CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with LOS LOBOS: "I Got Loaded" (with an added snippet of "Turn On Your Lovelight") from their fabulous first full-lengther, How Will the Wolf Survive? "Don't Worry Baby," "Evangeline,"…
Read MoreEVERY MOTHER'S SON: "Come On Down to My Boat," baby. DUANE EDDY, who became the first stand-alone rock ‘n’ roll guitar star with a string of instrumental hits in the late ‘50s…
Read MoreTHE TEMPTATIONS gallop through "I Can't Get Next to You" live on TOTP. ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO visits World Cafe. SIOUXSIE SIOUX & IGGY POP remade their 1987 duet on "The Passenger"… for an…
Read MoreTHE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards. CHARLIE CROCKETT visits World Cafe. THE ROLLING STONES kicked off their tour in Houston. REDD KROSS returns…
Read MoreTHE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Charlie Crockett, St. Vincent, the Lostines, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Pet Shop…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SQUEEZE! Despite a new LP, some of you whippersnappers may never heard of Difford, Tilbrook & Co., who previously reeled of stellar string of pop gems, including "Take…
Read MoreTHE ROLLING STONES made their second US TV appearance on The Mike Douglas Show, covering Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away." SPOON played a Telefono-era reunion gig. THE DECEMBERISTS share "All I Want…
Read MoreTHE MEMBERS: "Working Girl," from the "Where Are They Now?" file. DEVOTCHKA plays KEXP. ST. VINCENT shares “Big Time Nothing.” CULTS shares "Crybaby." JOHNNY CASH: hear the postumous “Well Alright.” MOTOWN's Berry Gordy is…
Read MoreWALL OF VOODOO, on the "Mexican Radio." WAXAHATCHEE visits World Cafe. THOM YORKE shares “Knife Edge” and “Prize Giving.” THURSTON MOORE shares "Rewilding." MORRISSEY claims he has bought back the rights to two of…
Read MoreTHE CONNELLS: " '74-'45. " Read more about this Raleigh, North Carolina quintet at Trouser Press. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Cloud Nothings, Pearl Jam, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT…
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