JON PRATT, Pate's frontman, is "Stealing five for a pork pie with Wes."

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork has 'em, but I dunno, gang.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Modern Nature, Can, and the Bush Tetras.

TEARS FOR FEARS shares "No Small Thing."

STRING MACHINE shares "Hell Yeah."

THUNDERCAT shares "Satellite."

GROHL & KURSTIN cover Billy Joel's "Big Shot" for Hannukah.

GRANDDADDY shares  “It Was A Silent Night At Least Until Jeff Lynne Arrived.”

THE BEATLES: Get Back allows for everyone to play armchair psychiatrist.

WET LEG: They might hail from the southern coast of England, but their sound is pure West Coast charm and perverse Midwestern nonchalance.

LANA DEL REY was named Artist Of The Decade at Variety‘s Hitmakers awards show.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "Rush Rush," the Paula Abdul ballad with the Keanu Reeves 'Rebel Without A Cause' video.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: In the usually sluggish post-holiday frame, Disney's Encanto tops the chart with 12.7MM on a 53 percent drop.  Ghostbusters: Afterlife places with 10.4MM on 57 percent drop and crosses 100MM domestic.  House of Gucci shows with 6.8MM on a 53 percent drop.

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME had the biggest first day of pre-sales on Fandango since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

HOW MEL BROOKS Fell for Anne Bancroft.

RIDLEY SCOTT: The 84-year-old director is a charming curmudgeon.

JACK REACHER: Amazon's series has a trailer online.

JON PETERS, in Licorice Pizza and reality.

A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS has disappeared in a cloud of licensing issues.

A CAT, taking a somersault.

A PUP, taking a barrel roll.

ANOTHER PUP, not having it.

SNAKE FIGHT results in a house fire.