Year 2022

THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY STARTS HERE: …with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Making a tradition of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again" (VU); "Road…

ALEX CHILTON: Let's enjoy the Box Tops' "The Letter" and Big Star's "In The Street." ALVVAYS plays KEXP. NPR's Most Popular Songs of 2022. SONDRE LERCHE covers Taylor Swift's "Anti-hero." OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN's…

DAVID BOWIE: Rare footage of "The Jean Genie" from a 1973 performance on Top of the Pops. NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Weezer, Hildur Guðnadóttir,and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has…

THE MONKEES sing a Christmas medley at MTV, circa 1986. Even Mike Nesmith turned up. TERRY HALL, the lead singer of the Specials and a former member of Fun Boy Three and…

EURYTHMICS' Dave Stewart declares "Christmas is For Lovers". NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork has the Smile, For Tracy Hyde, and more. FATHER JOHN MISTY plays a mini-concert for World Cafe. 11 NEW HOLIDAY SONGS,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with ELTON JOHN! Half of a live show captured by the OGWT on Christmas Eve, 1974.  Your setlist includes: "Grimsby" (incomplete), "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Daniel,"…

DARLENE LOVE's final "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for Letterman. THE LONE BELLOW plays World Cafe. THE BACKSEAT LOVERS play The Current. R. RING, a Breeders side joint, shares "Def Sup." ANGEL…

PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN visits World Cafe. CHARLEY CROCKETT plays The Current. ALABASTER dePLUME covers Arthur Russell and Jaimie Branch for a Lagniappe Session. SOMETIMES WHEN…

BOB GELDOF, by his own admission, is responsible for two of the worst songs in history: "'Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "We Are The World." THE MAVERICKS play a Tiny Desk Concert.…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.” NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Weyes Blood, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Taken by…