SORRY, but I have an ongoing tech issue here. I should have a full (or close-to-full) slate for y'all Friday.

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TODAY. HERE'S WHAT i HAVE FOR YOU NOW… HOWLER stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. SCREAMING FEMALES plays a new song during a Tiny Desk Concert at…

WILCO: This video for "The Whole Love" was directed by Spencer Tweedy and stars Joey Tweedy. NEW RELEASES from Kathleen Edwards, Ani DiFranco, Matthew Dear, and more are streaming this week at…

U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream. CRAIG FINN is advance streaming Clear Heart Full Eyes. NADA SURF is advance streaming The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy. TORI AMOS stopped…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:  … with DAVID BOWIE! Live at the Beat Club, circa 1978, to mark the end of his 65th birthday week.  Your setlist includes: "Sense Of Doubt," "Beauty And The Beast,"…

ARCTIC MONKEYS drummer Matt Helders makes a jailbreak in the video for "Black Treacle." ALLEN STONE stopped by KEXP for a soulful, funky live set. CATE LE BON is advance streaming CYRK. LE…

REAL ESTATE premieres "Easy"… on Funny Or Die. PRIMUS stopped by World Cafe for a session. NIKI & THE DOVE have a chat and mini-set on BBC's Radio 1. JONTI drops a free…

FANFARLO shows off "Shiny Things" in advance of Rooms Filled With Light. NEW RELEASES from Expensive Looks, Run Dan Run, Garnd & Nobel and more are streaming this week at Spinner. LAURA GIBSON is…

ROME: Jack White provides the vocals for Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi on "Two Against One." KATHLEEN EDWARDS is advance streaming Voyageur. HOWLER — whose music brings to mind The Strokes, Guided…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE HOLLIES!  Circa 1969, post Graham Nash, promoting The Hollies Sing Dylan. Selections include "Carrie Anne" (w/strings instead of steel drums), "Just Like A Woman," a medley of "Just…