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…

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul." THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM played a surprise warm-up gig ahead of the reunion tour. BOB MARLEY: What makes Exodus so special? THE MARS VOLTA returns with their first…

GARY WRIGHT will always be known as the "Dreamweaver," but add "Love is Alive" (with More Cowbell) and you have Twofer Tuesday. JOAN JETT visits World Cafe. NEAL FRANCIS plays KEXP. TONY…

STEAM: The one-hit wonder with a synced take on "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Perfume Genius, Bartees Strange, Pet Fox, and more. BILL'S INDIE…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and…