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Maria Bamford and Jackie Kashian join musician Jonathan Coulton for a game that ruins bands by adding an extra letter to form a new name.

Our live edition with WNYC's Soundcheck kicks off with a performance and interview by psychedelic salsa band La Mecánica Popular. Soundcheck's John Schaefer co-hosts.

Detroit-based singer Jessica Hernandez, of the band Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, shares stories of tedium and triumph about life in a tour van.

Maria Hinojosa interviews Alynda Segarra, singer for the alternative folk-country band Hurray For The Riff Raff, about her journey from The Bronx to the banjo.

Maria Hinojosa interviews Ibeyi, a band made up of French-Cuban twins who transform Afro-Cuban religious chants into experimental pop music.

This week, Latino USA tells the story of the Latin Kings and Antonio Fernandez, aka King Tone. Plus, interviews with Cuban-American actress Natalie Morales and Mexican rock band Café Tacvba

World music critic Milo Miles on modern psychedelic music. He talks about such bands as Sonic Youth, Motorpsycho, and Acid Mother Temple.

Sarah Bardeen reviews the latest release from the Canadian pop/punk band The Snitches, called Star Witness. (3:45) (NOTE: The Snitches Star Witness. is on Oh!Tonito Records. Catalogue #: Oh!0002.)

Sarah Bardeen reviews the self-titled CD by a California band called Call and Response. (3:30) Call and Response, is on Kindercore Records. See www.kindercore.com . Sarah Bardeen is an editor at http://www.Listen.com

A new album pays tribute to The Kinks with renditions of the band's songs by contemporary artists. Kinks frontman Ray Davies, along with album producer Jim Pitt, talks with host Lynn Neary about the album and about The Kinks' legacy on Weekend Edition Sunday.