LaBELLE: "Lady Marmalade." I coulda used a little more cowbell. THE BLACK KEYS visit World Cafe.  CUT COPY shares "Still See Love."  MARGO PRICE shares "Losing Streak."  HUNX AND HIS PUNX shares…

FUNKADELIC: "I Got a Thing" on Upbeat in 1970. JIMMY BUFFETT gets over three hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with Conor Friedersdorf.  BIG THIEF shares “Grandmother,” and “Los Angeles.” THE LEMONHEADS…

TOM JONES sung "It's Not Unusual" and "If He Should Ever Leave You" on Canadian Idol, which opened with some great archival footage. BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD visits World Cafe.  DEAD &…

LEMON PIPERS: "Green Tambourine." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Emily Hines, Laura Groves, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has the Warlocks, Everything Else, Matthew Sweet, and more, including his Best…

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,…

PILOT works their "Magic" on TOTP. THE VOIDS share the MęĞż øF rÅm EP. THE STARTING LINE shares "Circulate."  HONK shares "Last Order."  IRON & WINE + BEN BRIDWELL cover Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s…

FATBOY SLIM: When your "Weapon of Choice" is Walken. NICK CAVE shares an AI video for "Tupelo," rethinking his opinion on AI.  ANIMAL COLLECTIVE shares "Buddies on the Blackboard."  THE BETHS shares…

THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS cover the Moving Sidewalks' "99th Floor" (introed by Martha Quinn) and psych up even more on "Sunrise (Turn On)" for Twofer Tuesday. HAYLEY WILLIAMS surprise-released 17 new songs on her website.  PYNCH…

THE PIPETTES: "Your Kisses are Wasted On Me." Before it all went wrong. Sigh. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Folk B^tch trio, Cory Hanson, and more.  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: with MUSIC TELEVISION!  The cable phenom debuted next weekend in 1981. The first four hours included The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," while the rest of the…