Bob and Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee

This bit of Canadian silliness was on the radio not long after I moved to the Seattle area approximately 38 years ago.

Foxes and Fossils

A nice rendition of the song that first pulled me into the musical magic of Todd Rundgren almost fifty years ago.

Tame Impala

Really looking forward to this album being released.

Nancy Pelosi Prays for Donald Trump

First He Knows You...Then He Doesn't

Hawkwind

One of my favorite prog rock cuts this past year.

Raspberries

This may be an old song but it's still great. Pure power pop perfection.

Illusionist Derren Brown

Pompe-O Wants To Go Home To Kansas

Big Band Of Brothers

Allman Brothers music with a jazz perspective!

Beck

Trample Warehouse

Drive-By Truckers

A cut from their forthcoming album.

Guided By Voices

A cut off their new album Sweating the Plague. Long time since I liked an entire GBV record this much!

Little Jeffy

Camille and Kennerly Do Rush

Kate Bush

I'm in the mood for some Kate today.

The Who

New album due out in December. All new material.

Liz Phair

It's Impeachment Hearing Eve!

Okay, a little late but still funny.

Happy Birthday, Andy Partridge

A cut off XTC's 1992 album "Nonsuch".

Black Elephant

Joni Mitchell

Happy 76th birthday to Joni Mitchell. Here's a great tune from the early 80's that includes her version of the Righteous Brothers classic.

RPWL

Young Guv

I love the Byrdsy vibe of this tune.

Goodbye, Trump

Now if we could only figure out a way to get him to leave the country.

R.E.M.

Can you believe it's been twenty five years since this song was released?

Baroness von Sketch Show

This is a very funny show on IFC.

A Spooky Tune For Halloween

Neil Young with Crazy Horse

New album due out on Friday.

School Of Fish

I've always loved this song and somehow had never seen the video.

Giuliani & Associates

Balloon Boy

Trigger Hippy

Like the Black Crowes? This is a good group to check out.

Grouch

Happy 73rd Birthday, Daryl

Elliott Murphy

I was so pleased this veteran rocker was the first person to provide a review of my book Playlist. Here's a tune from his new album.

Dwight Yoakam

Finally finished watched the Ken Burns country music documentary. So good.

Temples

New album out today. A really good psychedelic band.

Gary Gulman

Happy 70th Birthday, Bruce!

Wilco

Some truly beautiful guitar work on this one.

Hot Wheels: Trump Edition

PIXIES

Rest in Peace, Ric Ocasek

I remember thinking the first Cars album was a perfect blend of pop weirdness.

Chastity

Country Music- A Film by Ken Burns

I'm really looking forward to this.

Kishi Bashi

Thanks to Jim Fusilli for the original post.

Chrissie Hynde

A cut from an album of covers that came out today.

The Amazons

Laurel and Hardy Do Bowie

The Who

New album due out soon!

Big Wreck

Flaming Lips, featuring Mick Jones and Fred Armisen

Sheryl Crow

This is a cover of a George Harrison song I really didn't discover until long after he passed away. One of my favorites of his...

Pronoun

The Hold Steady

New album "Thrashing Through the Passion" out last Friday.

SONS OF APOLLO

Love the Keith Emerson style synths on this one.

Talk Talk

I recently rediscovered this wonderful tune.

RIDE

TOOL

New album due out soon.

U2

One of my favorite U2 cuts. A cover of a classic Cole Porter tune.

The Smashing Pumpkins

I like this song a lot, reminds me a bit of Pink Floyd.

Lloyd Cole

Ex Hex

Happy Birthday, Rick

Mr. Derringer is 72 years young today.

​Kyle Craft

This new album sounds like it could have been released in the glam rock era of the 70's.

The Bird and the Bee

Another cut off the new Bird and the Bee Van Halen tribute album.

Motown Sings The Debates

Happy Birthday, Geddy

Geddy Lee turns 66 today. Running into him in Bath, England was one of the great thrills of my life.

Mark Normand

One of my current favorite standup comedians.

Goon

Happy Birthday, Carlos

The guitar is great but you also have to love the organ and percussion.

The Flaming Lips

New album due out this coming Friday.

Drab Majesty

The Black Keys

Judy and Liza

Happy Birthday, Ringo

The Bird and the Bee

A fun new take on a Van Halen classic.

Fox News Flips On North Korea

The Dream Syndicate

Joe Guido Welsh

Joe and I have been FB friends for a while now. This is off his 2018 release "Up the Action."

The Motors

A group from the late 70's-early 80's with a big, big sound.

Happy Birthday, Todd

Hollywood Vampires

Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and the rest of the gang's version of the Jim Carroll classic.

The Raconteurs

Paul McCartney & Wings

Happy birthday, Sir Paul.

