BEST COAST drops a video for "The Only Place."

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO stopped by Studio A to talk about his new songs and perform a few of them for a lucky audience of WFUV members.

BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY visited KEXP to perform an intimate set of reworked classics from his nearly 20 year career.

JD McPHERSON brought their vintage rock to KEXP for a set featuring tracks from the album "Signs & Signifiers."

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

PATTI SMITH guest DJs All Songs Considered, including tracks from Maureen Gray, Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix.

BRIAN WILSON turned 70 yesterday, so some belated "Good Vibrations" to him, as well as the backstory of his materpiece.

VAN DYKE PARKS, one of Brian's prized collaborators, is profiled by The Guardian.

SMASHING PUMPKINS: Billy Corgan talks to Rolling Stone about his sometimes contentious relationship with Pumpkins fans, his new wrestling league, the greatness of Led Zeppelin and why his current bandmates are here to stay.

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH frontman Alec Ounsworth talks to Weld about touring, technology and more... (Thx, LHB.)

KELLY HOGAN talks to Paste about threee songs from I Like To Keep Myself in Pain.

KIM KARDASHIAN served Kris Humphries' ex-girlfriend, Myla Sinanaj, with a subpoena in the divorce case. Meanwhile, a source claims that Kris has plenty of evidence to show that Kim did cheat on him during their 72-day marriage.

HALLE BERRY has been ordered to shell out nearly a quarter of a million bucks a year in child support.

ALEC BALDWIN ran over a reporter's foot while dodging questions about his punching a photog.

WYNNONA JUDD married Cactus Moser in a sunset wedding June 10.

MOLLY SIMS and her husband Scott Stuber welcomed their son on Tuesday.

NICK & VANESSA LACHEY are expecting a boy.

JIM CARREY bails on a Dumb and Dumber sequel.

TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 has a trailer online.

THE UNITED STATES indicated that it plans to maintain a force of 13500 US troops in Kuwait.

FRANCE: A man claiming affiliation with al Qaeda seized four hostages at a Toulouse bank not far from the home of Toulouse shooter Mohammed Merah.

YEMEN: Police officials claimed to have broken up a plot to attack foreign embassies in Sana'a.

IRAN: Two days of talks between Iran and the six powers over Iran's nuclear program produced no agreement. Shocka. The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with loose lips.

A WHALE spouts a rainbow.

THE SWARM was blessed by the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

WHAT YOUR DOG says about your sex life. Woof?

BABY ROBIN cuddles with a CAT... Mass hysteria!