STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK: "Incense and Peppermints" plus "Tomorrow" for Twofer Tuesday. BILLY IDOL visits World Cafe.  TEEN SUICDE shares “Suffering (Mike’s Way).” PAYCHEQUE shares "Generic Actress."  GEM CLUB shares “Swore (Emerald Press).”  KATY PERRY is…

DAVID BOWIE: "Modern Love." from the Summer of 1983. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Brown Horse, Cactus Lee, and more.  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has My New Band Believe, Hannah Lew, and…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with BLIND FAITH! Live at London's Hyde Park in June 1969. After an introduction and brief segments about supergroup members Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker, and Eric…

STEELY DAN turn in a spirited "Reelin' in the Years" on the Midnight Special.  Fagen reportedly hated this performance, which appears in Almost Famous. THE APPLES IN STEREO get almost three hours of…

SIMON & GARFUNKEL count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. MT JONES plays World Cafe.  KURT VILE shares "Chance To Bleed."  JON SPENCER shares "Knock 'Em Out."  THE STROKES sharess "Going…

YO LA TENGO are captured playing the bouncy "Mr. Tough" and "I Feel Like Going Home" at The Current.  And that, my friends, is Twofer Tuesday. BIG THIEF plays World Cafe.  GANG OF…

THE PRIMITONS play "Seeing Is Believing" at an in-store appearance from 1985.  Proof positive that the Internet makes the "Where Are They Now?" file bottomless.  Background at Trouser Press. NEW RELEASES: Paste…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with GARAGE ROCK! It's the time of year when I bring out The Standells – "Dirty Water/ Why Pick On Me", but I couldn't stop there. Let's…

DAVID BOWIE plays "Young Americans" for Cavett, looking and sounding too much acquainted with the Thin White Duke. LOGAN BOWDEN plays WFUV. CASS McCOMBS shares "Seeing The Elephant." JESCA HOOP shares "Big…

SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus." MILITARIE GUN plays a Tiny Desk Concert.  THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS covers The Raspberries' "Overnight Sensation."  FRIKO shares "Still Around."  SLIFT shares “A Storm With Wings.”  BETH ORTON shares…