A FEW WEDNESDAY THINGS, ANYWAY: ELO: Because I "Can't Get It Out Of My Head." RICK WAKEMAN: The Stranger-Than-Fiction Secret History of the Prog-Rock Icon. CHRIS FRANTZ: 'If you knew David Byrne, you would…

THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, cranking out "I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down" and "Rock & Roll Pest Control" raw for Twofer Tuesday. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's career through The River gets…

POP MUSIC: Let's talk about it. NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to JARV IS, Dehd, Lianna La Havas, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Protomartyr, Crack Cloud, PAINT, and more. RICHARD THOMPSON…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with LIVE AID! This week was the 35th Anniversary of the trans-Atlantic rock event aimed at aiding starving people in Ethiopia (Its prime movers, like Bob Geldof &…

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl." SORRY connects from London with The Current for a live virtual session. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Live at Rockwood Music Hall. JONATHAN WILSON visits World…

REALLY, just a handful of Wednesday Things because my head is asplodey. ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" — a song about "Papa" John Phillips — for Carson. GRANT IMAHARA,  an…

QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS: "96 Tears" and " Girl (You Captivate Me)" for Twofer Tuesday. BOB MOULD shares a "Forecast of Rain." BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG covers Billy Bragg's "A New England."…

LEMON PIPERS: "Green Tambourine." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Margo Price, My Morning Jacket, Rufus Wainwright, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Kelley Stoltz, The Beths, Ian Masters, and more.…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THREE DOG NIGHT! Once again, I'm enjoying the guilty pleasure of "Eli's Coming" with fellow fans of the late, lamented SportsNight. That, along with memories of The…

ANYWAY, a few Thursday Things: DIAMOND KNIGHTS: "Destination Diamonds".  For the 70s vibe in the heat of July. THE JAYHAWKS preview their new LP a bit at World Cafe. CHICANO BATMAN plays a…