JENS LEKMAN, playing Dallas last week, explains his unorthdox cover of Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al." ST. VINCENT: Annie Clark tries to explain the black humor in the title — and…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with the UKULELE ORCHESTRA of GREAT BRITAIN! John Moore of the Jesus and Mary Chain and Black Box Recorder is appalled at the UK's Ukulele orchestra craze, but he mostly…
Read MoreELVIS COSTELLO recently performed 1977's My Aim Is True album, with most of the same musicians, for a charity gig in SF. He started — of course — with "Welcome to the Working…
Read MoreTED LEO and the PHARMACISTS premiered the video for "Colleen" over at the 'Gum. It's catchy, with exciting arm wrestling footage as a bonus. OKKERVIL RIVER does the interview and free songs…
Read MoreTHE FOO FIGHTERS pay tribute to 70s soap operas in "Long Road to Ruin," with a cameo from The Office's Rashida Jones. NEW RELEASES: Somehow, Disc 1 of the Led Zeppelin comp…
Read MoreTHE POLYPHONIC SPREE used to say "live and let live," but now they say "Live and Let Die." The first version has the balloon drop, but the second lets you see more…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with the WRECK of the EDMUND FITZGERALD. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. Saturday is the 32nd…
Read MoreFEIST, icymi, played the Peacock last weekend, with Leslie bringing a nasty guitar sound on energized versions of "I Feel It All" and — of course — "1 2 3 4." KURT COBAIN: Widow Courtney Love…
Read MoreTHE GO! TEAM finally did a video for one of my faves from their new album, "The Wrath of Marcie." The horn lick kills. Rapper Ninja talks to PopMatters about the song…
Read MoreSHARON JONES and the DAP-KINGS: The video for "100 Days, 100 Nights" was directed by Adam Elias Buncher, who achieved the old skool look using two vintage TV cameras bought on eBay for 50…
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