THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with ROCKPILE, a band that featured old pals Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds cranking out the rootsy pub rock. Let's start with "Teacher, Teacher" and "I Knew the Bride," along with this clip of "Heart," featuring Billy Bremner, which is odd at the start.  And here's the band rolling through Lowe's "So It Goes," and "Heart of the City," plus a cover of Elvis Costello's and "Girls Talk," which many associate more with Edmunds.

THE BLACK KEYS share "Wild Child."

WET LEG played "Wet Dream" and "Chaise Longue" on Fallon.

FATHER JOHN MISTY sang "Goodbye Mr. Blue" on Colbert.

PAVEMENT shares a video for their obscure B-side turned viral hit "Harness Your Hopes."

BUFFALO TOM: The making of Let Me Come Over.

GANG OF YOUTHS frontman David Le'aupepe talks to The Current.

MAJOR LABELS are suspending biz in Russia.

THE BEATLES: How 'A Hard Day's Night' Reinvented the Rock Musical.

JUSSIE SMOLLETT, who was convicted of staging a racist and anti-gay attack against himself, was sentenced to 150 days in jail and ordered to pay restitution.

GRIMES & ELON MUSK secretly had another baby, a girl named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk.

PETE DAVIDSON will play a fictionalized version of himself in a new comedy series.

OBI-WAN KENOBI: "We're going to see a very powerful Vader," promises a returning Hayden Christensen.

DUNE: Austin Butler is in negotiations to play Feyd-Rautha in Part Two.

BETTER CALL SAUL has a trailer for the final season.

MY COUSIN VINNY: An Oral History.

INDIE MOVIE THEATERS struggle to survive as release windows shorten.

EMILIO DELGADO, the actor best known for his role as Luis on “Sesame Street,” has died at 81.

DOGS, giving high fives at the Austin Marathon.

THE BOX IS PACKED, ready to ship now.

I'M NOT EVEN MAD, I'm impressed.

I'M SORRY... were you going to eat that?

JANIS IAN visits World Cafe.

HAND HABITS plays KEXP.

FATHER JOHN MISTY shares "Goodbye Mr. Blue."

GANG OF YOUTHS covers Wilco's "A Shot in the Arm."

GRUFF RHYS shares "People Are P*ssed" and "Arogldarth."

DESTROYER: Dan Bejar breaks down the new album.

THE NATIONAL's Bryce Dessner has said that the band’s upcoming new album harks back to their “classic” sound, as well as having a “lot of energy in it”.

A BILLY JOEL BIOPIC, but Joel is not involved in the project and will not grant rights to his name, likeness, life story, or music.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Boyz II Men's slow-jam juggernaut "I'll Make Love To You".

AL PACINO, on The Godfather at 50.

OBI-WAN KENOBI has a teaser trailer online, scored with "Duel of the Fates."

NICOLAS CAGE IS NCOLAS CAGE in the trailer for The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent.

THE KARDASHIANS get a lengthy profile at Variety.

BLACK PANTHER director Ryan Coogler was mistaken for a bank robber.

DC FILMS' superheroes are moving their release dates again.

THE PENGUIN: The Batman spin-off series starring Colin Farrell is greenlit.

THE MUPPETS MAYHEM, ft. Dr. Teeth, is greenlit for Disney+.

CONRAD JANIS, an actor familiar to television viewers as Mindy’s father on the hit sitcom “Mork & Mindy” who was also a skilled jazz musician and a gallerist well known in the New York art world, died on March 1 in Los Angeles. He was 94.

A RARE SIBERIAN TIGER caught on camera.

BLACK SWANS feeding koi fish.

IS THAT 43 horned lizards and 9 snakes in your pants, or are you just... oh, wait.

HARRY NILSSON: "Everybody's Talking" on Swedish TV, circa 1969.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Regina Spektor, a Son Lux collaboration with David Byrne and Mitski, and more.

ANAIS MITCHELL vsits World Cafe.

