MAGAZINE: "Shot By Both Sides" on TOTP. 

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Destroyer, Aldous Harding, Camp Cope and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Loop, Jarvis Cocker, Young Prisms, and more.

NEIL YOUNG shares three live tracks from upcoming archival releases.

TAYLOR HAWKINS, the hard-hitting, charismatic drummer for Foo Fighters, the enduring Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band that has won 12 Grammys and released seven platinum albums, has died at 50. According to the attorney general’s office of Colombia,<b class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10"> preliminary tests showed Hawkins had several substances in his system, including opioids, marijuana and benzodiazepines; the cause of death was still under investigation.  Stereogum has highlights.

TALKING HEADS: Tina Weymouth is currently recovering from injuries she sustained during a car accident.

THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS LPs, ranked by Steven Hyden.

GENESIS: Peter Gabriel turned up for the band's final gig (as a spectator).

THE NUMBER ONES looks at TLC's colossal summer jam "Waterfalls."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Lost City tops the chart with 31MM, a record opening during the pandemic for a female-driven feature.  The Batman places with 20.5MM on a 44 percent drop.  RRR shows with 9.5MM.

THE OSCARS went to these folks. Congrats!

WILL SMITH SMACKED CHRIS ROCK in the face onstage at the Oscars after Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith. And then Smith won Best Actor.  Sean “Diddy” Combs is mediating.

WE'RE WATCHING The End of "the Movies."

HAYDEN PANETIERRE and her boyfriend Brian Hickerson brawled with bar patrons on the Sunset Strip.

TEEN WOLF: The revival has added five actors to the cast.

JAMES GUNN says The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is "the greatest thing I’ve ever done in my life."

THE SWARM: Nope, nope, nope.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE SQUIRREL and the bird feeder, an eternal struggle.

WHY DID THE DUCK cross the road?

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with TRAFFIC!  Live in Santa Monica, circa 1972, flagged by my online pal Jay. Your setlist includes: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys; Light Up or Leave Me Alone; John Barley corn; Rainmaker; Glad; Freedom Rider; Forty Thousand Headmen; and Dear Mr. Fantasy.

JASON ISBELL plays KEXP, including a cover of R.E.M.'s "Driver 8."

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS, Live in Ukraine circa 2008.

SKYWAY MAN covers The Faces and more for a Lagniappe Session. 

KURT VILE shares "Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)."

SNAIL MAIL covers Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight."

DESTROYER: A Timeless Rock Icon?

WOLF ALICE's Ellie Rowsell on the Band's Origins, Feeling Romantic and Being on Tour.

OF MONTREAL's early years, essayed at Bandcamp.

BRUTALLY HONEST OSCAR BALLOT Number Two.

VARIETY's final Oscars predictions.

THE OSCARS should move to Netflix.

NETFLIX's Marilyn Monroe biopic officially has an NC-17 rating.

MEN has a trailer online.

KEANU REEVES' movies have reportedly been scrubbed from China streaming platforms following the actor’s public support for Tibet earlier this year. (Thx, Jay.)

RENEE ZELLEWEGER lets down her guard, sort of.

THE BATMAN dropped a deleted scene featuring you-know-who.

ANNA TAYLOR-JOY, on Romance, Raving & Rebellion.

THE REAL MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Saying "No" to Tom Cruise.

THE AGE OF CAGE: How Hollywood's most singular actor stepped into the role of blockbuster hero in the 90s.  He's also getting the best reviews of his career playing himself.

GOATS don't believe in gravity.

A BOY, HIS DOG, and a puddle.

HOW TO PET a Porcupine.

JIMMY WEBB, one of America's master songwriters, plays "Elvis and Me" on Steve Dahl's 1991 NYE PPV event.

POM PON SQUAD plays a Tiny Desk Concert for SXSW.

YARD ACT plays a Tiny Desk Concert for SXSW.

BAUHAUS returns with "Drink The New Wine."

LYKKE LI returns with "No Hotel."

ZOLA JESUS returns with "Lost."

DEVO will donate all licensing revenue from their back catalog made throughout the month of April to assist relief efforts in Ukraine.

