THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE BANGLES!  Live in Pittsburgh, circa 1986.  Your setlist includes: 1 Let It Go; 2 Restless; 3 Walking Down Your Street; 4 James; 5 Going Down to Liverpool; 6 He's Got a Secret; 7 September Gurls; 8 If She Knew What She Wants; 9 Return Post; 10 Live; 11 In a Different Light; 12 Want You; 13 Angels Don't Fall in Love; 14 Hero Takes a Fall; 15 Manic Monday; and 16 Walk Like an Egyptian.

LUCY DACUS visits World Cafe.

BACHELOR plays KEXP.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Big Thief, George Harrison, Hand Habits, and more.

CARIBOU's video for "You Can Do It" is filled with doggos.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John Darnielle holds forth on Bonnie Raitt, Depeche Mode and more.

KACEY MUSGRAVES is profiled in the New York Times.

GENE SIMMONS apologizes to DAVID LEE ROTH.

THE NATIONAL reunited earlier this year and "shared a lot of ideas" for new music.

R KELLY: A woman told a New York court on Thursday of a relationship she had within which he would film their sexual interactions and yell at her for disobeying his commands.

DIANE KRUGER & NORMAN REEDUS are engaged.

EMILY VanCAMP and Josh Bowman secretly welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Iris.

THE LION KING prequel is roaring into life.

JAY CUTLER, a/k/a Jerkface, is having trouble dating post-divorce.

DAVID DUCHOVNY Turned Down Scientology, Doesn't Care About UFOs, and Loves Making Sweet Music.

JAKE TAPPER, on his book (and movie) The Outpost.

PARROTS, nesting in a palm tree.

A SCHOOL OF RAYS, caught by drone.

SUGAR GLIDERS, doing their thing.