JON PRATT rolls out "The Smallest Things," accompanied by Naomi Engle. As Jon describes it, a sort of Beatlesque bossa nova.

PHOEBE BRIDGERS stops by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features tracks from Beach House, Tank And The Bangas, Welles, and more.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and MICHAEL STIPE joined PATTI SMITH  at the Beaocn Theatre.

LEON BRIDGES shares "Beyond."

JOHNNY NASH: "I Can See Clearly Now." Because I'm hoping for a bright, sunshiney day

A NEW PRINCE LP of previously unreleased material is coming this Fall.

BEACH HOUSE talks to Pitchfork about their new album and the dark side of glamour.

THE TOP TEN ELBOW SONGS, according to Stereogum.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mr. Acker Bilk's cloudy jazz instrumental "Stranger On The Shore," which turned up on Mad Men more than once, iirc.

BOB DOROUGH, a jazz player, singer, conductor and arranger and the musical keystone of Schoolhouse Rock!, has died. He was 94. He wrote and/or performed "Conjunction Junction," "3 Is A Magic Number," "I'm Just a Bill," "The Shot Heard Round the World," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here" and many others in the educational series.

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR's embargo lifts to mostly good reviews (87 percent/7.6) at Rotten Tomatoes.

VENOM has dropped a trailer online that actually shows Venom.

SARAH JESSICA PARKER denies there's an ongoing Sex & the City catfight.

KANYE WEST: Those closest to him believe his mental health may be in serious jeopardy and are pointing to an outburst during a recent studio session as a major red flag.

CHANNING TATUM is having a tough time adjusting to his split with ex Jenna Dewan, sources say.

ALLISON MACK (Smallville) apparently was trying to recruit Emma Watson and other celebrities to join an alleged sex cult on Twitter.

DULE HILL and and Jazmyn Simon got hitched.

BEAR CUBS, rescued in Bulgaria.

THE WORLD'S NEWEST GREAT APE is threatened by a Chinese dam project.

GOING "CADDYSHACK" Goes Wrong. In fairness, the same could be said of Carl Spackler.

THE END OF THE WORLD is Not Nigh.

THE TUBES: "She's A Beauty" and "Talk To Ya Later" are your Twofer Tuesday.

WILLIE NELSON advance streams Last Man Standing.

FRANZ FERDINAND plays the House Of Strombo, including a cover of Drake's "Passionfruit."

ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

ST VINCENT joined BLEACHERS to cover Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" at Coachella.

SUPERCHUNK shares a video for "Erasure."

JULIANA HATFIELD talks to Morning Edition about covering Olivia Newton-John.

PRINCE's family has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois hospital that treated him for an opioid overdose the week before his death.

THE ARCHIES are crossing paths with a bunch of indie rock bands.

THE NUMBER ONES ooks at the Shirelles' early-Vietnam girl-group sigh "Soldier Boy."

PRINCE WILLIAM & KATE welcomed their third child — a prince — on Monday.

DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON and longtime girlfriend Lauren Hashian welcomed their second daughter on Monday.

VERNE TROYER had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he was rushed to the hospital and never recovered from it.

KANYE WEST loves Donald Trump. Then again, he loved the Occupy movement.

SHANIA TWAIN quasi-apologized for saying she would have voted for Trump.

INFINITY WAR: Thanos is the protagonist.

GAME OF THRONES star Peter Dinklage and showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss have recorded an audio commentary for an episode on the Rick and Morty season 3 Blu-ray.

THE MONKEY SELFIE is not protected by US copyright law, according to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

AN EXOTIC, SWARMING TICK is putting down roots in New Jersey.

A NEW SPECIES OF EXPLODING ANTS has been found in Borneo.

SCIENTISTS have controversially yet successfully grown part of a human brain inside a mouse and the organ even managed to survive for months in a major scientific breakthrough. Over to you, Willard.

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MAGAZINE: "Shot By Both Sides" on TOTP.

ERIKA WENNERSTROM (Heartles Bast*rds) stops by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

L7 stops by The Current to talk and play.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED, with Guest DJ Ben Schneider of Lord Huron.

THE LONGSHOT: Green Day's Bilie Joe Armstrong is streaming a surprise new album.

LYKKE LI shares "Hard Rain" and "Deep End."

BELLY shares "Starryeyed."

ANDREW W..K. thinks "Music Is Worth Living For."

PRINCE: As his health waned, his inner circle had grown increasingly alarmed.

LIZ PHAIR reflects on the 25th anniversary of Exile in Guyville in the MeToo era.

WYE OAK: Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack talk to Aquarium Drunkard about... Metallica? And more.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Elvis Presley's "Good Luck Charm" and the end of Presley's pop-domination era.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: A Quiet Place rebounds to top the chart with 22MM on a 33 percent drop; its 132MM domestic gross against a 17MM budget is a rare spot of good news for Paramount these days.  Rampage shows with 21MM on a 41 percent drop, which is likely better than expected (and more than 75 percent of its money is being made overseas, primarily Asia, which loves them some giant monsters).  I Feel Pretty shows with 16.2MM against a 32MM budget, which raises the question of whether Amy Schumer can make a hit without Judd Apatow.  Super Troopers 2 takes the fourth slot with 14.7MM against a 13.5MM budget, but there was likely a lot of front-loaded demand, esp. on 4/20.  Truth or Dare rounds out the Top Five with 7.9MM on a 58 percent drop, but a 30MM domestic gross to date against a 3.5MM budget ensures more of these cheapies from Blumhouse.

