DR. DOG plays “When You’re A Gardener” on Yo Gabba Gabba.

TANYA DONNELLY is advance streaming Swan Song Series Vol. 1.

THE FELICE BROS played a set at the Newport Folk Festival.

LORD HURON played a set at the Newport Folk Festival.

SHOVELS & ROPE played a set at the Newport Folk Festival. 

OKKERVIL RIVER drops "Stay Young" ahead of  The Silver Gymnasium.

STARS drops "Wishful," the A-side of a single dropping next month.

ELF POWER has “A Grey Cloth Covering My Face” ahead of Sunlight On The Moon.

JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL-STARS: Live at the Ram Jam Club, circa 1967. Dang.

NEKO CASE talks to Billboard about the catharsis of her upcoming LP, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You.

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS leader Alex Ebert reflects on the cynicism directed toward 'post-ironic' music. 

THAO NGUYEN talks to The Rumpus about touring and working with female prisoners. (Thx, LHB.)

100 AND SINGLE: How The Hot 100 Became America's Hit Barometer.

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CHARLIE SHEEN's new "angels" are.... wait for it... er, adult film actresses. Shocka.

SIMON COWELL's affair with the now-knocked up Lauren Silverman started in 2009.

LINDSAY LOHAN's mom was missing from the family sober night out.

SYLVESTER STALLON calls BRUCE WILLIS greedy and lazy, ditches him in favor of Harrison Ford in The Expendables 3.

JENNIFER ANISTON really doesn't want to discuss babies.

USHER's ex-wife blames the singer for the near-death pool accident that landed their 5-year-old in ICU.

KEVIN FEIGE: Master of the Marvel (movie) Universe.

THE UNITED STATES filed murder charges against Ahmed Abu Khattala, who is linked to Ansar al Sharia, for his role in the murder of US personnel in the 2012 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi; sealed charges have also been filed against about a dozen others.

YEMEN: US officials said the recent flurry of drone strikes in Yemen were an attempt to disrupt an al Qaeda plot, but they are not sure if the strikes have disrupted it. The State Dept. evacuated some diplomatic staff from Yemen and urged US citizens to leave the country.

ISRAELI Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Iran is accelerating its uranium enrichment efforts. Former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said US opposition to an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program has moved from a red light to a yellow light.

LIBYA: Commenting on the US expectation that Libya will arrest accused Ansar al Sharia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala, a Libyan news outlet said that "any arrests or seizures could make the present security crisis in Benghazi look like a minor disturbance in comparison."

EGYPT: The presidency announced that foreign efforts to mediate the country's political crisis had failed.

A DOG's GUIDE to Training Your Owner.

FRANKENFISH: Caleb Newton hooked the record-breaking, 17-pound, 6-ounce northern snakehead in a creek in northern Virginia during a fishing tournament June 1.

SHARK ON THE SUBWAY: Leftover from Sharknado?

SWIMMING PIGS rule Big Major Cay in the Bahamas.