THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with OTIS REDDING & FRIENDS! Circa 1967, this review includes Booker T & The MGs ("Green Onions"), The Mar-Keys ("Philly Dog"), Arthur Conley ("Sweet Soul Music"), Eddie Floyd…
Read MoreHAD SOME PERSONAL BIZ, so today is the economy version of the blog. GUIDED BY VOICES brings Funnie Or Die in to spoof Simon & Garfunkel in the video for "Bad Love…
Read MorePARQUET COURTS' video for "Black And White" is not in color. THE FRESH & ONLYS advance stream House Of Spirits. CLEANUP is streaming Sun Life. WRECK & REFERENCE advance stream Want. ALL…
Read MoreTHE ORWELLS visit "North Ave." CHRISSIE HYNDE advance streams Stockholm. DEATHCATS advance stream All Hail Deathcats. LUST FOR YOUTH advance streams International. PHOENIX perfoms a Takeaway Show for La Blogotheque. WAR: As…
Read MoreRYAN ADAMS covers the Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance" at a tech conference. FIRST AID KIT is advance streaming Stay Gold. JOSE JAMES is advance streaming While You Were Sleeping. MARY GAUTHIER is…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like the Raspberries' "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be…
Read MoreCONOR OBERST, “Zigzagging Toward The Light." CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN is advance streaming El Camino Real. THE ORWELLS are advance streaming Disgraceland,via Spotify. MUSEUM MOUTHis advance streaming Alex I Am Nothing. DEVON WILLIAMS…
Read MoreX THE BLACK KEYS play a full set at Alabama's Hangout Fest. BOB MOULD is advance streaming Beauty and Ruin. F—ED UP advance streams Glass Boys. GOLD-BEARS advance stream Dalliance. ALL SONGS…
Read MorePHIL COLLINS sings “In The Air Tonight” and Genesis’ “Land Of Confusion” (for the first time in 9 years) with a middle school band for Twofer Tuesday. Not the greatest performances, but…
Read MoreMEMORIAL DAY has become — in the minds of some — a day devoted to uncovering their swimming pools and barbeques. So take a moment (preferably at 3 p.m. local time) to…
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