HUSKER DU covers The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," circa 1985. BOOTSY COLLINS visits with World Cafe. BARTEES STRANGE visits with World Cafe. CROWDED HOUSE shares "To The Island." ARAB STRAB shares "Here…

JON PRATT: Pate's frontman plays "I Just Wanna Be Your's." DR. JOHN'S New Orleans Swamp: 1974 Television Special with The Meters, 1974. THE METERS: Live At The Bottom Line / Live At Showboat Lounge,…

REDD KROSS play "Annie's Gone" and cover The Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More" for Twofer Tuesday. ALABASTER dePLUME plays a Lagniappe Session. NATHANIEL RATELIFF plays SNL. ANIKA PYLE streams Wild River. NICK LOWE: How…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN breaks out a 12-string to cover Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk in the Room," which was also a hit for The Searchers. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Clap…

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."  Beyond that, my thoughts typically drift…

JOHN HIATT: It's been a "Slow Turning." MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO plays a Tiny Desk Concert. COOL GHOULS share “The Way I Made You Cry” and “Helpless Circumstance.” The former has an early Rundgren…

LEONARD COHEN plays "So Long, Marianne," circa 1979. MARY WILSON, the force that held the Supremes together through the episodes of tragedy and internal strife that marked the history of the most…

R.E.M., playing "Radio Free Europe" and "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" for their network TV debut … and Twofer Tuesday. LOCAL NATIVES play WFUV Live. MARISSA NADLER covers Johnny & Santo's "Sleep…

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD covers "People Get Ready." NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to Foo Fighters, Sun June, The Staves, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Oh-OK, the Weather Station, TV Priest, and more.…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with JAMES BROWN! The Godfather of Soul, y'all, with his star time from the T.A.M.I. Show in 1964; your setlist includes "Out of Sight", "Prisoner of Love", "Please,…