DEAN & BRITTA: The former Luna-tics tell Harp about albums that changed their lives. As Dean names The Feelies — and I just blurbed The Feelies last Friday — I was in…
Read MoreTHE ANNUALS played an unpluggedety mini-set you can stream or download from the Interface. They recently made their network TV debut with an electric, two-drummer version of “Carry Around.”THE STOOGES have posted…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with THE FEELIES: The Jonathan Demme-directed clip for “Away” — shot at the legendary Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ — probably best captures the band's more hyperkinetic live show, even…
Read MoreREUINTED, AND IT FEELS SO GOOD: Crowded House are set to reform for a world tour 11 years after they spilt. Manchester indie band James are to reform after a five-year hiatus.…
Read MorePETE TOWNSHEND and the RACONTEURS: Stereogum has posted video of The Who's frontman leading the lads (Jack White, mostly) through “The Seeker.”NEW & IMPROVED RELEASES: 13 alt-rock albums, including The Shins, The…
Read MoreLEE HAZLEWOOD releases what he calls his last record, Cake or Death, today. I take that claim seriously, as he's dying a painful death from renal cancer. You can stream his “original”…
Read MoreDENNY DOHERTY, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, died Friday at 66 after a short illness. He had suffered kidney problems following surgery last month and had…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with THE RAMONES on Don Kirshner's… Rock Concert circa May 1977. Part 1 includes: “Listen To My Heart”; “California Sun”; “Judy Is A Punk”; and “I Don't Wanna Walk…
Read MoreAMERICA with RYAN ADAMS & BEN KWELLER play “Ride On” for Dave Letterman on The Late Show.CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH: The band's next album is due Jan. 30th, but you can…
Read MoreTHE HOLD STEADY was “Stuck Between Stations” on The Late Show with David Letterman the same night Madge stopped by.THE SMITHEREENS' frontman Pat DiNizio tells the Boston Globe that Meet the Smithereens…
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