THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… … with THE RASCALS!  I was delighted to rediscover one of my fave clips, their cover of "Mickey's Monkey" in a medley with "Turn On Your Love Light."  A…

SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN drop a video for "Madeline," which sounds like it should soundtrack a Wes Anderson film. WORLD PARTY played a mini-set for KUTX. THE DESLONDES stopped by…

ONE THOUSAND FOO FIGHTERS FANS "Learn to Fly." Dave Grohl promised to visit them. THE ALLAH-LAs did a Lagniappe Session at Aquarium Drunkard, covering the Jesus & Mary Chain, Cass McCombs, and Kevin…

TWIN SHADOW sang "To The Top" (probably my fave of his) for James Corden. PAVEMENT advance streams The Secret History, Vol. 1. STURGILL SIMPSON played the Newport Folk Festival. WARREN HAYNES stopped…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN joined U2 on "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" at MSG. MAC DeMARCO streams and explains the Another One EP. HALF JAPANESE streams the Bingo Ringo EP. ULTIMATE…

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,…

CRAIG FINN joined TITUS ANDRONICUS at Shea Stadium (not that Shea Stadium) for enocres including the Replacements' "Bast^rds of Young" and Billy Joel's "You may Be Right." LORD HURON played the Newport…

COMMUNIONS drops a video for “Forget It’s A Dream," and it seems oddly 80s to me. PAUL WELLER played a Tiny Desk Concert. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED is Guest DJed by the soulful…

KEITH RICHARDS, Lord of the Undead, dropped a video for "Trouble." JASON ISBELL played the Newport Folk Festival.  Isbell, btw, is topping the charts. COURTNEY BARNETT played the Newport Folk Festival.  TITUS…

BELLE & SEBASTIAN share an extended version of "Perfect Couples." THE LONE BELLOW played the Newport Folk Festival. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH played the Newport Folk Festival. ALBERT HAMMOND JR advance…