FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE work the car wash for "Denise," whom you may know as T'Pol. THE B-52s, Live at Berklee College of Music, 1979. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Sufjan Stevens, Bill Callahan, Fenne…

THE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday. THE TWEEDY FAMILY covers Neil Young, My…

BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpuit look. THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS play KEXP. PERFUME GENIUS plays KEXP from home. AN…

THE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS!  It's Pate Reunion Weekend and time to "Do It Again."  Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the…

THE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of "Tobacco Road." NICOLE ATKINS guests on World Cafe. LUCINDA WILLIAMS plays tunes from 'Car Wheels On A Gravel Road' and more from 1998. COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS…

JON PRATT: Pate's frontman shares "Meet Me By The Riverside." THE ZOMBIES and ARGENT get about two and a half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with Prof. Randy Barnett.…

THE BLACK HOLLIES with the grainy, garagey "Tell Me What You Want". NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Khruangbin, Pottery, Haim, Bad Moves, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Redd Kross,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and…

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me." Delightfully Beatlesque. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS share "Come All Ye Faithful," which is not what you think. THE OLD 97s "Turn Off the TV." THE…

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul." FLOCK OF DIMES streams the Like So Much Desire EP. HAMILTON LEITHAUSER does a Tiny Desk Concert from home, with family. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED discusses the best…