THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with THE TALKING HEADS! Here's the expanded band — including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) — in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay…
Read MoreBRIGHT EYES goes a little psychedelic in the video for "Hot Knives." THE PIPETTES talk about the bonus tracks on the US release of their debut LP, fashion, and their disappointment that people…
Read MoreSPOON has released the video for "The Underdog," which is the official single from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, which you can stream in full from Spinner this week. CROWDED HOUSE: You…
Read MoreGRIZZLY BEAR releases the second video from Yellow House, "Central and Remote" premiering at Subterranean. NEW RELEASES: Smashing Pumpkins, Spoon, Interpol, Nick Drake and more are streaming in full via Spinner. Ex-Drive-By…
Read MoreTHE ARCTIC MONKEYS paid tribute to Shirley Bassey by covering "Diamonds Are Forever" at Glastonbury 2007. NICK LOWE doesn't mention her in the Brisbane Times, but it turns out he owes Whitney Houston…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE POLICE! Ken King and I just got back from seeing them rock Wrigley Field (where it's usually the Chicago Cubs getting rocked); Sting was booed for mentioning…
Read MoreTHE WHITE STRIPES rock a city bus in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with an impromptu performance of "The Wheels of the Bus" and "Hotel Yorba." SLY STONE says he plans to start work on…
Read MoreTHE FOURTH of JULY STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS! Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument (as with these 1980 takes on "Good Vibrations" — pictured above…
Read MoreSMASHING PUMPKINS release the video for "Tarantula" a week ahead of the Zeitgeist LP. NEW RELEASES: Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants, Welsh spetet Los Campesinos!, Gabby Glaser and more are streaming…
Read MoreART BRUT throws a real toga party in the video for "Direct Hit." And the video titling echoes I, Claudius. PLUS: Frontman Eddie Argos lists a few of his favorite things for Pitchfork's…
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