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EDDIE COCHRAN: "Summertime Blues." Ain't no cure for 'em. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Death Cab, Modest Mouse, and more.  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Slippers, of Montreal, and more.  LAURA…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and…

AEROSMITH: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" At least until Midnight. JOSE GONZALEZ visits World Cafe.  AFGHAN WHIGS share "Jungle Broux."  REAL NUMBERS jangles thru "Never Never Again."  WEEZER shares “We Might As Well Be Strangers,”…

CARL DOUGLAS, with the classic "Kung Fu Fighting." LAURIE ANDERSON plays a Tiny Desk Concert, including a song by her late husband, Lou Reed. BETH ORTON shares "Otherside."  OF MONTREAL shares "Take…

URGE OVERKILL: Their killer '93 single "Sister Havana" and their even more famous cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" are your Twofer Tuesday. XTC, from Skylarking onward, gets…

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS broke through with this video for "Love My Way" on the MTV. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Guided By Voices, Boards of Canada, and more.  BILL'S INDIE…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: with SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, who rip through a medley of "Everyday People" and "Dance to the Music," plus "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey," and…

MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle choreographs Ace of Base's "The Sign." (Language warning) A perennial fave. BLEACHERS' John Antonoff plays World Cafe.  HOLY WAVE shares "s33.u.in/HAL." THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH returns with…

THE MAIN INGREDIENT: "Everybody Plays the Fool." Sometimes. WEEZER's Rivers Cuomo has uploaded a diverse set of covers online. PATRICK WOLF shared "The Beast."  JENS LEKMAN shares "We Were Here."  CHEEKFACE shares “I…

THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STARTS EARLY:   …with THE SWEET!  The bubble-glam rockers are probably best known for the trifecta of "Little Willy," "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run," though they…