Month April 2024

STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK: "Incense and Peppermints" plus "Tomorrow" for Twofer Tuesday. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF played CBS Saturday Morning. JAMES McCARTNEY & SEAN ONO LENNON share "Primrose Hill." COLD CAVE shares…

GEORGE HARRISON & ERIC CLAPTON: "Taxman." Obligatory. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Cindy Lee, Maggie Rogers, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Kelley Stoltz, METZ, and more. GLEN CAMPBELL &…

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. MATTHEW SWEET's big decade gets over two and one-half…

SIMON & GARFUNKEL count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. POOLSIDE plays KEXP. THE LEMON TWIGS share “How Can I Love Her More?” Oh yeah. JONI MITCHELL covered "I'm Still Standing" for…

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. PHOSPHORESCENT plays World Cafe. BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN…

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. A. SAVAGE shares The Loft Sessions. PET SHOP BOYS shares "Dancing Star." IRON & WINE…

SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus." SOUL GLO plays a Tiny Desk Concert. NEIL YOUNG: An alternate version of On The Beach. OLD 97s share "Somebody." BEACHWOOD SPARKS return after 12 years with…