Friday Night Rockin' Episode Guide

All rock revival things left out.

February 6th - 12th, 2021
Derrick:


 * Rock & Roll Hal of Fame Nominees lead by Tina Turner, Jay-Z, Iron Maiden
 * The Weeknd gives chaotic tour of his career via Super Bowl performance
 * Judge rules against Britney Spears' father in conservatorship dispute
 * Mary Wilson, founder of The Supremes, passes at age 76
 * Stadiums and arenas in New York set to reopen
 * Olivia Rodrigo's "Driver's License" continues to dominate Rolling Stone chart
 * Jay-Z and late Nipsey Hussle release new single "What It Feels Like"
 * BTS to perform MTV Unplugged set
 * Morgan Wallen asks fans not to defend him over slur controversy
 * Foo Fighters launch "Medicine at Midnight Radio" series
 * Post Malone and Ozzy Osbourne release animated "It's a Raid" music video
 * Taylor Swift announces remake of "Fearless" for April

Performance: Pale Waves (Introduced by Kristen)


 * 1) "You Don't Own Me"
 * 2) "Easy"
 * 3) "Fall to Pieces"

Discussion: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Kristen


 * Ariana Grande, Doja Cat, and Megan Thee Stallion releases music video for "34 + 35" remix
 * Post Malone to headline virtual Pokemon concert
 * David Johansen, Debbie Harry, and more confirmed for Sylvain Sylvain livestream tribute
 * Pink announces new song "Cover Me With Sunshine" with daughter Willow
 * Jazz icon Chick Corea dies at age 79
 * Rihanna's Fenty Fashionline put on hold
 * Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse
 * Songwriter's Hall of Fame awards delayed another year
 * Weezer's Rivers Cuomo working on musical film "Buddha Superstar"
 * For Those I Love announce self-titled debut album, release new single
 * Phoebe Bridgers makes SNL debut, smashes guitar

Interview: Phoebe Bridgers

Lily


 * Justin Bieber announces Valentine's Day performance
 * Shia LeBeouf denies FKA Twigs abuse allegations
 * A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg releases posthumous single "Nutshell Pt. 2", album "Forever" set for release
 * Alice Cooper has gotten his COVID-19 vaccination
 * Pooh Shiesty tops Apple Music Pre-Add chart for third straight week
 * Jeep pulls Bruce Springsteen ad after DWI reveal
 * Big Freedia releases new single "Platinum"
 * Dry Cleaning announce debut album
 * Dave Grohl, Quincy Jones, Killer Mike named to NIVA Board
 * Dua Lipa releases music video for song "We're Good"
 * Cypress Hill plan to celebrate 30th anniversary with graphic novel

Performance: Django Django (Introduced by Ella)


 * 1) "Spirals"
 * 2) "Kick the Devil Out"
 * 3) "Glowing in the Dark"

Rupert


 * Janet Jackson clothing, accessories going up for auction
 * Jason Isbell donates his share of Morgan Wallen album royalties to NAACP
 * New Order prepare 2018 live album "Education Entertainment Recreation"
 * Rick Rubin hit with $1,000 fine for breaking Hawaiian COVID-19 guidelines
 * Merry Clayton announces album "Beautiful Scars"
 * Wolfgang Van Halen previews new album "Mammoth WVH"
 * Demi Lovato, Carole King, Method Man and others added to SXSW online conference
 * Alex Somer releases tracks "Deathbed" and "Sooner" from upcoming double album
 * Karol G's "Bichota" hits No. 1 on the Latin Airplay charts

Interview: Karol G

Performance: Margaret (Introduced by Lily)


 * 1) "Roadster"
 * 2) "Xanax"
 * 3) "No Future"

