SPECTRE has a new promo online that aired during the NBA Finals.  Unfortunately, that's all I can manage today due to family biz.  Fortunately, yesterday was a slow day, with the possible…

JON PRATT: Pate's frontman dropped "Silvertone" on his website, mixing Westerberg with The Who, Tommy James…and Pate. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH played a mini-set on CBS This Morning. MICHAEL SHANNON: The…

CHRISTOPHER OWENS dropped a hove video for "To Take Care of Myself Again". FAITH NO MORE is streaming the bonus disc from the Angel Dust reissue. ALPINE is advance streaming Yuck. BEST COAST…

SPOON covered The Cramps' "TV Set" on Conan. RICHARD THOMPSON advance streams Still. HEARTLESS BAST^RDS advance stream Restless Ones. JON DeROSA is streaming Black Halo. SARAH CRACKNELL advance streams Red Kite. TITUS…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ….with MARSHALL CRENSHAW!  Live at The Ritz, July 6, 1985.  Your setlist includes: "Blues Is King," "Whenever You're On My Mind," "Shake Rattle And Roll," "Our Town," "Maryann,"…

ETERNAL SUMMERS dropped a video for "Gold and Stone." THE DAMNWELLS dropped by WFUV Live for a chat and mini-set. ELVIS PERKINS plays live on KEXP's Midday Show. JENNY HVAL advance streams…

SCREAMING FEMALES take on Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" for The A.V. Club Undercover. DAWES stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. LORD HURON stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for…

TAME IMPALA drops a video for "'Cause I'm a Man." SHARON VAN ETTEN advance streams her new EP, I Don't Want To Let You Down, andgives NPR a track-by-track tour. SUN KIL…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN joined THE WHO on "My Generation" at the MusiCares MAP Fund benefit. FFS: The Franz Ferdinand/Sparks fusion advance streams their self-titled debut. ARTHUR RUSSELL: first Listen streams the posthumous collection…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with POWER POP! A few of these may be well-known generally, like Cheap Trick's  "Way of the World" and Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind"… and some well-known to…