Perry Farrell

Sheryl Crow & Joe Walsh

Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Sturgill Simpson

A song written for the new Jim Jarmusch zombie comedy coming out today.

John Mulaney

Genesis

A cut from their album "Wind and Wuthering", which is featured in my new book.

J. Robbins

Jay Som

One of the catchiest new songs I've heard this year.

Stella Donnelly - Old Man

Black Mountain

Their new album "Destroyer" just dropped last Friday.

Sting

A new, bouncier version.

Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos

Todd Rundgren

Weyes Blood

Thanks to music critic Jim Fusilli for turning me on to this album.

Shoes

Though it's not quite summer, this song seems perfect for today.

Foo Fighters

Rickie Lee Jones

A new version of an old song a lot of us loved in high school.

XTC

A cut off the 1992 album "Nonsuch". In my opinion, one of the most glorious power pop numbers ever.

Impressive!

Security Project

I saw this group last night in a small venue in south Seattle. They did amazing versions of early Peter Gabriel and Genesis songs.

Amber on Alabama

Jimmy Fallon , The Roots and the Who

Meanwhile

SNL

I especially like the Susan Collins impression.

George Clooney

Mama's Got One Volume

Sammy Hagar & The Circle

Chris Forsyth Band

For some reason, I've really been getting into these long instrumental cuts lately.

Playlist

 My new book is available now!

Little Steven

Filthy Friends

The Mountain Goats

Bruce Springsteen

A cut off his new album "Western Stars" due out in June.

Avengers Assemble!

Sad Planets

The Actress - SNL

Mike Pence: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me

Lumerians

Game of Thrones Spin-offs

Chris Forsyth

Seth Meyers

I thought Seth was especially good last night.

Roses & Cigarettes

Thanks to Tim Federer for the original share.

The Zombies

The keyboards are so cool on this classic.

Better Oblivion Community Center

In Continuum

Durand Jones

Yngwie Malmsteen

Tom Waits

I heard this for the first time today. I love how it creates a movie in your mind.

Just One Victory

A song I always return to when the struggle gets me down.

Tame Impala

The first single from the forthcoming album.

The Mute Gods

New album due tomorrow.

They Might Be Giants

One of my favorite TMBG tunes. Just discovered this video.

Metropolis

Does anybody else remember when this classic silent film was re-released in the 1980's with a rock soundtrack?

Shame, Shame, Shame

A great piece on the pluses and minuses of public shaming in the Internet age. I especially liked the interview with Monica Lewinsky, she seems to be a truly awesome person.

Metal Meets Madonna

The Black Keys

Steve Earle

I've loved this song since Jerry Jeff Walker did it in the early Seventies.

David Gilmour

Happy birthday to one of my all-time favorite musicians.

Meg Myers

A cover of the Kate Bush classic from the 80's.

Son Volt

Kasim Sulton's Utopia

Looks like Kasim is leading the troops for a while.

Band Of Skulls

New album due out in April.

Big Thief

Rest in Peace, Mark Hollis

Mark Hollis of Talk Talk has passed away at the age of 64. This was one of my favorite songs of the Eighties.

The Visionary

My 2014 dark fantasy novel is FREE today on Kindle.

Here's the link...

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Thanks to David Blumenstein for the initial share.

Bill Maher

I thought this was a great commentary. There's a reason there's so much bitterness in some of the red states.

White Savior

The problem with making movies that will please both black and white audiences.

The Claypool Lennon Delirium

Eric Johnson

Getting close to wrapping up my new book. Decided I really needed to go back and include this album.

Washington Winter Wonderland

Thanks to my buddy Jim Elliott for sharing this with me.

Dark Day Dreams

My 2016 short story collection is FREE today on Kindle.

Extreme Baking

My wife watches some of these cooking competition shows and thought this was a really funny sketch (and so did I).

Trevor Horn

machineheart

Guided By Voices

The White Stripes

An oldie but goodie I discovered today.

Roberta Flack

She turned 82 today.

Ex Hex

Durand Jones

The Clash

Today is International Clash Day!

Jim Gaffigan

Happy Birthday, Alice!

A.C. turned 71 yesterday.

TUPRACTIS

Fox Fools

They Might Be Giants

I'm working on a new non-fiction book about albums I think deserve more attention. Today's chapter was about this band's record "Nanobots" (which features this song).

Steve Gunn

Alternative SOTU

Japanese Breakfast

Millennial Millions

If you watch this skit you might start to understand why a lot of Millenials are more open minded about socialism.

Joe Jackson

New album out today.

Gary Clark Jr

We Miss You, Mr. Bowie

Leon Bridges

One of those songs that puts some zip in your step. Thanks to Mark Mclay for letting me know about this artist.

Spirit Award

A local Seattle band I heard for the first time today on KEXP.

Brian May