DON'T STOP BELIEVIN', with Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Elton John, Sting, Shirley Bassey and Debbie Harry. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World, my friends. BETTYE LaVETTE is advance streaming Interpretations: The…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE CARS!  Circa 1979, before they got too wedded to computers.  Your setlist includes "Good Times Roll," "Best Friend's Girl," "Candy-O," "Just What I Needed," "Bye Bye Love," "I'm…

BEN FOLDS covers Elliot Smith's "Say Yes" for The A.V. Club Undercover. BAND OF HORSES is advance streaming Infinite Arms. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. played DC's 9:30 Club last night, so you should…

THE BESNARD LAKES drop a video for the harmony-drenched "Albatross." SLEIGH BELLS is advance streaming Treats via NPR. Bob Boilen predicts it will be polarizing. HARVEY MILK is advance streaming A Small…

OVER TEN MILLION SERVED! Thanks to everyone for stopping by! The party continues: LOCAL NATIVES landed on Ferguson with "Airplanes." NEW RELEASES: The National, Hoodoo Gurus, Meat Loaf, Judas Priest, Phosphorescent and more…

JEFF MANGUM of Neutral Milk Hotel played his first show in years Thursday night, as part of a benefit show for New Zealand musician Chris Knox. SPIN rounds up video, including "Oh…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with MARSHALL CRENSHAW! Live at the Ritz, circa 1982 — pretty much the era that influenced early Pate.  Your setlist includes "Whenever You're On My Mind," "There She Goes Again,"…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS brought "Better Things" to Fallon. THE CLIENTELE stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. OWEN PALLETT stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a chat…

CINCO DE MAYO STARTS HERE:  LOS LOBOS: "I Got Loaded," from their fabulous first full-lengther, How Will the Wolf Survive? With a bit of "Turn On Your Love Light" in the middle.…

THE HOLD STEADY brought "The Weekenders" to the Ed Sullivan Theater. NEW RELEASES: The Hold Steady, Broken Social Scene, New Pr0nographers, Free Energy, Minus the Bear, and more are streaming this week…