Year 2021

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE… with FAVES 2021.  I occasionally hear from folks who want to know what music — from among all of the posts I do here — I recommend.  To some…

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS play "Birdhouse In Your Soul" with the Doc Severenson Orchestra. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Adele, Beach Fossils, Robert Plant and Alison Krass, and more. BILL'S…

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. THE ANTLERS stream a surprise EP with four 'Green To Gold' reworks. KIT SEBASTIAN covers Sezen Aksu and Stereolab for a Lagniappe Sessions. SPOON covers…

MARTI JONES & TIM LEE (The Windbreakers) cover The dB's classic, "Neverland." With Beatle Bob cameo. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Big Thief, Pinegrove, Maia Friedman and more. SUSTO plays World Cafe. AEON…

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. FLEETWOOD MAC: The Buckingham-Nicks era gets over three…

IKE & TINA TURNER: "River Deep, Mountain High," live and de-Spectorized. NEW RELEASES: Paste wil point you to Courtney Barnett, IDLES, Silk Sonic, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Robin Guthrie, Damon…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND!  A two-part (Part 1, Part 2) feature from the Old Grey Whistle Test on L.A.'s psychedelic-flavored, West Coast scene in the mid-80s. Bands featured include the Long Ryders, Prime Movers,…

I MAY TAKE VETERANS' DAY OFF, SO: THE WRECK of the EDMUND FITZGERALD: The legend lives o­n from the Chippewa o­n down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. This is the…

CHEAP TRICK: "I Can't Take It." An overlooked gem. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS play World Cafe. BIG STAR: Jody Stephens was joined by Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan, The dB's Chris Stamey,…