SIMON & GARFUNKEL, like Christopher Columbus and the cast of Easy Rider, look for "America." JOHNNY ROTTEN, on the 30th anniversary reissue of "God Save The Queen," tells London's Sun that Her…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE LEMONHEADS!  Evan Dando's songbook has always struck me as autmnal, though not all of it really is.  For example, a very young Dando released his take…

RICHARD HAWLEY:  "Imagine a song recorded by Morrissey, written by The Everly Brothers and produced by Roy Orbison, and that should provide some idea of what to expect from 'Tonight the Streets…

PAUL WESTERBERG performed a new song, "Everyone's Stupid" and previously unreleased late-Replacements song, "Make The Best of Me," at that event for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame noted here earlier. …

FLAGRANT FOWL has an upcoming folk/indie remix project titled Tambourine Dream; the promo video includes tracks from Iron & Wine, Nico, Panda Bear and Bruce Springsteen. NEW RELEASES:  Richard Hawley, PJ Harvey,…

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS:  The clip for "I'm Impressed" is a Greco-Roman epic… with robots and tanks. THE PIPETTES have been forced to delay their US tour until Oct. 25  in L.A.…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE dB's!  The influential, but oh-so-unlucky modern pop combo has been largely missing from the Tube, but we now can enjoy "Happenstance," "Bad Reputation" and "Living A Lie" from Sweden circa 1982. …

THE EDITORS, oft compared to Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Franz Ferdinand and early U2, play the title track from their second LP, "An End Has A Start," on the late…

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS:  The video for their new single, "Run-Away," subtly captures the essential cheesiness of videos from the early 80s. THURSTON MOORE tells critics of Sonic Youth's Starbucks pact to switch…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS ask "How Do You Let A Good Man Down?" live on French TV, complete with the old skool Dap-Tone introduction. NEW RELEASES:  Ooh, it's a big Tuesday.  Sharon Jones…