THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with VALENTINE'S DAY: I've never been a big Valentine's Day guy, but I have always liked The Replacements' "Valentine" and Elvis Costello's cover of "My Funny Valentine." …

JOHN HIATT: It's been a "Slow Turning." CHRIS FARREN: Death Don’t Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the mostly-instrumental soundtrack to a spy thriller that doesn’t exist, and I am here for…

LEONARD COHEN plays "So Long, Marianne," circa 1979. DURAN DURAN shares "Laughing Boy." SHARON VAN ETTEN returns with "Porta." SUNFLOWER BEAN shares "Who Put You Up To This?" JIMI HENDRIX: Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's…

REDD KROSS play "Annie's Gone" and cover The Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More" for Twofer Tuesday. THE LINDA LINDAS play World Cafe. TIM HEIDECKER visits World Cafe, seriously. ANDY SCHAUF shares "Satan" and "Jacob Rose"…

DOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Animal Collective, Mitski, Rolo Tomassi, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Cate Le Bon, The Jazz Butcher, A…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ….wtih THE PRETENDERS! Circa 1981, via one of Pate's two fab drummers, Jon Hahn.  Your setlist includes "The Wait," "The Adultress," "Message of Love/Louie Louie," "Talk of the…

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.  It's the anniversary of the passing of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in a plane crash outside Clear Lake, IA, and it…

First D.J.: "Rise and shine, campers and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today." Second D.J.: "It's cold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?" First D.J.:…

R.E.M., playing "Radio Free Europe" and "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" for their network TV debut … and Twofer Tuesday. COLIN HAY (Men at Work) plays Mountain Stage. STING visits World Cafe.…

RICHARD THOMPSON: The culmination of 1000 Years Of Popular Music. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Anaïs Mitchell, Pinegrove, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has…