THE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS!  It's time to "Do It Again."  Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument — as…

QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS: "96 Tears" and "Girl (You Captivate Me)" for Twofer Tuesday.  LUCY DACUS play The Current.  GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS shares "She Knows Me."  BLEACHERS debuts "Blood Brothers" in Asbury Park,…

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bruce Springsteen, Daisy the great, and more…  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Frankie Cosmos, BC Camplight and…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL! The obligatory "Summer in the City" because of course.  But let's do the other big hits: "Daydream," "Do You Believe in Magic," and "You Didn't Have…

ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" — a song about "Papa" John Phillips — for Carson. JAPANESE BREAKFAST plays KCRW.  JONATHAN RICHMAN returns with “O Guitar,” and “I Was Just A Piece Of…

THE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of "Tobacco Road." RAIN PARADE plays KCRW unplugged.  THE BETHS shares "No Joy."  FRANZ FERDINAND adds JOHNNY MARR to "Build It Up."  FOLK BITCH TRIO shares…

THE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday. WEIRD BLOOM is profiled at World Cafe. …

BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpsuit look. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to HAIM, Hotline TNT, and more. …

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with the wicked, wicked WILSON PICKETT, live from Germany, circa 1968. This disappeared from the Tube, but I've managed to find almost all of it reposted there or…

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul." JAPANESE BREAKFAST plays KCRW.  MARK STEWART's posthumous cover of The Korgis’ “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometimes.”   FRUIT BATS shares "Stuck In My Head Again."  STEVE GUNN shares…