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Lost & Found: David Bowie Dances on Soul Train

David Bowie dancing on 'Soul Train' is a thing of beauty. He couldn't look more British if he tried. Bowie lip-synced his hit song 'Fame' on 'Soul Train,' but the snarly angst still comes through. He'd...

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Lost & Found: Cibo Matto's Food Songs

Cibo Matto used to sing a lot about food, in case you didn't know. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: New Order Were Pretty Casual on the BBC

Is Bernard Sumner wearing boxers, or are those just very small, thin shorts? Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Wilco Found a Boxful of Letters and a Monogrammed Guitar

There was no danger of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy losing his guitar since he had his band's name emblazoned on its fretboard. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Have You Seen the Kinks' Piano-Playing Gorilla?

Compared to the other people onstage and the people in the audience, the piano player in the above video really is an apeman. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Guided by Voices Motor Away on 'The Jon Stewart Show'

Before Jon Stewart took over 'The Daily Show,' he hosted another show that bore his own name. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Watch Television Perform on Television

Television's 1992 self-titled albums is a musical gem that has gone unnoticed and under-appreciated for, well, as long as it's been out. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Richard Hell and the Voidoids Are Prone to Spurts

Richard Hell proclaimed loudly, "Oh no, it hurts!" We say to him, "Maybe you shouldn't do that, then." Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Where's the Cure's Horn Section and Robert Smith's Crazy Hair?

Yes, that short-haired gentleman playing guitar without any makeup on in the above video is the Cure frontman Robert Smith. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: The Beastie Boys Rocked 'The Arsenio Hall Show'

Remember how great the 'Arsenio Hall Show' was, fist-pumps and woofs notwithstanding? Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Depeche Mode Perform on a Strange German TV Show

British electro pioneers Depeche Mode have been around for quite some time now. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Here's a Birthday Party in a Junkyard

Music critic Stephen Erlewine used the word "challenging" to describe the Australian band the Birthday Party. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Spacehog Plead for Their Lives on 'Letterman'

Spacehog didn't follow any typical path to stardom. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Punk Broke in 1991, in Case You Hadn't Heard

This weekend, we're taking a look at a couple of '90s rock movies. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: The Residents Are … Well, We Don't Know

What the ever-loving hell is going on here? Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Nobody Cares About Anything, According to Nirvana

We're not going to state outright that Nirvana members Kurt, Krist and Dave had been imbibing in some smoky herbal supplements before they did this interview. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Yo La Tengo's Got an Autumn Sweater for You

In our minds, Yo La Tengo always have been and always will be. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Jon Spencer Demonstrates How (Not) To Play the Theremin

If you're curious about the strange musical instrument known as the theremin, this video probably won't be of any help to you. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Here's the Butthole Surfers with a Side of Beastie Boys

Public access TV shows have been a haven for weird bands with nowhere else to go, so it's no surprise that the Butthole Surfers popped up on 'The Scott and Gary Show' way back in 1984. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Here's Your Daily Dose of Awkward with the Violent Femmes

Poking fun at a person in order to develop a bond of familiarity is a delicate art that requires charm and panache. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: The Clash Live on Fridays

As far as band slogans go, the Clash had to have the best one ever. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Holy Crap! Have You Ever Heard Brainiac?

Brainiac, or 3RA1N1AC, as they were sometimes known, almost made it big. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Sleater-Kinney Live Back in the Day

We wish we could pickle Sleater-Kinney back in 1998, when they were really hitting their stride. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Some Kids From Athens Called R.E.M. Play 'Letterman' in 1983

While fans of guitar pop may be split on R.E.M.'s later work, there's no denying the energy and charisma these fellows had when they first blipped on the music radar in the early '80s. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Did You Know Marc Bolan Had His Own TV Show?

At the height of his popularity, T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan was all over the place. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Wanna Pet Roky Erickson's Two-Headed Dog?

A pattern of young musical geniuses developing, or some might say cultivating, mental troubles seemed to emerge during the '60s. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Let Us Tell You the Story of Silkworm

Silkworm hold a place among the unknown rock 'n' roll elite, which is kind of a bummer, in a way. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: We Love All Things Tom Waits

We love all things Tom Waits. And if you also love all things Tom Waits, then this is for you too. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Remember That Flaming Lips Song About Jelly?

If you were around during the '90s, then you probably remember liking the Flaming Lips song 'She Don't Use Jelly' for a little while before becoming sick of it. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: A Look Back at "Weird Al" Yankovic's Humble Yet Awesome Beginnings

A young "Weird Al" Yankovic, playing accordion barefoot in quilted velvet pants and a frizzy ball of hair, looked positively hip next to square extraordinaire Tom Snyder. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Can You Name Everyone in the Backbeat Band?

When director Iain Softley started working on the Beatles biopic 'Backbeat,' he made an unorthodox choice regarding the soundtrack. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: What's a Reptile on Amphetamines Like?

Amphetamine Reptile records is responsible for producing one of the largest collections of the best music you've never heard. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Kenny Rogers Wasn't Always the Gambler

We as a culture once forgot that Kenny Rogers, the man who sang 'We've Got Tonight' with Sheena Easton, used to write psychedelic rock songs. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Cat Power

Cat Power has always had an air of mystery about herself. Continue reading…

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Lost & Found: Bill Withers Performs the Best Song Ever Written

It's a safe bet that you know a bunch of Bill Withers songs, whether you recognize his name or not. Continue reading…

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