THE FELICE BROTHERS feature their Dylan/Band/Pogues/Clash-esque vibe in the live video for "Frankie's Gun." THE MORNING BENDERS: Chris Chu tells the San Jose Mercury News he wants to keep cranking out the…

WHITE DENIM proves that an auto junkyard can be just as good as a garage as a place to "Shake Shake Shake." NEW LED ZEPPELIN? Jason Bonham confirmed last week that he…

DAVID VANDERVELDE stands in for Okkervil River in this clip for "Singer Songwriter" from the upcoming Okkervil River album The Stand Ins. NEW RELEASES: Albums from The Verve and Matthew Sweet are among…

BUDDY HARMAN, whose percussion work on more than 18,000 recordings established him as country music's best-known and most-recorded drummer, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 79. You heard him on…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SHINDIG! This is a "best of" compilation of "Sixties Superstars." Part 1 features the Byrds ("Turn, Turn, Turn"), Donovan ("Catch The Wind"), The Turtles ("Let Me Be"), and…

GUILLEMOTS go for a lo-fi look in the clip for "Kriss Kross" fro the Red album. TV ON THE RADIO is streaming a new song, "Golden Age," at their website. ROBYN HITCHCOCK has released…

OKKERVIL RIVER is promoting its upcoming The Stand-Ins album with video featuring "stand-ins" like the New Pornographers' A.C. Newman on an acoustic version of "Lost Coastlines." Newman kinda overpowers Will Scheff, though the…

BECK alludes to Warhol and Man Ray (imho) in the video for "Gamma Ray." NEW RELEASES:Laura Marling, Lykke Li and Death Vessel are among the albums streaming in full this week at Spinner. DAVID BYRNE…

JERRY WEXLER, who coined the term "rhythm and blues," and who as co-founder of and producer for Atlantic Records helped lead the genre to mainstream popularity, died Friday at age 91.  The NYT obit is quite good,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: with ELVIS PRESLEY! The King died 31 years ago tomorrow, but remains a global pop phenomenon, so it's worth a recap of highlights from the bigh 30th anniverary…