Read MoreTHE REPLACEMENTS: Friend of Pate (and Jon Pratt's evil twin) Pat Beach reviews Jim Walsh's book, The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting and remembers the band himself: "The Clash liked to…
Read MorePUSHING MAXIMUM DENSITY: On Black Friday, I followed Thanksgiving dinner by taking friends to Mr. Beef for lunch. Oof. I am Mr. Creosote (nsfw). OKKERVIL RIVER frontman Will Scheff talked to Harp…
Read MoreTHE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE PIPETTES! Chances are I saw them last night at the Double Door (where Barry Jive and the Uptown 5 play at the end of High…
Read MoreVAMPIRE WEEKEND is a combo from Columbia U that's getting plenty of blog buzz for a sound that's sorta the indie rock version of Paul Simon's Graceland album. Their first video is for…
Read MoreBLITZEN TRAPPER has dropped a video for the title track of the "Wild Mountain Nation" album. NEW RELEASES: Bloc Party, the Brit Box set, The Great Debaters soundtrack and more are streaming…
Read MoreJENS LEKMAN, playing Dallas last week, explains his unorthdox cover of Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al." ST. VINCENT: Annie Clark tries to explain the black humor in the title — and…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with the UKULELE ORCHESTRA of GREAT BRITAIN! John Moore of the Jesus and Mary Chain and Black Box Recorder is appalled at the UK's Ukulele orchestra craze, but he mostly…
Read MoreELVIS COSTELLO recently performed 1977's My Aim Is True album, with most of the same musicians, for a charity gig in SF. He started — of course — with "Welcome to the Working…
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