THE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." SIGN O' THE TIMES: An 8-part podcast. JAKE NAME covers Legendary Pink Dots, Ween, Jimi Hendrix, and more for a Lagniappe Session. BARRY GIBB: The…

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)." THE BETHS visit World Cafe. OWEN PALLETT visits World Cafe. THE NATIONAL's Matt Berninger covers The Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting For The Man." THE HOLD STEADY…

JON PRATT returns with "Setting Suns and Englishmen." BEABABADOOBEE plays for World Cafe from her childhood bedroom. CORDOVAS play for (and frontman Joe Firstman visits with) World Cafe. COURTNEY BARNETT & PHOEBE…

THE WHO: "I'm A Boy." NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork wil point you to Smashing Pumpkins, Bad Bunny, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Young Marble Giants, Cindy, Jarvis Cocker, and more. PHOEBE BRIDGERS…

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE… with FAVES 2020.  I occasionally hear from folks who want to know what music — from among all of the posts I do here — I recommend.  To some…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE REPLACEMENTS! The original quartet, opening for X in Mpls in October '83.  Your setlist includes: "I'm In Trouble," "Kids Don't Follow," a lounge version of "F***…

BUT STILL SOME THURSDAY THINGS: BILLY PAUL: "Me and Mrs. Jones." Got a thing going on. ADRIENNE LENKER played a Tiny Desk Concert from Home. OWEN PALLETT  played a Tiny Desk Concert…

MARTI JONES & TIM LEE (The Windbreakers) cover The dB's classic, "Neverland." With Beatle Bob cameo. DEHD plays for World Cafe. JOSH RITTER visited The Current. PETER, BJORN AND JOHN share a…

THE SMITHEREENS: Pat DiNizio sings "In a Lonely Place" with Suzanne Vega and "Blue Period" with Belinda Carlisle. A duo of duets for Twofer Tuesday. MICHAEL KIWANUKA plays a Tiny Desk Concert from…

IKE & TINA TURNER: "River Deep, Mountain High," live and de-Spectorized. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Lambchop, Marika Hackman, The Bats, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Chilly Gonzalez (ft…