THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STARTS EARLY:   …with THE SWEET!  The bubble-glam rockers are probably best known for the trifecta of "Little Willy," "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run," though they…

JON PRATT covers Pate's anthemic "Gone Electric" as Pete Townshend crossed with early Billy Bragg. And he's getting the band together in July. NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS play KEXP. WOLF ALICE…

THE RASPBERRIES crush "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be With You" for Twofer Tuesday. JULIEN BAKER & TORRES visit World Cafe. JOHNNY MATHIS plays his last show. SUEDE shares "Disintegrate."…

JAY & THE AMERICANS "Come a Little Bit Closer" on Monday. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Ezra Furman, Tune-Yards, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Gotobeds, Billy Nomates, and…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with HARRY NILSSON! Let's revisit the BBC's "The Music of Nilsson from 1971, including a mashup of "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" and "One," "Gotta Get Up," a medley…

FREE: "All Right Now." Wouldn't be Summer without it. SUZANNE VEGA plays WFUV. THE LEMONHEADS share "Deep End," ft J Mascis and Juliana Hatfield. Eh, I wanted to like it. WAVVES shares…

SIMON & GARFUNKEL tackle "Late In the Evening" in Central Park, circa 1981, iirc. JAPANESE BREAKFAST plays KCRW. KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD shares "Grow Wings and Fly." MAJOR MURPHY shares…

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE play "It Must Be Summer" unpluggedy. BETH GIBBONS plays a Tiny Desk Concert. ALAN SPARHAWK & TRAMPLED BY TURTLES share "Not Broken." DOLLAR STORE shares "Tik Tok." JILL SOBULE:…

WE FIVE: Because "You Were On My Mind," natch. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Murray Attaway (Guadalcanal Diary ), I'm With Her, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Peter Murphy,…

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