OK GO's latest video, for “Here It Goes Again” is an internet hit for good reason. Musically, it's somewhere between Cracker and the Kinks, which is not a bad place to be.NEW…
Read MoreLISTEN (AND WATCH), MY FRIENDS, as the late Mike Douglas introduces Moby Grape playing “Omaha.” Plus, we have the band playing “Hey Grandma,” “Sitting By The Window” and “Sweet Ride (Never Again).”…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…… with I'M FROM BARCELONA, a 29-member pop collective that actually hails from Sweden, incorporating strings, horns, banjo, accordion, and kazoos into bouncy indie pop with the uplift of…
Read MoreTOM WAITS almost certainly doesn't care what I thought of last night''s show at Chicago's Auditorium Theater. After all, Waits is considered by some to be one of the world's greatest living…
Read MoreP.F. SLOAN, who wrote hits like “Secret Agent Man,” “You Baby” — and who can forget Barry McGuire's immortal “Eve of Destruction?” — as well as playing on 60s hits like “Let’s…
Read MoreVIDEOPALOOZA: Clips from last weekend's fest surface on YouTube, including some shot from backstage. For example, you can see Gnarls Barkley take the stage to “We Are The Champions” and play “Crazy”…
Read MoreNOW that you mention it, I am ready for some football…YEP, it's that time of the week again. BONUS: A bit of “Nowhere Man.”ARTHUR LEE of Love passed away, as I noted…
Read MoreARTHUR LEE, the enigmatic and volatile frontman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the legendary Los Angeles psychedelic band Love, best known for the critically revered 1967 album, Forever Changes, has died in a…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with THE EASYBEATS playing “Friday on My Mind,” which tops a playlist of Friday and Saturday songs compiled by London's Guardian. Sadly, some of the best songs on the…
Read MorePITCHFORK FEST VIDEO: Although Pitchfork told folks not to bring video cameras to the Festival, some apparently did… and uploaded their lo-fi videos to YouTube. Pitchfork now displays a semi-decent attitude about…
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