Discussion: Virtual Concerts

Ella


 * Greta Van Fleet release new song "Heat Above"
 * Tina Turner documentary heading to HBO
 * Elliot Mazer, engineer-producer, dead at 79
 * Fleetwood Mac prep deluxe re-release of 1980 live album
 * Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt & the Disciples of Soul added to Light of Day virtual concert lineup
 * Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeny announce follow up to 2005 "Superwolf" collaboration
 * House delegate Stacey Plaskett quotes Run the Jewel, GZA during Trump impeachment trial
 * Glenn Danzig-directed film Death Rider in the House of Vampires gets first trailer
 * Les Claypool and Robert Trujillo release short film "Precious Metals"
 * Demi Lovato, Charli XCX, Tom Petty documentaries heading to South by Southwest film festival

Performance: The Rubens (Introduced by Derrick)


 * 1) "Muddy Evil Pain"
 * 2) "Time of My Life"
 * 3) "Heavy Weather"
 * 4) "Live in Life"

Closing Performance: The Pretty Reckless (Introduced by Ella)


 * 1) "25"
 * 2) "Broomsticks"
 * 3) "Death by Rock and Roll"
 * 4) "Got So High"
 * 5) "And So It Went" (Joined by Tom Morello)

Derrick:

 * Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are divorcing
 * Dolly Parton urges lawmakers to not put statue of her up
 * The Weeknd Super Bowl half-time show documentary heading to HBO
 * Haim unveils "Gasoline" remix with Taylor Swift
 * Police open investigation in Marilyn Manson abuse accusations
 * Dozens arrested over protests about Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel's arrest
 * Kelly Clarkson covers Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" on her talk show
 * Yungblud's cover of David Bowie's "Life on Mars?"
 * Jamaican music legend U-Roy dies at age 78
 * BTS top Twitter's most popular artist list for fourth year in a row
 * Mike Shinoda releases single "Happy Endings" with iann dior and UPSAHL
 * Migos' Quavo to make acting debut in upcoming Robert De Niro film
 * Toni Braxton ties Alicia Keys for most No. 1 songs on Adult R&B Airplay charts
 * Super Bowl ad puts Pet Shop Boys' "Opportunities" back on dance charts
 * Justin Timberlake apologizes to Britney Spears, Janet Jackson

Interview: Justin Timberlake

Kristen:


 * Ari Gold, trailblazing LGBT dance artist, dies at age 47
 * Morgan Wallen still No. 1 on Rolling Stone artist charts
 * Questlove to direct documentary about Sly Stone
 * CNCO's "Deja Vu" debuts top five on Latin Pop Albums chart
 * Ed Sheeran teases release of fourth album later this year
 * Christine McVie clarifies Fleetwood Mac are still together
 * Vicky Cornell files lawsuit against Soundgarden of valuation dispute
 * Demi Lovato docuseries trailer releases, reveals her three strokes and heart attack
 * Jewel performs Valentine's Day Fundraiser for Navajo Nation
 * Niko Moon hits No. 1 on Emerging Artists chart with song "Good Time"
 * Rick Ross performers with band for second time in his career during "Tiny Desk Concert"
 * First trailer for official Notorious B.I.G. documentary drops
 * Fania Records co-founder Johnny Pacheco dies at age 85
 * Eddie Vedder, Phoebe Bridgers set for Virtual Tibet House Benefit concert
 * Syd releases first new song since 2017, "Missing Out"

Performance: Tash Sultana (Introduced by Derrick)


 * 1) "Pretty Lady"
 * 2) "Blame It On Society"
 * 3) "Beyond the Pine"
 * 4) "I Am Free"

Lily:


