CINCO DE MAYO STARTS HERE:  …with LOS LOBOS: "I Got Loaded" (with an added snippet of "Turn On Your Lovelight") from their fabulous first full-lengther, How Will the Wolf Survive? "Don't Worry Baby," "Evangeline," "Our…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with STEVIE WONDER! His session at the Beat Club includes "Intro Jam," "Contusion," "Higher Ground," "Dont You Worry ‘Bout A Thing," "I Can See The Sun In Late…

EVERY MOTHER'S SON: "Come On Down to My Boat," baby. PALMYRA visits World Cafe. BLONDSHELL shares “Event of a Fire.” KACEY MUSGRAVES covers "Lost Highway." SUFJAN STEVENS shares the demo for “Death with…

THE TEMPTATIONS gallop through "I Can't Get Next to You" live on TOTP. BRIAN ENO gets about three and a half hours of discussion and analysis on the latest Political Beats podcast.…

THE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards. THE SWELL SEASON visits World Cafe. CHRIS STAMEY shares the Beach Boys-inspired "I'd Be Lost Without You," with…

THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Tennis, Sunflower Bean, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Deerhoof, the Moonlandingz, and more. …

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SQUEEZE!  Despite a new LP, some of you whippersnappers may never heard of Difford, Tilbrook & Co., who previously reeled of stellar string of pop gems, including "Take…

THE ROLLING STONES made their second US TV appearance on The Mike Douglas Show, covering Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away." BETH GIBBONS plays KCRW. CURTIS HARDING shares "There She Goes."  THE WONDER…

THE MEMBERS: "Working Girl," from the "Where Are They Now?" file. THE CULTURE CORNER: Revisiting Prince's Around the World in a Day. FOXWARREN shares "Yvonne." BILLY IDOL & AVRIL LAVIGNE share "77." THE…

WALL OF VOODOO, on the "Mexican Radio." BARTEES STRANGE visits World Cafe. DJANGO DJANGO & MAN POWER share "Home." PRIMUS plucked their new drummer from obscurity. COACHELLA organizers claim they were  “blindsided”…