WE ARE SCIENTISTS: "Rules Don't Stop" is the first single from their Barbara LP. NPR at SxSW: Since my last post, streaming sets from Best Coast, Sleigh Bells and Smith Westerns have become…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE JAM! It's been far too long since our last listen to the mod punks who were so influential on the early Pate. Let's start with one…
Read MoreREST IN PEACE, ALEX CHILTON: Pop hitmaker, cult hero, and Memphis rock iconoclast Alex Chilton has died, reportedly of a heart attack, at 59. To many, Chilton is best known as the…
Read MoreDRIVE-BY TRUCKERS play "This F***ing Job" from their new LP at the Ed Sullivan Theater. You can stream The Big To Do via Spinner. BONNIE PRINCE BILLY did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.…
Read MoreTRANSLATOR is "Everywhere That I'm Not," including the "Where Are They Now?" file. NEW RELEASES: The Drive-By truckers, White Stripes, Wakey! Wakey!, Dropkick Murphys, and more are streaming this week via Spinner.…
Read MoreOF MONTREAL performed "Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast" on Yo Gabba Gabba. FREE ENERGY stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set streaming via MPR. FRIGHTENED RABBIT gets a segment plus tracks…
Read MoreTHE ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with JOE STRUMMER and THE POGUES! There will be much parading and drinking this weekend, so enjoy Joe, Shane and the band putting a Celtic spin on…
Read MoreBROKEN BELLS stripped down "The High Road" at the Ed Sullivan Theater. MGMT drop "Flash Delirium" as an advance track to their Congratulations LP. You can stream it via Spinner. THE WATSON…
Read MoreSHE & HIM are "In the Sun." Zooey. Dancing. IAN McCULLOCH of Echo and the Bunnymen did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. CURSIVE dropped a new track, "Discovering America," at…
Read MoreJOANNA NEWSOM played "Soft As Chalk" at 30 Rock, but not on 30 Rock. Add in Flett Foxes' Robin Peckhold rehearsing a cover of her "On a Good Day," and you have…
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