DIAMOND KNIGHTS: "Destination Diamonds".  For the 70s vibe in the heat of July. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Sylvan Esso, Ondara, Momma, Nora Brown and more. 1997, playlisted by World Cafe. THE VELDT does a…

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl." SOAK plays a mini-concert on World Cafe. LUCIUS plays KEXP. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE share "Timberline" from the "lost" album Toast, coming…

QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS: "96 Tears" and "Girl (You Captivate Me)" for Twofer Tuesday. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Momma, Camp Trash, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Guided…

THE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS!  It's time to "Do It Again."  Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument — as…

ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" — a song about "Papa" John Phillips — for Carson. TIM BERNARDES covers Gilberto Gil, the Dirty Projectors, and The Beatles for a Lagniappe Session. VERUCA…

THE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of "Tobacco Road." NEAL FRANCIS covers Shuggie Otis' "Strawberry Letter 23" and Joe Walsh's "Collage" for a Lagniappe Session. ASTERHOUSE plays KEXP. GUIDED BY VOICES shares "Lizard on…

THE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday. CALEXICO plays KEXP. LOS BITCHOS visits KUTX.…

BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpuit look. NEW RELEASES: Paste will pont you to Regina Spektor, Soccer Mommy, Young…

…with THREE DOG NIGHT! Once again, I'm enjoying the guilty pleasure of "Eli's Coming" with fellow fans of the late, lamented SportsNight. That, along with memories of The Service's cover of "Shambala"…

JON PRATT: Pate's frontman covers The Service's "October House," one of my faves of theirs. Also hope to see Jon and Pate bassist Mike Kelly this weekend. SHYBITS, Live from Berlin. THROUGH…