The Lacking Permanence

Club Makumba is hot, the drinks are strong, and you’re not ready to leave just yet.

The sound of Chicano Batman is a half-dozen ice-cubes liquidly clinking in a tall glass.

Another batch of duplicates and substitutes!

Mustard Service is a variety of spicy and stinging that will bring a tear to your eye.

Khruangbin promises exotic destinations and luxurious accommodations in the distant hum of a prop engine.

It was a globe-spanning show, with listeners checking in from the Grand Valley, the Florida swamps, and as far as Japan, where it was already Wednesday lunchtime. Meanwhile, The Libertines are up to their old antics again, at least the ones where they sound like a recently unfrozen cadre of British Invasion troglodytes. Also fun: playing a track called “We Will Not Apologize” and following that up with “Stop Apologizing”. Sounds about right.

Holiday Ghosts bring you that refreshing fizzy jangle in a tall frosted glass.

Sometimes, you’re in the mood for something unrelenting and obsessive, and Meatbodies has what you need.

The Dandy Warhols are singing about a band, but it’s not the Misfits

When you set out to record a song that’s been famous, or popular, or claimed in some other way by some other artist, you are taking a shortcut with great risks and great rewards. Rarely can you pull it off the way Chicks On Speed do with their rendition of Cracker’s “Euro Trash Girl,” with a radical approach to deconstructing and reassembling the indie country hit. You’ll just have to hear for yourself.