STEAM: The one-hit wonder with a synced take on "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." Sorry 'bout those White Sox. THE HEAD AND THE HEART play WFUV.  THE HIVES share "Paint…

THE CARS play "Candy-O" and "The Dangerous Type" for Twofer Tuesday.  HINDS plays KEXP.  RIP VAN WINKLE: Robert Pollard shares "Sh^t-heel Man."  NATION OF LANGUAGE shares "I'm Not Ready For The Change." …

THE FIVE AMERICANS: "I See The Light." NEW RELEASES: Paste has Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Common Holly, and more.  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, The…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THREE DOG NIGHT! Once again, I'm enjoying the guilty pleasure of "Eli's Coming" with fellow fans of the late, lamented SportsNight. That, along with memories of The…

BRIAN WILSON, who as the leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys became rock’s poet laureate of surf-and-sun innocence, but also an embodiment of damaged genius through his struggles with mental illness…

BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet."  Because it's summer. Plus, cowbell. FRANZ FERDINAND plays KEXP.  MAVIS STAPLES covers Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed.”   DAVID BYRNE shares "Everybody Laughs."  JAPANESE BREAKFAST shares “My Baby (Got…

SYLVESTER STONE, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late ’60s and early ’70s, has died. He was 82. Here are the obits from the NYT and Rolling…

EDDIE COCHRAN: "Summertime Blues." Ain't no cure for 'em. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Pulp, Turnstile, and more.  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Lifeguard, Jens Lekman, and more. DAVID BYRNE joined…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and…

AEROSMITH: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" At least until Midnight. BEN KWELLER visits World Cafe.  TURNSTILE played "Dull" and "I Care" for Fallon. FREDDIE COSMOS shares "Pressed Flower."  ALLO DARLIN' shares "Cologne."  HAND HABITS…