TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Sweeping Promises, Joanna Sternberg and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Baseball Project, Grian Chatten, and more.BONUS:…

THE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEACH BOYS!  It's time to "Do It Again."  Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument — as…

ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" — a song about "Papa" John Phillips — for Carson. JESS WILLIAMSON plays World Cafe. THE BREEDERS: Hear the previously unreleased "Go Man Go." THE…

THE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of "Tobacco Road." MUNA plays a Tiny Desk Concert. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE shares "Defeat." BLONDE REDHEAD returns with "Melody Experiment." SHERYL CROW, singing her hits, and playing…

THE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday. ANDY SCHAUF plays WFUV Live. STEELY DAN:…

BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpuit look. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Geese, Cory Hanson and more. BILL'S…

…with THREE DOG NIGHT! Once again, I'm enjoying the guilty pleasure of "Eli's Coming" with fellow fans of the late, lamented SportsNight. That, along with memories of The Service's cover of "Shambala"…

POP MUSIC: Let's hear M talk about it. THE WATSON TWINS visit World Cafe. HURRY shares "Beggin For You." M WARD & FIRST AID KIT share "too young to die." JENNY LEWIS…

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul." ROSE CITY BAND plays KEXP. BOYGENIUS covers Dan Reeder’s “Stay Down, Man.” THE SMILE shares "Bending Hectic." SLOWDIVE returns with "kisses." GEESE shares "I See Myself." THE…

GARY WRIGHT will always be known as the "Dreamweaver," but add "Love is Alive" (with More Cowbell) and you have Twofer Tuesday. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: Josh Homme visits World Cafe.…