JON PRATT: Pate's frontman shares "When You're Feeling Gray." TY SEGALL dropped a surprise new album. SHAME plays a Tiny Desk Concert. BACHELOR visits World Cafe. CHUBBY & THE GANG share "I…
Read MoreTHE CHESTERFIELD KINGS cover the Moving Sidewalks' "99th Floor" (introed by Martha Quinn) and psych up even more on "Sunrise (Turn On)" for Twofer Tuesday. LUMP virtually visits The Current. PHOEBE BRIDGERS picks standout…
Read MoreTHE PIPETTES: "Your Kisses are Wasted On Me." Before it all went wrong. Sigh. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Son Volt, Prince, urand Jones & The Indications, and more. BILL'S…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: with MUSIC TELEVISION! The cable phenom debuted on tomorrow's date in 1981. The first four hours included The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," while the rest of…
Read MoreDUSTY HILL, the quiet, bearded bass player who made up one third of ZZ Top, among the best-selling rock bands of the 1980s, has died at his home in Houston. He was…
Read MoreELO: Because I "Can't Get It Out Of My Head." RHIANNON GIDDENS visits World Cafe. THE AQUARIUM DRUNKARD PICTURE SHOW has Jack Name, Orions Belte, Stereolab, L’Eclair, Galaxie 500, Babe Rainbow, Spencer…
Read MoreAS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, a little light on "news" today. THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, cranking out "I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down" and "Rock & Roll Pest Control" raw…
Read MorePOP MUSIC: Let's talk about it. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Leon Bridges, Anika and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Piroshka, Lou Hayter, and more. FRUIT BATS covers the Smashing…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with LIVE AID! It was recently the anniversary of the trans-Atlantic rock event aimed at aiding starving people in Ethiopia (Its prime movers, like Bob Geldof & Bono,…
Read MoreTHE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me." ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Soccer Mommy, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson, and more. THE WEATHER STATION plays a Tiny Desk Concert from…
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