REGINA SPEKTOR shared a video for "Bleeding Heart." MINOR VICTORIES played the Pitchfork Music Festival Paris.  JAMES VINCENT McMORROW visited The Current for a chat and mini-set. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED celebrates songs…

THE AVETT BROTHERS share a video for "No Hard Feelings" TEGAN & SARA played a Tiny Desk Concert. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER, Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Nov. 15, 2016. KATE…

SHARON JONES, a powerhouse soul singer with a gritty voice, fast feet and indomitable energy, died Friday of pancreatic cancer. She was 60.  Here's what I wrote after I first saw her…

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,…

MOUNT MORIAH shared a video for "How to Dance." WARPAINT, Live at the 9:30 Club. BAND OF HORSES stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. FLOCK OF DIMES stopped by…

HALEY BONAR covers the Crystals’ "Then He Kissed Me"with a Joy Division sort of vibe. MY MORNING JACKET plays Austin City Limits. As does Ben Harper. LAMBCHOP, Live at the Hopscotch Music…

THE FLAMING LIPS share a video for "How??" SPLIT SINGLE, ft members of Wilco and Superchunk, advance stream Metal Frames. LOWER PLENTY, using late-period Beatles records as an influence, advance streams Sister…

VERY BUSY WEEKEND, but I have a few items for you… LEON RUSSELL, renowned multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who collaborated with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones and Elton John over the…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with NEIL YOUNG!  Live on the Beeb, circa '71. Your setlist includes: "Out on the Weekend," "Old Man," "Journey Thru the Past," "Heart of Gold," "Don't Let…

THE WRECK of the EDMUND FITZGERALD: The legend lives o­n from the Chippewa o­n down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee.This is the 41st anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund…