KEITH EMERSON, who helped pioneer prog rock as the keyboardist for the Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, has died aged 71 after apparently taking his own life. Here's the Rolling Stone…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with THE TALKING HEADS! Here's the expanded band — including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) — Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist:…
Read MoreSUNFLOWER BEAN, a band to watch, drops a video for "Easier Said." M WARD plays WFUV's Studio A. PALEHOUND streams a Dry Food sampler. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: New tracks from Sturgill Simpson, Beth…
Read MoreANOTHER LONG NIGHT, another chronic sinus headache. So I'll return tomorrow. Also it was a slow news day, but I do note: GEORGE MARTIN, the “Fifth Beatle” and British treasure who…
Read MoreTHE HIGH LLAMAS drop a video for "McKain James." More Village Green Kinks than Steely Dan. INTO IT. OVER IT. is streaming Standards. PARQUET COURTS stopped by WFUV's Studio A for a…
Read MoreTHE WHO — or who's left of them — played "Who Are You?" for Fallon, their first such US TV performance since 2006, or 1967, depending how you count it. RA RA…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… … with THE MINUTEMEN! San Pedro, California's greatest musical export took apart rock, jazz and funk and put the pieces back together in a jagged collage. They are…
Read MoreFRIGHTENED RABBIT drops a video for "Get Out." WILCO plays a Tiny Desk Concert. THE AUSTIN 100: NPR's six-hour playlist or download of SXSW bands. CAN: The Peel Sessions, 1973-75. KEEPS advance…
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Read MoreI DON'T CARES drop a video for "Whole Lotta Nothin'." ROMP advance streams its Departure From Venus. Lift-off! THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN advance streams A Man Alive. SOUND OF…
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