NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Andrew Bird, Bike Thieves, Outkast, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Midnight Oil, Mini Skirt, Vivien Goldman, and more.

MATTHEW SWEET returns, "At A Loss."

GILLIAN WELCH shares "Peace in the Valley" and "There's a First Time for Everything."

BILLY JOE SHAVER, the outlaw country music singer-songwriter, has died in his native Texas after suffering a stroke. He was 81.

THE SHINS: James Mercer talks about college, his friend Neal Langford, and a new song.

ZAPPA, a documentary directed by Alex Winter (yes, of Bill and Ted), has a trailer online.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ready For The World's playful, Prince-esque funk jam "Oh Sheila."

SEAN CONNERY, the irascible Scot from the slums of Edinburgh who found international fame as Hollywood’s original James Bond, dismayed his fans by walking away from the Bond franchise and went on to have a long and fruitful career as a respected actor and an always bankable star, has died in Nassau, the Bahamas. He was 90. Here are reactions from George Lucas and others. And a couple of critical assessments from Matt Zoller Seitz, Brian Phillips, and Sonny Bunch.  And a fun story from screenwriter Brian Koppelman.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE?  Come Play exceeds expectations to top the chart with 3.2MM.  Honest Thief places with 1.4MM on a 43 percent drop.  War With Grandpa shows with 1MM, also on a 43 percent drop.

PRINCE WILLIAM secretly fought the coronavirus.

WALTON GOGGINS talks about his life and career at Uproxx.

MATTHEW McCONNAUGHEY really wanted to play the Hulk.

AMAZON argues that users don't actually own purchased Prime Video content.

17 FACTS ABOUT AIRPLANE! on its 40th anniversary.

A DOGGO navigates the playround better than I would.

LAKELAND, FLORIDA, had too many swans. These people bought them.

A TIGER tested positive for coronavirus at the Oakland Zoo.

AND NOW, A Sinkhole Full of Rats.