COUSTEAU: "The Last Good Day of the Year." Or past it, really. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS play a Tiny Desk Concert. THE MEKONS return with “You’re Not Singing Anymore.” PATTERSON HOOD shares “A Werewolf and…

THE WHO: "I'm A Boy." ROBIN PECKHOLD, Live at the Bowery Ballroom, incl covers of Bobbie Gentry, Elliott Smith, Joni Mitchell, and more. AL GREEN covers REM's "Everybody Hurts." PRIMAL SCREAM covers Lana…

THE SMITHEREENS: Pat DiNizio sings "In a Lonely Place" with Suzanne Vega and "Blue Period" with Belinda Carlisle. A duo of duets for Twofer Tuesday. NICK LOWE plays World Cafe. JACK WHITE &…

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS play "Birdhouse In Your Soul" with the Doc Severenson Orchestra. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Du Blonde and Fazerdaze. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Warmduscher, The Green Child,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE REPLACEMENTS! The original quartet, opening for X in Mpls in October '83.  Your setlist includes: "I'm In Trouble," "Kids Don't Follow," a lounge version of "F***…

BILLY PAUL: "Me and Mrs. Jones." Got a thing going on. X plays World Cafe. BLEACHERS shares “Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call.” A CERTAIN RATIO shares “Now And Laughter.” ROSE CITY BAND shares "Seeds…

MARTI JONES & TIM LEE (The Windbreakers) cover The dB's classic, "Neverland." With Beatle Bob cameo. THE SOFTIES visit World Cafe. THROWING MUSES returns with “Drugstore Drastic.” JULIA HOLTER shares “The Laugh Is in…

THE MAMAS & PAPAS: All the leaves are brown, so it's "California Dreamin'" and "Nowhere Man" for Twofer Tuesday. STING visits the back catalog on World Cafe. HOVVDY shares a new version of…

CHEAP TRICK: "I Can't Take It." An overlooked gem. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Girl Scout, Our Girl, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Primal Scream, Robin Guthrie, and more.…

THE VETERANS' DAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: THE WRECK of the EDMUND FITZGERALD: The legend lives o­n from the Chippewa o­n down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. Nov. 10th is the…