THAT PETROL EMOTION: "Big Decision." Add Devo's "Freedom of Choice" for an election-themed Twofer Tuesday. MARCUS MUMFORD plays The Current. NIKKI LANE plays WFUV. LOW: Mimi Parker is eulogized at Stereogum and…
Read MoreTHE BOOMTOWN RATS: "I Don't Like Mondays," live at the Secret Policemen's Other Ball. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Phoenix, Gold Dust, First Aid Kit, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with NEIL YOUNG! Live on the Beeb, circa '71. Your setlist includes: "Out on the Weekend," "Old Man," "Journey Thru the Past," "Heart of Gold," "Don't Let…
Read MoreCOUSTEAU: "The Last Good Day of the Year." Or close to it. KING PRINCESS plays a Tiny Desk Concert. YO LA TENGO returns with "Fallout." PRIMAL SCREAM and DEXYS share "Enough is…
Read MoreTRANSLATOR is "Everywhere That I'm Not," including the "Where Are They Now?" file. JULIA JACKLIN plays KEXP. JOHN CALE, Live in Marsailles, 1975. THE BEATLES: "I'm Only Sleeping" gets a video. TAYLOR…
Read MoreX stopped by 30 Rock to play "Hot House" and "Breathless," lo these many moons ago. THE DAMNED's original line-up reunited over the weekend. LORETTA LYNN: Watch Jack White, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price…
Read MoreJERRY LEE LEWIS, the hard-driving rockabilly artist whose pounding boogie-woogie piano and bluesy, country-influenced vocals helped define the sound of rock 'n' roll on hits like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and…
Read MoreTHE LONG HALLOWEEN WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …STREAMING FROM THE CASTLE EAST! This fan-made 1973 video for "The Monster Mash" is today's must-see clip (natch. The covers by Bootsy Collins and Buckethead, The…
Read MoreSHARON JONES and the DAP-KINGS: "100 Days, 100 Nights." ARCTIC MONKEYS, Live at Kings Theater. S.G. GOODMAN plays a Tiny Desk Concert. ANDREW BIRD (and PHOEBE BRIDGERS) re-interpret Emily Dickinson's poem, "I…
Read MoreTHE MEMBERS: "Working Girl," from the "Where Are They Now?" file. WHITNEY plays WFUV. MATT NATHANSON plays World Cafe. US GIRLS shares "Bless This Mess." UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA shares "I Killed Captain Cook." ANXIOUS…
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