HUSKER DU covers The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," circa 1985.

ELBOW visits Morning Becomes Eclectic.

LAURA STEVENSON plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

HEART BONES visits The Current.

MARK LANEGAN shares "Skeleton Key."

STEPHEN MALKMUS shares "Brainwashed."

BAT FOR LASHES  Natasha Khan discusses her new concept album on All Things Considered.

BRENDAN BENSON talks about his upcoming album with American Songwriter.

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER's "Karn Evil 9" is being adapted into a movie.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Robert John's mostly-forgotten falsetto-laden soft rock ballad "Sad Eyes."

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal duties will officially end on March 31.

STEVEN SPIELBERG's daughter has launched a new career as an adult entertainer?

ELIJAH WOOD and Mette-Marie Kongsved quietly welcomed their first child together.

CHRIS NOTH is a dad again at 65, recently welcoming his second son with wife Tara Wilson.

NICOLAS CAGE will re-enact his old roles in his new move.

THE HARRISON FORD GUIDE To Phoning It In.

THIS GUY Rushes To Save His Animals From Tropical Storm.

DOG OWNERS take more photos of their pet than spouse, family.

SCIENTISTS switch monkey brains on or off using electricity in experiment.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN breaks out a 12-string to cover Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk in the Room," which was also a hit for The Searchers.

CALEXICO + IRON & WINE, Live at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul.

MADISON CUNNINGHAM, Live at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul.

THE LONE BELLOW, Live at Rockwood Music Hall.

PEARL JAM shares "Superblood Wolfmoon."

WAXAHATCHEE returns with "Lilacs."

HARRY NILSSON: The Point gets a 50th anniversary digital and Blu-Ray release.

CHRISSIE HYNDE asks President Trump to set Julian Assange free.

GREG DULLI (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers) talks about his solo LP with Brooklyn Vegan.

HUEY LEWIS talks about his hearing problems and what may be his final album.

HARRY STYLES was mugged at knifepoint.

MEGXIT: The Queen reportedly banned Harry and Meghan from using the lucrative ‘Sussex Royal’ brand that they hoped to use to build new lives.

HAYDEN PANETTIERE's boyfriend's been hauled off to jail again for allegedly putting hands on her again.

BEN AFFLECK speaks frankly about everything from his addictive behavior and his divorce to why he lied about that back tattoo.

ANA de ARMAS (Knives Out, Blade Runner 2049) is profiled in Vanity Fair.

JA'NET DuBOIS, known for her turn as Willona Woods on "Good Times," was found dead in her Glendale, Calif. home on Tuesday. She was believed to be 74.

ESTHER SCOTT, veteran character actress (Boyz n the Hood, Dreamgirls, Pursuit of Happyness and Transformers) has died at 66.

TERRIFYING FOOTAGE of kittens hunting down a man on wide green.

WUHAN'S CAT RESCUER: The man saving pets abandoned during China's coronavirus outbreak.

SNAKE ORGY forces Florida officials to close section of park.

REDD KROSS play "Annie's Gone" and cover The Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More" for Twofer Tuesday.

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork points you to Tame Impala,The Men, Soakie, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT points you to Elephant Stone, Cindy Lee, Bambara, and more.

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN plays CBS This Morning.

THE BUZZCOCKS, sans Pete Shelley, have issued a new single.

THE STROKES return, "At The Door."

JAMES TAYLOR: "I was a bad influence on the Beatles."

ANDREW WEATHERALL, the DJ and producer who helped Primal Scream reimagine themselves for their landmark album Screamadelica, has died from a pulmonary embolism. He was 56.

RICK JAMES's estate is being sued by an alleged rape victim.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Knack's "My Sharona," the giddily horny, morally indefensible banger that helped break new wave in America.

DREW CAREY's ex-fiancee, Dr. Amie Harwick, has been murdered after cops say an ex-boyfriend attacked her and caused her to fall from a third-story balcony.

STRANGER THINGS 4 has a trailer online.

