THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with JOE STRUMMER and THE POGUES putting a Celtic spin on "London Calling" and "I Fought The Law" for St. Patrick's Day, 1988! Follow that up with the Dropkick…
Read MoreGRAHAM PARKER released a new album this week — featuring "Stick To The Plan" — which I forgot to mention the other day. To make up for it, I tracked down the videos…
Read MoreDO YOU LIKE GOOD MUSIC? You know, "Sweet Soul Music," by Arthur Conley. MORE ROCK HALL REDUX: Spinner has now broken out a number of individual video clips from the induction ceremonies. …
Read MoreTHE FRATELLIS are a British band that have been getting blog buzz stateside, particularly since they landed the latest iPod commercial. But I prefer, the longform version of "Flathead" which features pin-ups…
Read MoreBRAD DELP, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55. Police said an incident report would not be available until…
Read MoreWILCO is streaming the upcoming Sky Blue Sky album on Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 10 pm. EST, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PST. In glorious Quicktime.
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with WILCO! Anyone who has seen I Am Trying to Break Your Heart will appreciate the irony of Warner Bros. posting early Wilco videos on the Tube, including…
Read MorePANDA BEAR: For whatever reason, I had been glossing over the buzz for the solo efforts of Animal Collective's Noah Lennox at some of my go-to music blogs, like Gorilla vs. Bear and Stereogum. …
Read MoreTODD RUNDGREN and ROD STEWART are famous for the wrong reasons, according to a piece at the UWM Post. In the interest of correcting the record, here is The Nazz's "Open My…
Read MoreDEAN & BRITTA have a new, delightfully retro video for "Words You Used To Say" that the kids at Stereogum and Chromewaves think is a partial homage to this Serge Gainsbourg video. …
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