PITCHFORK was recovering from the big Fest Monday, but posted a roundup of "overlooked records" from the first half of 2007, including Lucky Soul's The Great Unwanted.  While we wait to see…

WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION: PITCHFORK MUSIC FEST 2007:  Rather than attempt a blow-by-blow account, I'll give you an overview, discoveries, and disagreement with the press.  For example, the big…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with THE TALKING HEADS!  Here's the expanded band — including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) — in Rome, circa 1980.  Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay…

BRIGHT EYES goes a little psychedelic in the video for "Hot Knives." THE PIPETTES talk about the bonus tracks on the US release of their debut LP, fashion, and their disappointment that people…

SPOON has released the video for "The Underdog," which is the official single from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, which you can stream in full from Spinner this week. CROWDED HOUSE:  You…

GRIZZLY BEAR releases the second video from Yellow House, "Central and Remote" premiering at Subterranean. NEW RELEASES:  Smashing Pumpkins, Spoon, Interpol, Nick Drake and more are streaming in full via Spinner.  Ex-Drive-By…

THE ARCTIC MONKEYS paid tribute to Shirley Bassey by covering "Diamonds Are Forever" at Glastonbury 2007. NICK LOWE doesn't mention her in the Brisbane Times, but it turns out he owes Whitney Houston…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE POLICE!  Ken King and I just got back from seeing them rock Wrigley Field (where it's usually the Chicago Cubs getting rocked); Sting was booed for mentioning…

THE WHITE STRIPES rock a city bus in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with an impromptu performance of  "The Wheels of the Bus" and "Hotel Yorba." SLY STONE says he plans to start work on…

THE FOURTH of JULY STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS!  Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument (as with these 1980 takes o­n "Good Vibrations" — pictured above…