THE SHINS dropped a creepy clip for "The Rifle's Spiral." OF MONTREAL played a gig at DC's 9:30 Club; you can stream the whole gig via NPR. MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle plays…

LUCERO plays David Bowie's "Modern Love" for the A.V. Club Undercover. POLICA is streaming Give You The Ghost. FATHER JOHN MISTY is advance streaming Fear Fun. RAMONA FALLS is advance streaming Prophet.…

CHRIS ETHRIDGE, bassist for country rock icons the Flying Burrito Brothers as well as the Willie Nelson Family Band, has died at the age of 65 of complications from pancreatic cancer. He co-wrote…

GIRLS play "Love is Like a River" on Conan. DAMON ALBARN is advance streaming Dr Dee. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT is advance streaming Out Of The Game. SANTIGOLD is advance streaming Master Of My…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BAND. Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19th in New York of throat cancer. He was 71. (And here's the NYT obit.) …

DICK CLARK, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock 'n' roll to much of the nation on "American Bandstand" and for four decades was the first and last voice many Americans…

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS drops a fan-generated video for "Reappear." JACK WHITE is advance streaming Blunderbuss via iTunes. He talks about making the album at All Songs Considered. THE TING TINGS played…

FEIST played "The Bad In Each Other" for Leno. NEW RELEASES from Janis Joplin, Daniel Johnston, Maps & Atlases, Dry the River, Horse Feathers, Moonface, the Forty Nineteens and more are streaming…

PULP: Stream their entire Coachella set. SARAH JAFFE is advance streaming The Body Wins. NORAH JONES reinvents herself a bit on Little Broken Hearts.  GIRL IN A COMA, unpluggedy at WNYC Soundcheck.…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with OTIS REDDING!  Otis and the Bar-Kays crank up the energy to 11 for a Ready Steady Go special, crashing through "Satisfaction,"  "My Girl" and "Respect," then "Hold On, I'm Coming,"…