THE CONNELLS: " '74-'45. " Read more about this Raleigh, North Carolina quintet at Trouser Press.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Fontaines D.C., Spiritualized and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Jeanines, Jane Inc, and more.

NEKO CASE shares "Oh, Shadowless."

CRAIG FINN shares “Birthdays.”

BRUCE HORNSBY covers Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business."

YO LA TENGO, ranked by Stereogum.

BONNIE RAITT on Prince, John Prine, Warren Zevon, Lilith Fair, SNL in 1978, and more.

THE WEDDING PRESENT: A Beginner's Guide.

MICK JAGGER has seen the future and it is depressing.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Los Del Rio's "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," the out-of-control dance-craze juggernaut that dominated American popular culture for an entire summer.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Bad Guys tops the chart with a breakthrough 24MM, particularly impressive given that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 places with 15.2MM on a 48 percent drop.  Maybe the answer is found in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore showing with 14MM on a 67 percent crash.  The industry thinks business is really going to pick up this summer.

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is moving from Oct. 7 this year to June 2, 2023.

DR. STRANGE 2 is reportedly banned (or close to it) in Saudi Arabia.

BILL MURRAY was allegedly “touchy” with the women on set of “Being Mortal,” before the shoot was shut down.

KE HUY QUAN: Why a star of The Goonies and  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom quit, and came back after 20 years.

AMERICAN GIGOLO's showrunner is out at Showtime, reportedly following a misconduct investigation.

AMAZON'S LORD OF THE RINGS is reportedly spending over 50MM per episode.  The Game of Thrones prequel is coming in cheaper than Stranger Things.

WAIT, what is this thing?

LITTLE DUDE peeking out seeing what's going on.

PRETTY MUCH how I get out of bed.

A PIGLET, skateboarding.