MEGXIT: Margot Robbie hosts the fugitive Royals.

KEVIN SMITH'S MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE has announced its voice cast.

KELLYE NAKAHARA, who played Lieutenant Nurse Kellye on “M*A*S*H,” has died at 72.

MOVIEFONE IS BANKRUPT: Everyone Made The Same ‘Seinfeld' Joke About Its Last Remaining Employee.

A 19-YEAR-OLD DOGGO finds a forever home.

MISSING DOG's ghostly barking heard underground. He was in a car buried in Virginia.

ROCKY helps his brother Ryman.

AN ORPHANED ALBINO ELEPHANT recovers from poacher’s snare.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Sonic the Hedgehog tops the chart with 57MM, beating out Detective Pikachu for the biggest videogame movie debut evah. Surprisingly good news for Paramount, which could use some after Gemini Man, Terminator: Dark Fate, and Rhythm Section. Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey places with 17.1MM on a 48 percent decline from an already bad opening frame.  Fantasy Island shows with 12.4MM, a bit above expectations.  The Photograph is close behind in the fourth slot with 12.3MM.  Bad Boys for Life rounds out the Top Five with another 11.3MM on a leggy 6 percent drop and looks like it will top out right around 200MM domestic.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY is observed today. Here's an inaccurate and profane tribute to the first US President.

VALENTINE'S DAY: I've never been a big Valentine's Day guy, but I have always liked The Replacements' "Valentine" and Elvis Costello's cover of "My Funny Valentine."  Beyond that, my thoughts typically drift to the Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror," The Beatles' "In My Life," and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows." I think it's probably very difficult to write a straight-ahead, universal love song, and these three are great.

LUCY DACUS visits KEXP.

ANDY SCHAUF played "Neon Skyline" and "Try Again" for Kimmel.

STELLA DONNELLY covers John Paul Young's "Love Is In The Air."

THE OPPOSING VIEW:  Ever Fallen In Love? Love Stinks. Love Hurts. Love Will Tear Us Apart. Only Love Can Break Your Heart. And don't forget to give me back my black t-shirt (nsfw)

THE 100 BEST LOVE SONGS, according to The Telegraph.

THE TOP 50 LOVE SONGS, as measured by Billboard.

VH-1's 40 Awesomely Bad Love Songs.

THE WORST LOVE SONGS, according to faculty members of the University of St. Thomas’ Music Department.

NINE SONGS ABOUT SEEING YOUR EX MAKING OUT, courtesy of The A.V. Club. A hardy perennial.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Sonic the Hedgehog, which is currently scoring 65 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Downhill, which is scoring 44 percent; The Photograph, scoring 79 percent; and Blumhouse's horror version of Fantasy Island, which was not advance screened for critics.

NO TIME TO DIE: Billie Eilish has shared the theme song for the next Bond flick.

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have laid off their London staff.

JAMES BROWN: Prosecutor may investigate claim the Godfather of Soul was murdered.

THE BATMAN: Director Matt Reeves revealed the first look at Robert Pattinson as Batman in a camera test.

ALADDIN: The live-action reboot is getting a sequel.

JENNIFER ANISTON spent more time chatting to Mad Men's Jon Hamm than Brad Pitt at an Oscars afterparty.

ROMAN POLANSKI: The entire board of the Cesar Academy, which awards France's equivalent of the Oscars, resigned Thursday just two weeks ahead of its gala ceremony after Polanski's new film "An Officer and a Spy" topped the list of nominations for this year's Cesar awards, which will be handed out on February 28.  It feels like fallout from the Gabriel Matzneff scandal rocking France.

A GOONIES RE-ENACTMENT is the subject of a new pilot.

HUGH JACKMAN meeting a Wolverine fan is the best thing you will see today.

KUPATA guards the school crossing.

MAN & CAT reunite after seven years.

PLANTATION OWNERS profit by not persecuting primates.

"IT'S NOT FULLY KNOWN, but it’s thought that males put their energy into looking for females, not growing."