The B-52s

This week's episode focuses on The Growlers Six festival with songs from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Butthole Surfers, Danny Brown, Beach Fossils, The B-52s, Ariel Pink, Jonanthan Richman, Bad Brains, Beth Ditto and more.

The Growlers Six, which happens the weekend before Halloween (October 28 & 29) at the LA Waterfront. As the name implies this is the sixth festival they're throwing and the lineup includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, Butthole Surfers, Dan Auerback, Danny Brown, Beth Ditto, Bad Brains, Geto Boys, Guided by Voices, Hepcat, Fear, Mike Watt & The Secondmen, Nice as Fuck, Rostam, Jonathan Richman, Fear, and tons 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).

The B-52s' singer celebrated the release of her new solo EP which includes covers of songs by Broadcast and Junior Senior.

Several NYC shows going on sale today.

Back in 2004, Pitchfork published their Top 100 Albums of the 1970s list, and today they've returned with the 200 Best Songs of the 1970s. Some of the artists who didn't make the cut on the albums list are now here, like Black Sabbath, Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith...

The B-52's continue to be very active these days, with a handful of dates scheduled for 2016...

The famed Mudd Club opened its doors at 77 White Street, steps away from The Roxy, in October of 1978. For five years Mudd Club supported New York City's downtown music, fashion, and art scene giving exposure to artists and performers like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Lou Reed, The B-52's, and Anna Sui...

$3 RSVP is open for this Friday's Against Me!, Cakes Da Killa and Big Eyes show in Asbury Park, curated by BrooklynVegan. RSVP opens at noon for the free Beirut show at...

B-52 Kate Pierson's first solo album, Guitars and Microphones, comes out February 17, and a few days later she'll celebrate it with a release show in NYC at City Winery on 2/25...