PHIL EVERLY, whose hits with his older brother, Don, as the Everly Brothers were models to generations of rock vocal harmonies for the Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, Simon and Garfunkel and many others,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ….wtih THE PRETENDERS! Circa 1981, via one of Pate's two fab drummers, Jon Hahn.  Your setlist includes "The Wait," "The Adultress," "Message of Love/Louie Louie," "Talk of the…

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER dropped a video for "My Own World." STEPHEN MALKMUS  & THE JICKS are advance streaming Wig Out at Jag Bags. IRON & WINE, Calexico, Nick Lowe, Glen Hansard, Kathleen Edwards,…

THE NEW YEAR STARTS HERE (see y'all Thursday): …with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Making a tradition of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again"…

YUCK drops a video for "Somewhere." PETER GABRIEL streams Scratch My Back — on which he covers indie artists — and And I'll Scratch Yours — on which he covers them. METALLICA,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE RAMONES! Live at the Rainbow, December 31, 1977.  Your setlist includes: "Blitzkrieg Bop"; "I Wanna Be Well"; "Glad to See You Go"; "You're Gonna Kill That Girl";…

I'M TAKING THE BLOG DAY OFF, but I didn't want to leave your post-holiday cupboard bare. Insofar as some of you might have some holiday cash or gift cards to deplete, you…

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY STARTS HERE: … with CHRIS ISAAK, live at Universal Studios. Your holiday-themed numbers include "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Hey, Santa," "Last Month of the Year," "Blue Christmas," and "Christmas on…

PAUL McCARTNEY, BARRY GIBB & MADONNA all turned up on SNL with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake. WIRE performs live on the KEXP Afternoon Show and talks about the Drill Festival. LUSCIOUS…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera.…