THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with HUSKER DU! Recorded live at the Stone in San Francisco, on March 1, 1985. Part 1 includes "Diane" "Hate Paper Doll" and "Green Eyes." Part 2 includes "Divide and Conquer,"…

CONSTANTINES: "Our Age" is not really my age anymore, but parts of it seem vaguely familiar. JENNY LEWIS is advance streaming her new album via JennySpace. SONIC YOUTH has signed with Matador.  Those…

THE TEENAGERS are "Feeling Better" with help from fan footage. PAUL WELLER talks to Pitchfork about the various twists and turns of his career at age 50. ANNUALS have made "Confessor" downloadable at…

THE KAISER CHIEFS "Never Miss A Beat" in their latest video. NEW RELEASES: Calexico, Passion Pit, and Chad Van Gaalen are among the albums streaming via Spinner this week.  Okkervil River releases…

SEQUESTERED IN MUPPETS: The Hold Steady's "Sequestered In Memphis" performed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, sort of.  This is why Al Gore invented the Internet. THE TING TINGS stopped by…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with THE BEATLES! Live in Melbourne, Australia on June 17 1964, Part 1 features "I Saw Her Standing There" (partial), "You Can't Do That," "All My Loving," "She Loves You,"…

ZYKOS is the latest "stand-in" covering a track from Okkervil River's upcoming album, The Stand-Ins. The track? "On Tour With Zykos." ANDREW BIRD talks to the Chicago Sun-Times about blogging while recording…

THE FOALS drop the video for the single "Olympic Airways." MORE NEW RELEASES: Albums from Apollo Sunshine, Sam Champion and Brooke Waggoner join Brian Wilson and Birdmonster streaming in full at Spinner. WHAT…

WILCO & FLEET FOXES join forces to cover Bob Dylan & The Band's "I Shall Be Released" in in Spokane, WA.  Which is a place from which one might want to be…

THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE REPLACEMENTS!  Steve Foley, longtime Mpls. scenster who drummed for the band at the end of their run, died last weekend after accidentally overdosing on prescription medication. He was…