VERNE TROYER, the actor best known for his role as “Mini-Me” in the Austin Powers series, died on Saturday. He was 49.

AVICII: Artist, DJ, and producer Tim Bergling, a.k.a. Avicii, died Friday afternoon in Oman, according to a statement from his rep. He was 28.

PIPPA MIDDLETON is reportedly expecting her first child with husband James Matthews.

ALISON MACK The Smallville actress has been arrested for her alleged role in notorious upstate sex slave cult Nxivm.

NICOLAS CAGE is preparing to retire from acting.

MOVIE THEATERS want to know what it's going to take to get you off the couch.

ISLE OF DOGS: What Wes Anderson gets right about Japan.

CADDYSHACK:  A Cinderella story about the moment when improvisational comedy took on the staid, stuffy moviemaking business.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: They're giant and rainbow-colored.

A MAN bitten by a shark, a bear, and a snake in less than 4 years.

WHO CARES IF THEY'RE CUTE: Zoologist Lucy Cooke talks about how we are (literally) looking at sloths upside down, why Aristotle was so confused about eels, and why pandas need ambiance to get in the mood.

HEADLESS GOAT Near Topless Bar. Bada Bing.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with BLIND FAITH! Live at London's Hyde Park in June 1969. After an introduction and brief segments about supergroup members Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton, your set list includes:"Well All Right", "Sea of Joy","Sleeping in the Ground", "Under My Thumb", "Can't Find My Way Home", "Do What You Like", "In the Presence of the Lord", "Means to an End", and "Had to Cry Today".

OKKERVIL RIVER advance streams In The Rainbow Rain.

SPEEDY ORTIZ advance streams Twerp Verse.

HALF WAIF advance streams Lavender.

LIZ BRASHER advance streams Outcast.

PRINCE's estate released the demo for "Nothing Compares 2 U." ALSO: The prosecutor in the Minnesota county where Prince died said evidence shows Prince -- who died from an accidental fentanyl overdose -- thought he was taking Vicodin, not fentanyl. Carver County Attorney Mark Metz said evidence showed that Prince took counterfeit Vicodin without knowing it.

THE REPLACEMENTS' roadie Bill Sullivan talks about life on the road with America's most capricious band.

LUCY DACUS: Historian of the future?

DEREK SMALLS talks about the future of Spinal Tap, the zucchini incident, and more.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Shelly Fabares' puppy-love anthem "Johnny Angel."

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases include I Feel Pretty, which is currently scoring 38 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Super Troopers 2, which is scoring 36 percent; and Traffik, which wasn't screened for critics. This is called "not wanting your movie to get crushed in a few days by The Avengers: Infinity War."

MICHELLE WILLIAMS (Destiny's Child) is engaged to pastor Chad Johnson.

PAULA PATTON's boyfriend insists he was separated from his wife when he began dating the actress.

CHRIS PRATT confirms that divorce sucks.

JOHN TRAVOLTA gushes praise for film director... Fred Durst?

THE SCULLY EFFECT: There’s a long-standing pop-culture theory that The X-Files’ Dana “Science Over Everything” Scully encouraged women’s interest in science. Now a study has confirmed it.

THE 5 TYPES of DOGGO ESCAPE ARTISTS.

MALE FRUIT FLIES eek sexual release wherever they can find it. When they can’t, they drink alcohol.  So many punchlines.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: It starts with infiltrating student governments.

A VERY ANGRY BADGER forces the partial shutdown of a Scottish castle.

THE LEFT BANKE: "Walk Away Renee."

SUPERORGANISM hits the World Cafe.

BEN HARPER & CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE stop by WFUV Live.

WUSSY streams their Getting Better EP.  Yes, that's a Beatles reference.

FATHER JOHN MSTY shares “Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All" and "Just Dumb Enough To Try" from his upcoming LP.

MAZZY STAR shares "Quiet, The Winter Harbor."

CHERRY GLAZERR shares a video for "Juicy Socks."

DECONSTRUCTING PRINCE's SOUND, with Matt "Dr" Fink on keyboards, BrownMark on bass, and Michael Bland on drums.

SLY STONE: The Casio Garage Demos.

STING talks cultural appropriation and more with the BBC.

SWAN SONGS: NPR listeners pick the songs at their funerals.

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM drops a final trailer.

THE SPICE GIRLS' upcoming reunion won't include new material or a tour, according to Victoria Beckham.

PINK (and her kids) make the cover of People's 2018 Beautiful issue.  But wait, there's more.

R KELLY: A Dallas woman wishing to remain anonymous claims she was emotionally manipulated and knowingly given a sexually transmitted disease by the singer.

TAYLOR SWIFT: A stalker with with a knife and rope was arrested outside her home.

PAULA PATTON's new boyfriend is married, and not separated.

STEVEN SPIELBERG is going to make a DC Comics movie, reuniting with Warner Bros. to produce and very possibly direct the action-adventure film Blackhawk.

WESTWORLD: The casual viewer's guide.

GORILLA SEE, GORILLA DO: Caretakers at Busch Gardens in Florida say exercises help build trust between workers and the animals.

BABOONS that escaped a Texas research facility over the weekend propped up a barrel near a wall, climbed it and then fled their open-air enclosure.

A CALI CAT CAFE throws a "kitten baby shower."

A STONED RACCOON was brought into an Indiana firehouse.