EDDIE VAN HALEN, whose razzle-dazzle guitar-playing — combining complex harmonics, innovative fingerings and ingenious devices he patented for his instrument — made him the most influential guitarist of his generation and his…

THE MOODY BLUES "Ride My Seesaw" in 1968 for Twofer "Tuesday Afternoon." JIM JAMES visits with World Cafe. BRITTANY HOWARD performs three songs for CBS This Morning. THE KILLS share a demo…

THE JAGS: "Back of My Hand," from TOTP and the "Where Are They Now?" file. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Dawes, Bartees Strange, Drive-By Truckers, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE GO-GOs!  They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts.…

THE PSYCHEDLIC FURS broke through with this video for "Love My Way" on the MTV. JASON ISBELL & AMANDA SHIRES play a Tiny Desk Concert from Home. SYLVAN ESSO visits WFUV Live.…

DUMPTRUCK: "Back Where I Belong." DEERHOOF is streaming Love-Lore, a 35-minute, 43-song, live-in-the-studio covers medley album.  The tracklist is here. DEHD plays virtually for The Current. THE XX's Romy shares "Lifetime." BAT…

THE FLIRTATIONS deliver slices of Northern Soul with "Nothing But A Heartache" and "What's Good About Goodbye My Love" for Twofer Tuesday. THE RAMONES get almost three hours of discussion and analysis…

THE TEMPTATIONS: "Psychedelic Shack." That's where it's at. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Sufjan Stevens, Pillow Queens, Sylvan Esso, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has A Certain Ratio, Mint Field,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with THE BYRDS! To everything there is a season, and when the leaves start turning, my thoughts turn to this rare live threefer of "Turn! Turn! Turn!",…

O'JAYS: "Backstabbers." BEST COAST plays for KEXP. REAL ESTATE visits with World Cafe. RON GALLO visits with The Current. PYLON: Hear 1979's "Modern Day Fashion Woman."   MATT BERNINGER shares "One More Second."…