JON PRATT: Pate's frontman returns with "Shaboom." JULIEN BAKER visits World Cafe. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED has four Prince playlists for you. BARTEES STRANGE covers Bon Iver's "Skinny Love." MARAINNE FAITHFULL talks about…
Read MoreJIM STEINMAN, who wrote all the songs on “Bat Out of Hell,” Meat Loaf’s operatic, teenage-angst-filled 1977 debut album, which remains one of the most successful records of all time, died on…
Read MoreYO LA TENGO are captured playing the bouncy "Mr. Tough" and "I Feel Like Going Home" at The Current. And that. my friends, is Twofer Tuesday. THE WEATHER STATION plays WXPN. ORIONS BELTE…
Read MoreSTEELY DAN turn in a spirited "Reelin' in the Years" on the Midnight Special. Fagen reportedly hated this performance, which appears in Almost Famous. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Paul McCartney,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with BLIND FAITH! Live at London's Hyde Park in June 1969. After an introduction and brief segments about supergroup members Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker, and Eric…
Read MoreSIMON & GARFUNKEL count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. AARON LEE TASJAN plays World Cafe. VALERIE JUNE visits The Current. LUCY DACUS shares "Hot and Heavy." TEENAGE FANCLUB shares "In…
Read MoreSOUL ASYLUM dip into their back catalog for the classic "Never Really Been" at the Northern Lights Theater; Milwaukee, WI. Throw in a cover of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and you have…
Read MoreA LESS-THAN-IDEAL SUNDAY. But today, if things don't get worse, I'll get my second vaccination shot. And if so, many people feel terribe the next day or so. I guess we'll see…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with GARAGE ROCK! It's the time of year when I bring out The Standells – "Dirty Water/ Why Pick On Me", but I couldn't stop there. Let's…
Read MoreDAVID BOWIE plays "Young Americans" for Cavett, looking and sounding too much acquainted with the Thin White Duke. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER, Live from Durham NC. LOU REED, Live at the Glasgow Apollo,…
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