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

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Cloud Nothings, Pearl Jam, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has A Certain Ratio, Gwenno, Suede's Brett Anderson, and more.

THE WOODENTOPS return after almost a decade with Fruits of the Deep.

LOU REED: Stream The Power Of The Heart tribute LP.

BLUR seems to have ended ts current reunion.

TAYLOR SWIFT's new LP broke Spotify's record, with 300MM streams in a day.

THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME inductees are announced.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Civil War repeats atop the chart with 11.1MM on a 56 percent drop. Abigail places with a 10.2MM debut. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire shows with 9.5MM on a 40 percent drop. Guy Ritchie's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare came in fourth wth a 9MM debut.

CIVIL WAR and the illusion of objectivity in journalism.

REBEL MOON: The early reviews for the sequel are... not great Bob!

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS married George Bainchini in a ceremony officiated by Garbage's Shirley Manson.

KEANU REEVES is in talks to star in two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund’s highly anticipated next feature “The Entertainment System Is Down.”

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE is moving up its release date to avoid the US election vortex.

TOM CRUISE wanted to be in Watchmen.

A BORDER COLLIE guides ducklings to a puddle.

LIED ON HIS RESUME, got the job anyway.

DOGGO vs GATOR: Who You Got?