ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND: "Chains, Chains, Chains." Chains cubed. NEW RELEASES: Son Volt, Tiny Vipers, Factory Records, Marcy Playground and more are streaming this week via Spinner. PATRICK WOLF did the three…
Read MoreU2 goes green playing "Sunday Bloody Sunday" for the people of Iran. GARY LOURIS & MARK OLSON did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter at SxSW. WHITE RABBITS stopped by The…
Read MoreTHE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS! Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument — as with these 1980 takes on "Good Vibrations", and…
Read MoreST. VINCENT: Annie Clark made her network TV debut playing "Marrow" at the Ed Sullivan Theater. ROCK THE GARDEN: The Current hosts highlights of a lineup including The Decemberists, Calexico, Yeasayer, and…
Read MoreTHE FEELIES played Chicago's Millenium Park last night, their first reunion date in Chicago. There's no video online yet, but there are still clips of last year's reunion, including indoor video of "Let's…
Read MoreWILCO is advance streaming their album via NPR. The band played "You Never Know" for Conan last week. UNCLE TUPELO: PopMatters looks back on five days in March of 1992, before the…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with MICHAEL JACKSON, who died at 50, after suffering a cardiac arrest Thursday afternoon. I can't say was ever a fan, but there is no denying his hits with…
Read MoreELVIS COSTELLO played "Sulphur to Sugarcane" for Conan. THE ANTLERS played the Black Cat in Washington, DC back in March, but you can stream the gig on demand now. WHITE LIES did…
Read MoreRICHARD SWIFT recreates a lame 80s party and more in the clip for "Atlantic Ocean." Can the robots do the robot? BJORK is advance streaming her Voltaic album via NPR. PHOENIX stopped by…
Read MoreEELS performed "In My Dreams" at the Ed Sullivan Theater. NEW RELEASES: Albums from The Antlers, Patterson Hood, Tortoise, Sunset Rubdown and sdtks from Away We Go and God Help the Girl…
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