BOB DYLAN dropped an interactive video for… "Like A Rolling Stone," featuring Danny Brown, Drew Carey, Marc Maron, and the Pawn Stars guys. GLEN HANSARD is streaming his Drive All Night EP,…
Read MoreJIM JAMES (or do you say "Yim Yames"?) performs on PBS’s Austin City Limits. The Black Angels open. MINOR ALPS: Juliana Hatfield and Nada Surf's Matthew Caws stopped by The Current for…
Read MoreMIKE MILLS & BILL BERRY joined PETER BUCK onstage at the 40 Watt Club to perform REM's 1984 single “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville.” Looks like Scott McCaughey, too. (Photo via Tommy…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… … with THE RASCALS! I was delighted to find one of my fave clips, their cover of "Mickey's Monkey" in a medley with "Turn On Your Love Light." A…
Read MoreCULTS took "The High Road" to the Tonight Show. MAGIK MARKERS are streaming Surrender to the Fantasy. DEATH GRIPS are advance streaming Government Plates. Not my bag, but Pate bassist Mike Kelly's…
Read MoreSTEPHEN MALKMUS &THE JICKS drop a video for "Lariat" ahead of Wig Out At Jagbags. THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE soundtrack, ft. music from the National, Lorde, Coldplay, the Weeknd, Santigold, Antony…
Read MoreBEST COAST: "I Don't Know How" verges on country, as surf-pop goes. Then they kick it up a notch. OKKERVIL RIVER stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. BASIA BULAT…
Read MoreBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, "Dancing In The Dark," unpluggedy, at Stand Up For Heroes 2013 (at 2:24 min, though the link should take you there). Also, he tells a dirty joke. POLICA played a…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE WRECK of the EDMUND FITZGERALD: The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. Nov. 10 marks the 38th anniversary of the…
Read MoreMETRIC offers a kaleidoscopic view of Emily Haines in "Synthetica." JIMI HENDRIX: HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN' is streaming in full at PBS. ERASURE is advance streaming… wait for it… a Christmas…
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