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL's Tuesday Cross has woken up after being in a coma since January.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Bryan Adams' final chart-topper, the wretched faux-Spanish soundtrack ballad "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman."

BRUTALLY HONEST OSCAR BALLOT NO. 1: A THR tradition!

THE OFFER, about making The Godfather, has a trailer online.

STEVEN SPIELBERG cited the hit Netflix Korean drama Squid Game as a game changer for the industry.

HUGH GRANT denies that he's in talks for Doctor Who.

OSCAR ISSAC talks "Moon Knight."

SALLY FIELD talks Oscars, COVID, "The Flying Nun," and more.

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was the last film to sweep the "big Five" Oscars.

NETFLIX's upcoming crackdown on password sharing could be worth 1.6 Billion dollahs.

WHAT DOGS Dream About.

GREAT WHITE SHARKS May Befriend Each Other in Hopes of Getting a Larger Meal.

MAN & DOG Diving Team.

FAITH NO MORE: "We Care A Lot."

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Arcade Fire, Valerie June, The Smile, Andrew Bird, and more.

PUNCH BROTHERS visit World Cafe.

DAVID BYRNE & MIKE MYERS join ARCADE FIRE at the Bowery Ballroom.

SHEARWATER returns with "Xenarthran."

PHOEBE BRIDGERS & BRIGHT EYES cover Elliott Smith's "St. Ides Heaven."

TED LEO shares "The Clearing of the Land."

SOFT CELL & PET SHOP BOYS team up for "Purple Zone."

WOLF ALICE's Ellie Roswell discusses what it’s like to hit the road again, how she feels about receiving so many accolades, and her theories about why her band inspires such fervent fandom.

KID ROCK says Donald Trump sought his advice on North Korea and Islamic State.

NICOLAS CAGE paid his debts with VOD movies but stressed that he never took on a role he didn’t believe in — even if the role was helping him avoid bankruptcy.

AMANDA BYNES spoke out after her conservatorship ended.

OPPENHEIMER: Sources say that with Christopher Nolan’s secretive process, actors sometimes don’t even know what role they are signing up for until the deal is done.

MISSING MOVIES: A new organization hopes to save movies from disappearing in the streaming era.

THE GODFATHER's restoration team talks about the painstaking procedure of making these films look better than they ever have before, but not crossing any lines where we lose the cinematic look.

THE OSCARS: West Side Story and Dune are the only Best Picture nominees that a majority of Americans have heard of.

RACHEL ZEGLER, formerly uninvited to the show, will present at the Oscars.

THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES drew criticism for overlooking the contributions of the Jewish immigrants who helped found Hollywood. Now it will try to rectify that.

DOGS & CATS, living together...

THE MRS. CAME HOME EARLY and there's hell to pay.

ABLE TO LEAP driveways in a single bound!

ALT-J plays The Current.

BILLY STRINGS visits World Cafe.

WARPAINT shares "Champion."

BECK plans to re-record early hits "Loser" and "Where It's At."

DOLLY PARTON will star in a movie adaptation of her novel with author James Patterson.

CIRCLE JERKS: Four decades later, they're still running wild in the streets.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Montell Jordan's eternal party anthem "This Is How We Do It."

KYLIE JENNER and Travis Scott revealed that their son is no longer named Wolf.

AMANDA BYNES is probably less than 24 hours from the end of her conservatorship.

CHRISTINA RICCI is returning to Wednesday.

SUPERNATURAL is getting a prequel.

SIXTEEN CANDLES is becoming a series starring Selena Gomez, and Molly Ringwald's happy about it.

WEST SIDE STORY's Rachel Zegler is not invited to the Oscars.

THE RISE AND FALL of the Erotic Thriller.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON got to Sesame Street, mofo.

A TINY HORSE who loves the camera surprises her owner one day by herding all the sheep.

WILD ALTERCATION: Two pigs fought off a black bear in Connecticut that hopped over their enclosure and began attacking. 

A CAT waits for the cartoons to be turned on.

PARTNERS in Crime.

A DOGGO, walking its owner.