MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was my address last night, which is why there's only one item today. George Miller's reboot of his classic franchise is a worthy successor, perhaps second only to…

COURTNEY BARNETT drops a video for "Dead Fox." BRANDON FLOWERS advance streams The Desired Effect via iTunes. HOT CHIP advance streams Why Make Sense. Not really my genre, but they're good at…

THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS play "Earthquake" during their first live set in 47 years. SPIRIT CLUB, a Wavves side-project, streams a self-titled debut. BNLX streams Good Light. DARYL HALL & BEN FOLDS…

U2 played several songs for Jimmy Fallon, busjed in the subway, and more. THE MILK CARTON KIDS advance stream Monterey. FAITH NO MORE advance streams Sol Invictus. JIM O'ROURKE advance streams Simple…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with XTC! Live on Rockpalast, February 10, 1982. Your setlist includes: "Respectable Street" (still one of my faves), "Towers of London," "Runaways," "Jason and the Argonauts," "Burning…

ERROL BROWN, the singer who as the ultra-smooth frontman of Hot Chocolate became one of Britain’s most successful musicians, has died from liver cancer. He was 71. The band's catalog is deeper and stranger…

MIKAL CRONIN plays “Turn Around” for Conan. NOVELLA advance streams their debut LP, Land. ESKIMEAUX advance streams O.K. KENNY KNIGHT advance streams the reissue of Crossroads. VOMITFACE advance streams the Another Bad…

CINCO DE MAYO STARTS HERE:  …with LOS LOBOS: "I Got Loaded" (with an added snippet of "Turn On Your Lovelight") from their fabulous first full-lengther, How Will the Wolf Survive? "Don't Worry Baby," "Evangeline," "Our…

BEN E. KING,  a singer and songwriter whose 1961 hit “Stand by Me” became an enduring rhythm-and-blues classic and found a new generation of fans through the popular 1986 film of the…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with R.E.M! Live at the Capital Theater, in Passaic, NJ, on June 9, 1984. Your set list includes: "Pale Blue Eyes"; "Second Guessing"; "Hyena"; "Letter Never Sent"; "Harborcoat";…