DEVENDRA BANHART has released a mini-documentary on the making of his upcoming album, set to the song "Seahorse," which has touches of Van Morrison-esque jazz in parts. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: The closing track…
Read MoreMY MORNING JACKET frontman Jim James performs "Rainbow Connection" on the Kidzapalooza stage last weekend. VAN HALEN will announce a 50-date American reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth during a…
Read MoreLEE HAZLEWOOD — producer, songwriter, and sometimes duet partner of Nancy Sinatra — died peacefully on Saturday, August 4, in Henderson, Nevada, after a three-year battle with terminal renal cancer. He was 78. …
Read More1990s add allusions to A Hard Day's Night bring their raw, garage-y rock in the clip for "You're Supposed to be My Friend." PATTIE BOYD reveals intimate details of her emotionally fraught…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SONIC YOUTH! Here's a gig recorded for German TV in Dusseldorf, circa April 1996, with "Teenage Riot"; "Bull In The Heather"; "Starfield Road"; "Washing Machine"; "Junkie's Promise"; "Saucer-Like"; "Becuz"; "Sugar Kane"; "Skip Tracer"; "Skink"; and "The Diamond…
Read MoreTHE MPLS BRIDGE DISASTER: I doubt many missed it, though James Lileks can hook you up if you did. Pate has a fair contingent in Minnesota, including bassist Mike Kelly. They and their…
Read MoreJOHN VANDERSLICE makes the third and fourth stops on his tour of blog love, giving live takes of "The Tower" to Brooklyn Vegan and "The Parade" to YANP. NEW ORDER: Departing bassist…
Read MoreTOM SNYDER, who pioneered the late-late network TV talk show with a personal yet abrasive style and his robust, trademark laugh, has died from complications associated with leukemia. He was 71. Stereogum…
Read MoreTHE MAGIC NUMBERS sound a bit laid back on "Undecided," the title track from an EP due this September. BOB DYLAN at NEWPORT: Heather Browne is streaming another memorble moment in rock…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with DANNY & DUSTY! Among americana aficionados, 1985's The Lost Weekend is one of those classic under-the-radar epistles of twang. In the original days of Pate, the album was…
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