TOM JONES sung "It's Not Unusual" and "If He Should Ever Leave You" on Canadian Idol, which opened with some great archival footage. SHOVELS & ROPE visits World Cafe. PURE BATHING CULTURE…

PILOT works their "Magic" on TOTP. NEW RELEASES from Markika Hackman, Ra Ra Riot, Hammered Hulls and more are streaming now. STEVE EARLE visits The Current for a 7-song set. BRUCE HORNSBY…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: SLY & THE FAMILY STONE rip through a medley of "Everyday People" and "Dance to the Music," plus "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey," and "I Want…

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl." DAVID CROSBY & THE LIGHTHOUSE BAND play a Tiny Desk Concert. THE NUDE PARTY visits The Current. ALL SONGS REWIND: A discussion of…

FATBOY SLIM: When your "Weapon of Choice" is Walken. THE HANDSOME FAMILY plays Mountain Stage. IRON & WINE + CALEXICO visit World Cafe. ELLIOT SMITH would have turned 50 this week; special…

THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS cover the Moving Sidewalks' "99th Floor" (introed by Martha Quinn) and psych up even more on "Sunrise (Turn On)" for Twofer Tuesday VAN HUNT visits WFUV Live. BLACK PUMAS visit Morning…

THE PIPETTES: "Your Kisses are Wasted On Me." Before it all went wrong. Sigh. NEW RELEASES: Ty Segall, Ruussian Circles, Tyler Childers, and more. THE IDLES, Live at First Avenue. THOM YORKE…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with JOHN HUGHES! The sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, buds, wasteoids, dweebies and dickheads, they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. The writer/director behind Sixteen Candles,…

THE MONKEES: The TV version of "You Just May Be the One," which differs from the LP version and has more cowbell. HAR MAR SUPERSTAR plays a Wendy's Baconcert, in an actual…

BLONDIE: "Heart of Glass," filmed at Studio 54 in New York City. CATE LE BON, Live at the the Pitchfork Music Fest. GIRLPOOL visits KEXP. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED shares unheard Woodstock recordings. IGGY…