The Bangles

Few shows before or since worked in their love of music like Gilmore Girls. From a snowman version of Bjork to appearances from Sonic Youth and Sparks, here are 10 musical moments to celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary.

Emitt Rhodes, singer songwriter, onetime frontman of ’60s baroque pop group The Merry-Go-Round and known as “The One Man Beatles,” has died. He was 70. Read tributes from fellow artists.

”Welcome to No Fun Mondays. Going to release a cover song every week until we’re let back out into the world,” Billie Joe Armstrong says.

The lineup includes Redd Kross, Veruca Salt, that dog., Vicki Peterson (The Bangles), Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go’s), Kim’s former bands The Pandoras and The Coolies, Kim’s former Muffs bandmates, and more.

…and Weezer’s Africa-shaped picture disc for their ”Africa” cover.

Listen to new songs by Cloud Nothings, Girlpool, The Bangles covering The Three O’Clock, Yoko Ono covering John Lennon, SASAMI, Deer Tick, The Free Nationals/Daniel Caesar/Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and more.

Record Store Day Black Friday happens at independent record stores on November 23 and exclusive titles include records by Talking Heads, Type O-Negative, Devo, The Stooges, The Germs, The Zombies, Sheryl Crow, Manchester Orchestra, Matthew Sweet and more.

The lineup also includes Pretenders, Kamasi Washington, The Specials, Seu Jorge, Margo Price, Violent Femmes, The Bangles, Margaret Glaspy, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and more.

The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).

Matthew Sweet is releasing his first album in six years, a 17-song double album titled Tomorrow Forever, this week via his own Honeycomb Hideout label. The record features his longtime rhythm section of Paul Chastain and Ric Menck (both of Velvet Crush), as well as the Bangles’ Debbi Peterson and a “keyboard cameo” from The Zombies’ Rod Argent…