BEN GIBBARD of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service covers Nirvana's "All Apologies."  The fine folks at Stereogum can hook you up with video of new songs. ARCTIC MONKEYS frontman…

  LITTLE BARRIE put a British pop spin on American blues forms, not unlike an update of some British Invasion bands.  My picks to click would be "Love You" and the older,…

THE NATIONAL has a video for "Mistaken for Strangers" from their upcoming album, The Boxer, posted at MTV. NEW RELEASES:  Wilco (a week early), Lavender Diamond, Maximo Park, Page France and more are…

NEIL SEDAKA is backed by the Fountains of Wayne on "Calendar Girl" at Joes Pub in NYC, so you'll have to watch the original Scopitone to see the chicks. WILCO frontman Jeff…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BUZZCOCKS!  So many great songs… but they're short, so let's have more than usual.  Start with "What Do I Get?" live at Manchester's famed Electric Circus, followed by "Ever…

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE:  Adam Schlesinger amuses The A.V. Club with tales of working on the movie Music And Lyrics, opening for Jessica Simpson, and fighting to receive less credit for his work.  Chris Collingwood, who…

CHUCK BERRY and JOHN LENNON, along with Yoko and Elephant's Memory, play "Johnny B. Goode" on The Mike Douglas Show. LESTER BANGS:  Portrayed by Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman in Almost Famous, and paid…

BEIRUT:  The band's latest video, for "Elephant Gun," (from the Lon Gisland EP) sports trunks, trumpets, and the Middle-European sound for which the band is currently known (word is there will be less of…

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN:  The band's real first reunion show since 1998 at Pomona's Glass House was called "rocky" by Tony Pierce at LAist, but other attendees commenting at Stereogum disagreed…and my…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE ANIMALS!  Because nothing fuels a Friday like "Don't Bring Me Down"  and other classics like "We Gotta Get Out of this Place" (on an odd set), "Don't Let Me…