TWIN SHADOW sang "To The Top" (probably my fave of his) for James Corden.

PAVEMENT advance streams The Secret History, Vol. 1.

STURGILL SIMPSON played the Newport Folk Festival.

WARREN HAYNES stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH played live on KEXP’s Audioasis.

JAN & DEAN:  I figured I'd slip in "Surf City" for the dog days of Summer.  Toss in an off-the-TV clip of "Dead Man's Curve" from their comeback and you have Twofer Tuesday, not to mention an argument between Barry & Dick.  FYI, technically, neither Barry nor Dick is right, though Dick is closer to the truth

DAVID BYRNE wrote a New York Times op-ed calling for transparency in how streaming revenues are split.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: How "Born to Run" made him The Boss.

BAD TIMING: 31 musicians who quit bands right before they became insanely famous.

LED ZEPPELIN, ranked by NME.

BRITNEY SPEARS: Her parental conservatorship could be extended indefinitely. 

GWEN STEFANI & GAVIN ROSSDALE are divorcing after 13 years of marriage.

WILL & JADA PINKETT SMITH are not getting divorced soon, contra widespread internet reports.

JESSICA ALBA defends her company's natural sunscreen against consumer complaints. 

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE once ditched Brad Pitt on a date. Dude couldn't play jazz flute.

GWYNETH PALTROW claims it wasn't her idea to call her divorce a "conscious uncoupling."

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN's casket photo has been sold to a tabloid. 

RUSSIA: Vladimir Putin personally ordered the 2006 poisoning murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London, the lawyer for his widow said on Friday.

SYRIA: US air power has been used for the first time to defend US-trained forces fighting in Syria, a Pentagon spokesman has confirmed. 

IRAN's state media watchdog has suspended a hard-line publication and warned two other likeminded outlets for criticizing the nuclear deal reached last month between Iran and major world powers. 

DOGS awaken to the smell of their favorite treats.

A MARMOSET MONKEY & AN IGUANA, playing together... mass hysteria!

BEARS are moving into Boulder Heights, CO.

MR. MORRIS:  A cat who was born with a cleft palate has found love and acceptance on the internet after having surgery to fix the problem.