 * Ariana Grande announces "Positions" deluxe edition
 * Conan Gray releases single "Overdrive", teases new album
 * The Fat Boys' Prince Markie Dee dies at age 52
 * Man arrested in the hit-and-run death of Nicki Minaj's father
 * FKA Twigs claims Shia LaBeouf bragged about shooting stray dogs
 * Jehnny Beth releases "French Countryside" music video
 * Cardi B becomes first woman with consecutive No. 1 hits on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts
 * ITZY, ENHYPEN, & iKON announce appearances at KCON:TACT 3
 * Corey Taylor teases "massive" Slipknot news coming in the next month
 * serpentwithfeet releases new single "Same Size Shoe"
 * Greta Van Fleet release music video for "Heat Above"
 * MusiCares 2021 Person of the Year Gala cancelled
 * Billie Eilish seeking restraining order from man threatening her from outside her home
 * Jethro Tull release 40th anniversary edition of album "A"
 * Megan Thee Stallion releases surprise single "Southside Forever Freestyle"
 * Serj Tankian talks about film "Truth to Power"

Interview: Serj Tankian

Rupert:


 * Demi Lovato, Sam Fischer song "What Other People Say" gets music video
 * Foo Fighters cover "Mississippi Queen," "You Should Be Dancing"
 * The Beach Boys sell intellectual property rights
 * Akron/Family founder Miles Seaton dead at age 41
 * Crowded House release new single, announce first new album in a decade
 * King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard release song "Pleura"
 * Peter Gabriel re-records "Biko" with international list of artists
 * Jon Bon Jovi honors family in "Story of Love" music video
 * Rihanna faces backlash for Ganesha pendant in photo
 * Behemoth to release new album this fall
 * Paul Stanley gets COVID-19 vaccine
 * Kings of Leon release video for song "Echoing"
 * Iceage release new song "Vendetta"
 * 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?" music video passes a billion views
 * Poolside releases remix of Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face" remix
 * Luke Combs apologizes for use of confederate flags in the past
 * Lil Yachty & Kodak Black team up for "Hit Bout It" music video

Discussion: Collaborations

Performance: Ghetts (Introduced by Lily)


 * 1) "IC3"
 * 2) "Mozambique"
 * 3) "No Mercy"

Ella:


 * Common, Chuck D, and others join Harry Belafonte birthday livestream
 * Luke Bryan tops Apple Music pre-add chart
 * Black Pumas perform explosive version of "Know You Better" on Kimmel
 * Big Thief debut new song "Simulation Swarm"
 * Coheed & Cambria reveal new coffee brand
 * Gojira release video for song "Born for One Thing"
 * Mavis Staples & Yola kick off Spotify "Duet" series
 * Kacey Musgraves selling mocking Ted Cruz shirt for Texan charities
 * Cardi B's "Up" defeates Olivia Rodrigo's "Driver License" on Rolling Stone charts
 * James Newman re-selected as the UK's chocie for postponed Eurovision song contest
 * The White Stripes release full 2005 "From the Basement" performance
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd prep "Live at Knebworth '76" DVD/LP Set
 * Dawn Richards announces new album "Second Line," releases song "Bussifame"
 * Milford Graves, legendary drummer, dead at 79

Performance: Mogwai (Introduced by Rupert)


 * 1) "Pat Stains"
 * 2) "Here We, Here We, Here We Go Forever"
 * 3) "Dry Fantasy"
 * 4) "Ritchie Sacramento"

February 20th - 26th
Derrick:


 * Electronic legends Daft Punk break up after 28 years
 * Bobby Shmurda released from prison after 6 years in custody
 * ACM Awards nominees are revealed
 * Sly & the Family Stone release animated "Everyday People" music video for Black History Month
 * John Legend & Janelle Monae to lead Recording Academy's first Black Music Collective event
 * Jessie Ware releases "Remember Where You Are" music video
 * SNL does sketch about Olivia Rodrigo's "Driver's License"
 * William Goldsmith's new band Assertion preview debut album with song "Supervised Suffering"
 * Cyndi Lauper, Shelia E. to take part of the Grammy's Women in the Mix event
 * Taylor Swift's re-created "Love Story" propels her to top of Rolling Stone's Artists 500 Chart
 * Taylor Swift's "Fearless (Taylor's Edition) tops Apple Music Pre-Add Charts
 * Billie Eilish to host "The World's a Little Blurry" livestream event
 * Morgan Wallen's "Dangerous" still No. 1 on the Rolling Stone album charts

