THE DEL LORDS extend "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" Circa 1990. TOM MORELLO visits Word Cafe. GARCIA PEOPLES covers Jerry Jeff Walker, The Waterboys, and Neil Young…

LIZ PHAIR: "Jealousy." It sneers like she does. ADAM SCHLESSINGER: A MUSIC CELEBRATION is streaming on the Tube. SONIC YOUTH shares "In & Out" from an upcoming rarities comp. GEESE plays "Low Era"…

RAY CHARLES jamming out "Walk the Line" & "Ring of Fire" for Johnny Cash Twofer Tuesday. ELVIS COSTELLO visits World Cafe. WHO IS HARRY NILSSON AND WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKIN' ABOUT HIM…

U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream. NEW RELEASES: Paste will pint you to Elvis Costello, Cat Power, Earl Sweatshirt, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Molly Nilsson, Balkans, Elephant…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with R.E.M.!  Live in Germany circa 1985, more complete than what has previously turned up on the Tube. Songs include "Feeling Gravity's Pull," "Harbourcoat," "Sitting Still," "Maps &…

RONNIE SPECTOR, the lead singer of the Ronettes, the 1960s vocal trio that gave a passionate, bad-girl edge to pop’s girl-group sound with hits like “Be My Baby,” “Baby, I Love You,”…

THE FIVE AMERICANS: "I See The Light." RYLEY WALKER is steaming a new EP, So Certain. LIANNE LA HAVAS plays The Current. SPOON shares "Wild." DESTROYER shares “Tintoretto, It’s for You.” BILL…

ALBERT LEE covers Jimmy Webb's "If You See Me Getting Smaller," one of my favorite Webb tunes, though (afaik) never a hit for anyone. DURAN DURAN: Simon Le Bon visited World Cafe…

SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: "Tears of a Clown." Originally released in 1967, but it didn't become a hit until 1970. Sometimes, a hit takes time. NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with ECHO and the BUNNYMEN!  Live at the Royal Albert Hall, circa July 1983.  Your setlist includes: "Going Up," "Villiers Terrace," "All That Jazz," "Heads Will Roll," "Porcupine," "All…