THE DREAM SYNDICATE returns with "Where I'll Stand."

JOHN DOE shares "Never Coming Back."

JON SPENCER & THE HITMAKERS shares "Worm Town."

KATE BOLLINGER shares "Who Am I But Someone."

SPOON, on toast, marmalade, and Lucifer On The Sofa (with a playlist).

BOB DYLAN announces a new book, 'The Philosophy of Modern Song.'

BOB GELDOF & CHRISSIE HYNDE are among those raising money for those affected by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

FLORENCE PUGH may join Dune, Part 2.

KATE WINSLET is eager to get back to work.

BLUE BEETLE: Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo and Harvey Guillén have joined the cast of DC Films's first superhero movie starring a Latino character.

DMZ has a trailer online.

JON HAMM, on Top Gun: Maverick, His New Narrative Podcast and His Dog's Inner Monologue.

(NOT THE) BATMAN: An Oral History of Prince's Soundtrack.

A WIERD-LOOKING DOG, chasing a ball.

A BIRD, performing tricks.

SPIDERS hunt in packs of hundreds to swarm prey.

TEARS FOR FEARS visits World Cafe.

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD streams Ye Olde... EP.

SPIRITUALIZED shares “The Mainline Song.”

SUNFLOWER BEAN shares "Roll The Dice."

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE shares "17 18 19."

MICHAEL STIPE revisits New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

DIZZEE RASCAL found guilty of assault, smashes paparazzi's camera outside court.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories' extremely '90s 'Reality Bites' jam "Stay (I Missed You)," the first No. 1 hit ever to be released by an unsigned artist.

STEVEN SPIELBERG criticized the Academy’s decision to pre-record eight Oscars categories for this year’s ceremony.

DEEP WATER, starring  Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, has a trailer online.

AARON RODGERS & SHAILENE WOODLEY were looking cozy at a wedding.

TARON EGERTON reassured fans after fainting during the first night of his new play.

JOSH HARTNETT married his longtime love Tamsin Egerton. No, she's not related to Taron.

NICOLE KIDMAN pulled a hammie.

RUSSIAN DOLL, Season 2, has a premiere date.

THE OSBOURNES: An Oral History.

A DOGGO with next level skateboard control.

CATS & DOGS, sleeping together...

SPIDER-CAT, doing whatever a Spider-cat can.

A HERON, hitching on a hippo.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Band of Horses, CMAT, Steve Hardware, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Guided by Voices, The Weather Station, Wah Together, and more.

KURT VILE shares "Hey Like a Child."

CALEXICO shares "Harness the Wind."

STEVIE NICKS: Not a fan of Vladimir Putin.

STEVIE WONDER defined what an 'artist's classic run' could mean.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at All-4-One's eternally goopy wedding ballad "I Swear."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Batman tops the chart with 128.5MM, delivering the second-best opening since 2019, and the best WB debut since... Joker.  Uncharted places with 11MM on a 52 percent drop.  Dog shows with 6MM on a 41 percent drop.

THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!

THE OSCARS: Infighting mounts over the decision to present eight awards prior to the live Oscars telecast.

NYETFLIX: The streaming service pulls out of Russia completely.

I AM LEGEND: Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan want to continue the story.

KANYE WEST's latest video featured an animated Pete Davidson being kidnapped and buried alive.

ALEC BALDWIN discovers that lawyers will seek the deep pockets.

JOHNNY BROWN, the actor, comedian and singer best known for his role as superintendent Nathan Bookman on the popular 70s sitcom “Good Times,” died Wednesday.  He was 84 years old.

MITCHELL RYAN, an actor known for his role in the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" and who played a heroin-dealing retired general in the action movie "Lethal Weapon," has died. He was 88.

BIG, INVASIVE, PARACHUTING SPIDERS will invade the East Coast.

A GREY WOLF transforms into a good boy when he's visited by the people that helped raise their pack.

IF YOU SEE HIM, it's already too late.

THE TORTOISE & THE HARE, updated.