ROY ORBISON provides vintage performances of "Running Scared" and "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Twofer Tuesday. BARTEES STRANGE visits World Cafe. FRUIT BATS' Eric D. Johnson covers Ewan MacColl and Fred Neil for a…

JOHNNY NASH: "I Can See Clearly Now." Because I'm hoping for a bright, sunshiney day. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Natalie Merchant, The Tallest Man on Earth, Brian Dunne, and…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with BLIND FAITH! Live at London's Hyde Park in June 1969. After an introduction and brief segments about supergroup members Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker, and Eric…

STEELY DAN turn in a spirited "Reelin' in the Years" on the Midnight Special.  Fagen reportedly hated this performance, which appears in Almost Famous. SAMIA plays KEXP. PHOEBE BRIDGERS joins THE NATIONAL on…

SIMON & GARFUNKEL count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. YO LA TENGO plays KEXP. ANGEL OLSEN shares "Forever Means." PUBLIC IMAGE LTD shares "Penge." DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS shares a remixed and…

YO LA TENGO are captured playing the bouncy "Mr. Tough" and "I Feel Like Going Home" at The Current.  And that, my friends, is Twofer Tuesday. SHARON VAN ETTEN, Live at Surly Festival…

THE PRIMITONS play "Seeing Is Believing" at an in-store appearance from 1985.  Proof positive that the Internet makes the "Where Are They Now?" file bottomless.  Background at Trouser Press. NEW RELEASES: Paste…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with GARAGE ROCK! It's the time of year when I bring out The Standells – "Dirty Water/ Why Pick On Me", but I couldn't stop there. Let's…

DAVID BOWIE plays "Young Americans" for Cavett, looking and sounding too much acquainted with the Thin White Duke. BOYGENIUS, The Film. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN joins LUCINDA WILLIAMS on "New York Comeback." SUICIDE covered…

SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus." GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 3: The Soundtrack. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Zoon, Shirley Collins, Orchestra Gold, Pry, and more. HUSKER DU shares an early live take…