THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with ROCKPILE, a band that featured old pals Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds cranking out the rootsy pub rock. Let's start with "Teacher, Teacher" and "I Knew the…

WRECKLESS ERIC: The "Whole Wide World," of course. With Ian Dury on the throne. FUTURE ISLANDS visits World Cafe. U2 shares video of "Beautiful Day" from their Sphere finale. NICK CAVE &…

HARRY NILSSON: "Everybody's Talking" on Swedish TV, circa 1969. MANNEQUIN P*SSY visits World Cafe. OF MONTREAL retruns with "Yung Hearts Bleed Free." BUFFALO TOM shares "New Girl Singing." LA LUZ shares "Strange…

THE FOUNDATIONS: "Build Me Up, Buttercup" and "Baby, Now That I Found You" are your Twofer Tuesday. YARD ACT plays World Cafe. BOB DYLAN, trolling a heckler in concert. ST VINCENT, on her…

THE BANGLES are "Going Down To Liverpool" to do nothing with Mr. Spock. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Faye Webster, Mannequin P*ssy, and more… BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Yard Act,…

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) — Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist:…

CANDIE PAYNE brings her updated Northern Soul sound on "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More." THE VELDT plays KEXP. NICK CAVE covers Édith Piaf's classic “La Vie En Rose.” T-BONE BURNETT…

FLAMING GROOVIES "Shake Some Action," circa 1987. MGMT visits World Cafe. COURTNEY LOVE joins BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG on Cheap Trick’s “He’s A Whore” and “Surrender,” as well as Tom Petty’s “Even The Losers.”…

THE FEELIES: The Jonathan Demme-directed "Away" and a live take on "Deep Fascination" for Twofer Tuesday. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR debuts three new songs in NYC. REAL ESTATE covered Elton John's "Daniel"…

BLAKE BABIES' fab cover of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes."  Saw 'em open for Game Theory, many moons ago. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to MGMT, Hurray For The Riff Raff,…