THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with A CHRISTMAS SHINDIG! The full episode has gone dark, but still-available clips from 1964 include The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep…
Read MoreTHE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song." TV ON THE RADIO plays a Tiny Desk Concert. SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY shares “Southern Life (What It Must Be Like).”…
Read MoreTHE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." THE SOFTIES play KEXP. LUCINDA WILLIAMS covers The Beatles' “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY shares "London May.' STEREOGUM's 50 Best Songs…
Read MoreGLAM XMAS: Wizzard's awesome "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" and Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" (1973's UK Xmas No. 1) are your Twofer Tuesday. BETH GIBBONS plays World Cafe. FACS shares "Desire…
Read MoreU2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)." BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Innocence Mission, Peter Perrett and more. FATHER JOHN MISTY visits World Cafe. FRANZ FERDINAND covers Chappell Roan’s "Good Luck, Babe!" THE…
Read MoreTHE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with FAVES 2024! I occasionally hear from folks who want to know what music — from among all of the posts I do here — I recommend. To some…
Read MoreFLEETWOOD MAC: "Go Your Own Way," live circa 1979. Sounded great, fellas, but I coulda used a little More Cowbell. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Father John Misty, Kim Deal,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND! A two-part (Part 1, Part 2) feature from the Old Grey Whistle Test on L.A.'s psychedelic-flavored, West Coast scene in the mid-80s. Bands featured include the Long Ryders, Prime Movers,…
Read MoreCOUSTEAU: "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…
Read MoreTHE 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…
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