GLAM XMAS:  Wizzard's awesome "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" and Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" (1973's UK Xmas No. 1) are your Twofer Tuesday. COURTNEY BARNETT plays World Cafe.  MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER…

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)." MY MORNING JACKET visits World Cafe.  THE LEMON TWIGS share  “I’ve Got A Broken Heart” and “Friday (I’m Gonna Love You).”   THE NOTWIST returns with…

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE:  …with FAVES 2025!  I occasionally hear from folks who want to know what music — from among all of the posts I do here — I recommend.  To some…

FLEETWOOD MAC: "Go Your Own Way," live circa 1979. Sounded great, fellas, but I coulda used a little More Cowbell. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to De La Soul, Lou Salome,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND!  A two-part (Part 1, Part 2) feature from the Old Grey Whistle Test on L.A.'s psychedelic-flavored, West Coast scene in the mid-80s. Bands featured include the Long Ryders, Prime Movers,…

COUSTEAU: "The Last Good Day of the Year." Or past it, really. GEESE, From The Basement.  THEE HEADCOATEES share Man-Trap.  SYLVAN ESSO shares "Keep On."  GRACE CUMMINGS & JIM JAMES share "Times…

THE WHO: "I'm A Boy." GEESE covered Leonard Cohen, The Stooges, and more at an intimate Blue Note Jazz Club show.  YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS returns with "I'm A Prison." Their hardest since…

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. DAVID BYRNE visits World Cafe.  MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW shares "Only…

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS play "Birdhouse In Your Soul" with the Doc Severenson Orchestra. NEW RELEASES: Paste points to Colter Wall, Home Front, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Mary Onettes,…

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***…