FATBOY SLIM: When your "Weapon of Choice" is Walken. THE WAR AND TREATY play a Tiny Desk Concert.  RICHARD THOMPSON returns with "Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking." His most rocking thing in a…

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. THUNDERCAT vists World Cafe.  MICHAEL STIPE barely shares "Hum…

THE PIPETTES: "Your Kisses are Wasted On Me." Before it all went wrong. Sigh. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Sam & Louise Sullivan, Punch Bros., and more.  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT…

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…

ADAM & THE ANTS: "Dog Eat Dog." Gonna look real good (yeah, right). CARDINALS plays KEXP.  THE AFGHAN WHIGS SHARES "My Lover."  THE TUBS shares "Stoop To Me." ELEPHANT STONE shares “I Got…

ELO: Because I "Can't Get It Out Of My Head." THE WEDDING PRESENT plays KEXP.  THE GOODS shares "Summer's Almost Gone."  BUDDY MILLER shares "Don't Look Back."  GREG FREEMAN shares "Indu."  SYLVAN…

THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, cranking out "I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down" and "Rock & Roll Pest Control" raw for Twofer Tuesday. AVALON EMERSON & THE CHARM plays World…

ZZ TOP: They've been up, they've been down, but you know they were just lookin' for some "Tush." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Yard Act, Gary Stewart, and more.  BILL'S…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THIN LIZZY! Remember that chick who used to dance a lot? Here's Phil Lynott & Co. live at the Sydney Opera House in 1978, playing "Jailbreak," "Bad…

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me." WEIRD NIGHTMARE plays World Cafe.  PHOEBE BRIDGERS went School of Rock to play "Lost Boys" on Fallon.  BECK returns with "In The Night."  FIONA…