U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Mac Miller, Blue Lake, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Weather Station, Ex-Vöid,and more. MUMFORD &…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with NEIL DIAMOND! There are two types of people, you know.  But here's Neil on the Beeb in 1971.  Your set list: "Sweet Caroline," "Solitary Man," "Cracklin' Rosie,"…

THE HOLLIES: "I Can't Let Go. DEHD plays KEXP. SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY shares "Trouble." MY MORNING JACKET returns with "Time Waited."  EDWYN COLLINS returns with "Knowledge." PERFUME GENIUS…

THE DEL LORDS extend "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" Circa 1990. WILLIE WATSON plays World Cafe. JASON ISBELL shares "Bury Me." PATTERSON HOOD shares "The Pool House."…

RAY CHARLES jamming out "Walk the Line" & "Ring of Fire" for Johnny Cash Twofer Tuesday. TUCKER ZIMMERMAN & BIG THIEF visit World Cafe. BRITTANY HOWARD's new hardcore band Kumite played their first…

SAM MOORE, the tenor half of the scorching soul duo Sam & Dave — known for indelible hits like “Soul Man,” “Hold On, I’m Comin’” "You Don't Know Like I Know," and “I…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with R.E.M.! Live in Germany circa 1985, more complete than what has previously turned up on the Tube. Songs include "Feeling Gravity's Pull," "Harbourcoat," "Sitting Still," "Maps…

LIZ PHAIR: "Jealousy." It sneers like she does. CASSANDRA JENKINS plays KEXP. BOB MOULD returns with "Here We Go Crazy." DESTROYER returnse with "Bologna." THROWING MUSES returns with "Summer Of Love." YOUTH LAGOON…

THE FIVE AMERICANS: "I See The Light." VALLEY visits World Cafe. THE MEKONS return with "Mudcrawlers." JAPANESE BREAKFAST shares "Orlando in Love." MOGWAI shares "Fanzine Made Of Flesh." NICK CAVE shared advice to…

ALBERT LEE covers Jimmy Webb's "If You See Me Getting Smaller," one of my favorite Webb tunes, though (afaik) never a hit for anyone. FRANZ FERDINAND plays CBS Saturday Sessions. TITUS ANDRONICUS,…