LUCINDA WILLIAMS drops her first offcial video ever, for "Copenhagen." WILD FLAG, ft. members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium and The Minders, is advance streaming their self-titled debut. BLIND PILOT is advance streaming We…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with GRAM PARSONS! As a member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and as a solo artist, Parsons anticipated the so-called country rock of the…

OK GO & THE MUPPETS join for "The Muppet Show Theme Song." STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session. PETER BJORN & JOHN turned up for a studio…

JERRY LEIBER, the lyricist who, with his partner, Mike Stoller, wrote some of the most enduring classics in the history of rock 'n' roll, including "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," "Yakety Yak," "Love…

THE DECEMBERISTS premiere a video for "Calamity Song" influenced by David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. NEW RELEASES from Stephin Merritt, CSS, Dave Stewart and Active Child, the Muppets tribute LP, a Patti…

RADIOHEAD performs The King of Limbs in its entirety…From The Basement. DEAD MAN WINTER stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. KATE BUSH has an interview plus tracks at World…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE SMITHS! RhinoUK has posted a 17-minute long "lost" documentary made for the press, ostensibly to promate the band's 1992 "best of" release. OTHER LIVES played a…

LOCKSLEY: The dancetastic — and unofficial, I think — video for "The Whip" pays homage to Dirty Dancing, Boogie Nights, Wayne's World, Risky Business, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction and many…

AGAINST ME! plays The Clash classic, "Janie Jones," for The A.V. Club Undercover. ARCTIC MONKEYS frontman Alex Turner stopped by KEXP for a solo acoustic set of songs from Suck It And See. THE…

MAVIS STAPLES & WIN BUTLER cover The Band's "The Weight" at Outside Lands 2011. NEW RELEASES from Jeff Bridges, Mister Heavenly, Yellow Ostrich, Dead Man Winter and more are streaming this week…