Discussion: Daft Punk's Legacy

Performance: Architects (Introduced by Derrick)


 * 1) "Black Lungs"
 * 2) "Dead Butterflies"
 * 3) "Meteor"

Kristen:


 * Lil Tjay and 6lack's "Calling My Phone" hits No. 1 on Rolling Stone charts
 * Trailer for HBO's Tina Turner documentary drops
 * Evanscence performed "Wasted On You" on Kimmel
 * Blondie reveal new graphic novel about their rise to stardom
 * Post Malone covers Hootie & the Blowfish for Pokemon Day celebration
 * James Burke, Five Stairsteps vocalist, dead at 70
 * Jaden Smith releases "Photography" music video
 * Ne-Yo announces "In My Own Words" 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
 * Low Cut Connie release video for "Charyse"
 * Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Lars Ulrich, Miley Cyrus among artists supporting Global Citizen's "Recovery Plan for the World"
 * Dinosaur Jr. announce new album, release lead single "I Ran Away"
 * Wolf Alice preview new album "Blue Weekend" with track "The Last Man on Earth"

Interview: Ellie Rowsell (Wolf Alice)

Lily:


 * Green Day release new single "Here Comes the Shock"
 * Can preview "Live in Stuttgart 1975" live album with small excerpt
 * Grammy Museum announce new Ringo Starr virtual exhibit
 * Chloe x Halle release "Ungodly Hour" music video
 * Violence erupts in Barcelona on fifth night of protests over imprisonment of Pablo Hasel
 * Andra Day performs "Strange Fruit" medley on Fallon
 * Tom Morello to serve as executive producer on Netflix's "Metal Lords" film
 * Justin Bieber performs "Lonely," "Holy" for Spotify set
 * Axl Rose appears on "Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?"
 * Spoon unearth "Lines in the Suit" for "Girls Can Tell" 20th anniversary
 * Peter Frampton does instrumental cover of Roxy Music's "Avalon"
 * Music video released for Juice WRLD's "Conversations"
 * Kirk Franklin performs "Tiny Desk" show from Texas studio
 * Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala postponed due to Bell's Palsy diagnosis
 * AJR's "Bang!" hits No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay Chart
 * Tune-Yards perform "Hold Yourself" on Colbert
 * Pussy Riot, Dorian Electra, 100 Gec's Dylan Brady release song "Toxic"
 * Bartees Strange performs "Tiny Desk Concert"
 * Nick Cave & Warren Ellis surprise release new album "Carnage"

Performance: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (Introduced by Ella)


 * 1) "Hand of God"
 * 2) "Lavender Fields"
 * 3) "White Elephant"

Rupert:


 * De La Soul voice themselves in new Teen Titans Go! episode
 * Blackpink named Goodwill Ambassadors for UN Climate Change conference
 * The Who prep Super Deluxe Reissue of "The Who Sell Out"
 * St. Vincent teases album "Daddy's Home" for May
 * Daft Punk sales go up by 2,650% after break-up
 * The Beach Boys reunites on charity re-recording of "Add Some Music to Your Day"
 * Paul Weller previews album "Fat Pop (Volume 1)" with "Cosmic Fringes" video
 * Helado Negro covers David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" for tribute album
 * Steven Tyler performs "Rattlesnake Shake" with Mick Fleetwood, Billy Gibbons
 * Taylor Swifts' Rights Management Company countersue Evermore theme park
 * The White Stripes dig up "Hotel Yorba" 2001 performance from "Jools Holland"
 * Halestorm covers The Who's "Long Live Rock" for documentary
 * Becky G & Burna Boy release new single "Rotate"
 * Paul McCartney announces "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present" memoir
 * Duff McKagan to release lost 1982 album with pre-Guns N' Roses band
 * Billie Eilish teases new album on Colbert
 * Heart's Ann Wilson releases new song "The Hammer"
 * Bright Eyes cover Vic Chestnutt's "Flirted With You All My Life"
 * Mick Jagger celebrates 150 years of the Royal Albert Hall in new video
 * Guided By Voices announce "collage of discarded songs" "Earth Man Blues"

