THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND!  A two-part (Part 1, Part 2) feature from the Old Grey Whistle Test on L.A.'s psychedelic-flavored, West Coast scene in the mid-80s. Bands featured include the Long Ryders, Prime Movers,…

CASS McCOMBS drops a video for "Name Written In Water" that features… pig butchery. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS advance stream English Oceans. SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE advance streams More Fears. LAIBACH advance streams Spectre. AVA…

THE NATIONAL drops a video for "I Need My Girl." REAL ESTATE is advance streaming Atlas via iTunes. THE MEN advance stream Tomorrow's Hits. BART DAVENPORT advance streams Physical World. JOHHNY GREENWOOD…

THE AFGHAN WHIGS drop "Algiers" ahead of their reunion LP, Do The Beast. FRANKIE COSMOS advance streams Zentropy. LUSHES advance stream What Am I Doing. EAGULLS advance stream their self-titled LP. JASON…

DUM DUM GIRLS  drop a video for "Too True To Be Good." LINDA PERHACS advance streams The Soul of All Natural Things. DIANE CLUCK advance streams Boneset. NOTHING advance streams Guilty of…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with MARSHALL CRENSHAW! Live at the Ritz, June 6, 1985. Use a free trial at Paste (actually, use the link and try playing the first video — you…

SPRINGSTEEN covers INXS's "Don't Change" in Sydney. DR DOG stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.  HOSPITALITY plays a mini-set in the WNYC Soundcheck studio.  YELLOW OSTRICH is streaming their…

BOB CASALE, who played guitar with Devo alongside his brother Gerald from the original incarnation of the groundbreaking Akron new wave band in 1973 all the way through their recent tours, died…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & EDDIE VEDDER take the "Highway to Hell" in Melbourne. ARCTIC MONKEYS stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. TONY JOE WHITE stopped by World Cafe for a…

MISSION OF BURMA covering "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" at the Bell House. BECK advance streams Morning Phase. DEATH VESSEL advance streams Island Intervals. May not sound like you think.  THE JOHN BUTLER…