THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: SHANE MacGOWAN, the brilliant but chaotic songwriter who as frontman for the Pogues reinvigorated interest in Irish music in the 1980s by harnessing it to the propulsive power…

THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS cover "Six Days on the Road." DIZZY visits World Cafe. EELS shares "Christmas, Why You Gotta Do Me Like This?" FUTURE ISLANDS shares "The Fight." THE JESUS &…

FLEETWOOD MAC: "Go Your Own Way," live circa 1979. Sounded great, fellas, but I coulda used a little More Cowbell. JULIE BYRNE: A Takeaway Show. JERRY GARCIA & MERL SAUNDERS at the Record…

JASON and the SCORCHERS cover "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and play "Harvest Moon" for Twofer Tuesday. CACTUS LEE covers Christine McVie, the Butthole Surfers, and the Grateful Dead for a Lagniappe Session. PETER GABRIEL…

THE WHO: "I'm A Boy." RHIANNON GIDDENS visits World Cafe. THE NATIONAL played The Late Show at David Letterman's request. SUNNY WAR and LOGAN LEDGER play Americanafest. DARYL HALL obtained a restraining order…

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with FAVES 2022!  I occasionally hear from folks who want to know what music — from among all of the posts I do here — I recommend.  To some…

THE SMITHEREENS: Pat DiNizio sings "In a Lonely Place" with Suzanne Vega and "Blue Period" with Belinda Carlisle. A duo of duets for Twofer Tuesday. JOE JACKSON gets over three hours of discussion…

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS play "Birdhouse In Your Soul" with the Doc Severenson Orchestra. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Dolly Parton, Kurt Vile, MJ Lenderman,and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE REPLACEMENTS! The original quartet, opening for X in Mpls in October '83.  Your setlist includes: "I'm In Trouble," "Kids Don't Follow," a lounge version of "F***…

BILLY PAUL: "Me and Mrs. Jones." Got a thing going on. KEVIN SHIELDS (MBV) joined DINOSAUR JR on the latter's "Tarpit" and a cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven." THE LEMONHEADS…