Interview: Robert Pollard

Ella:


 * BTS cover Coldplay's "Fix You," perform "Telepathy" for the first time during MTV Unplugged performance
 * Nick Jonas announces new album "Spaceman," shares title track
 * Vic Mensa, Wyclef Jean, Peter CottonTale perfer 2-song set on Colbert
 * Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak team up for band Silk Sonic
 * Chance the Rapper accuses and sues ex-manager of demanding kickbacks, exploitation
 * Finneas and Until the Ribbon Breaks release "What They'll Say About Us" reimagining
 * Bruce Springsteen DWI, reckless driving charges dismissed
 * Lady Gaga's dog walker shot, her two dogs stolen
 * Late Pop Smoke song "AP" get released for film role "Boogie"
 * Ava Max performs "My Head and My Heart" on Kimmel
 * Track "Nike Soldier" released from late Alan Vega's lost album "Mutilator"
 * The Offspring release track "Let the Bad Times Roll" as well as first album in 9 years
 * Iggy Pop releases "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight" music video
 * Bad Bunny and Rosalia appear together in SNL's sea shanty sketch
 * The Hold Steady perform "Family Farm" on Seth Meyers
 * Julien Baker release track "Heatwave," new album "Little Oblivions"

Performance: Julien Baker (Introduced by Kristen)


 * 1) "Hardline"
 * 2) "Favor"
 * 3) "Relative Fiction"
 * 4) "Faith Healer"
 * 5) "Ziptie"

March 19th

 * Introduction
 * Discussion: This Week's Best Releases

Derrick:


 * 1) Heavy Sun by Daniel Lanois
 * 2) Today We're the Greatest by Middle Kids

Kristen:


 * 1) Chemtrails Over the Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Lily:


 * 1) Still Woman Enough by Loretta Lynn
 * 2) This Bitter Earth by Veronica Swift

Rupert:


 * 1) Down to Earth by Gentleman's Dub Club

Ella:


 * 1) Zoom In by Ringo Starr


 * Performance: Lana Del Rey (Intorduced by Kristen)


 * 1) "Let Me Love You Like a Woman"
 * 2) "Wild at Heart"
 * 3) "Tulsa Jesus Freak"
 * 4) "Chemtrails Over the Country Club"
 * 5) "Dance Till We Die"


 * Discussion: Best Obscure Genres


 * Interview: Lana Del Rey


 * Performance: Black Honey


 * 1) "Disinfect"
 * 2) "Back of the Bar"
 * 3) "Summer '92"
 * 4) "Run for Cover"
 * 5) "I Like the Way You Die"


 * Discussion: Bandcamp Artists
 * Music Video: "Follow You" by Imagine Dragons
 * Music Video: "Mine Forever" by Lord Huron
 * Music Video: "Tu Veneno" by J. Balvin


 * Interview: Ringo Starr
 * Performance: Loretta Lynn


 * 1) "Where No One Stands Alone"
 * 2) "Honky Tonk Girl"
 * 3) "I Wanna Be Free"
 * 4) "Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation)"
 * 5) "Still Woman Enough" (Joined by Reba McEntire & Carrie Underwood)


 * Interview: Loretta Lynn
 * Discussion: Favorite Albums
 * Music Video: "Sticky" by The Maine
 * Music Video: "Musician" by Porter Robinson
 * Music Video: "we would have some cute kids." by Tai Verdes
 * Performance: Middle Kids


 * 1) "Cellophane (Brain)"
 * 2) "Lost in Los Angeles"
 * 3) "R U 4 Me?"
 * 4) "Run With You"
 * 5) "I Don't Care"
 * 6) "Today We're the Greatest"