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FRANZ FERDINAND plays CBS Saturday Sessions.

TITUS ANDRONICUS, MICHAEL SHANNON, TORRES and more paid tribute to the late David Berman.

NEIL YOUNG shared the original mix of "Field of Opportunity" ahead of another lost 1970s album.

BILL MURRAY kicked off his US tour this past weekend in Chicago and performed covers of classic hits by Bob Dylan, The Kinks and more.

JANE'S ADDICTION, minus Perry Farrell?

BLONDIE: Debbie Harry on turning 80, and more.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Post Malone's first chart-topper, the bleakly melodic 21Savage collab "Rockstar."

ZENDAYA & TOM HOLLAND are engaged, reportedly.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES: Do they foreshadow an Oscars shakeup?

FRANCHISES & FAMILY FARE saved the box office in 2024.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE wants to merge Hulu+ and Fubo.

WILL SMITH: Caught in the Matrix?

GRIMM may head to the big screen.

ROGER PRATT, best known for his work as director of photography on Tim Burton‘s Batman (1989) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), has died. He was 77.

A DOGGO gets a pupper.

BEAVERS carry their babies in their arms like people.

FOX vs CAT: Who You Got?

SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: "Tears of a Clown." Originally released in 1967, but it didn't become a hit until 1970. Sometimes, a hit takes time.

DEHD plays acoustic at The Current.

DAWES plays for Paste.

TWIN SHADOW covers Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather."

FROM ELVIS COSTELLO TO THE FLATLANDERS: Pub-Rock and Americana's Great Overlap.

RORY GALLAGHER got a statue unveiled in Belfast.

PASTE's Top 40 Rock Albums of 2024.

EVAN DANDO, now clean from street drugs and using LSD, will release his long-delayed memoir this spring.

BRENTON WOOD, the soul singer best known for his 1967 hit “The Oogum Boogum Song,” has died. He was 83.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Mufasa repeats atop the chart with 23.8MM on a 35 percent drop.  Sonic 3 places with 21.2MM on a 44 percent drop.  Nosferatu shows with 13.2 MM on a 39 percent drop (and clears 100MM globally).  The estimated total is 105.5MM, 23 percent better than the opening frame of 2024.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES were awarded to these folks. Congrats!

RICKY GERVAIS shares the jokes he would have told hosting the Globes.

JEFF BAENA, indie filmmaker and husband of Aubrey Plaza, has died at 47.

THE SUBSTANCE will not have a sequel.

YACHT ROCK's Fascinating Legacy.

SONNY BUNCH's Top Ten (Or So) Movies of 2024.

BRITT ALLCROFT, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, has died at age 81.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A PUPPER hitches a ride during a walk.

TORTOISES come to get cleaned.

PERRY, who famously served as the model for the Donkey character in “Shrek,” was euthanized on Thursday after battling a painful hoof disease. He was 30.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ECHO and the BUNNYMEN!  Live at the Royal Albert Hall, circa July 1983.  Your setlist includes: "Going Up," "With a Hip," "All That Jazz," "All My Colours (Zimbo)," "Silver," "Simple Stuff," "The Cutter," "The Killing Moon," "Rescue," "Never Stop,""Over The Wall," "Crocodiles," and "Do It Clean."

STEVIE WONDER's early years at Motown get over two hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats.

MJ LENDERMAN covers Pink Floyd, George Strait, and Neil Young in NYC.

NICK CAVE responds to a fan who left his show early after becoming "too emotional."

THE ROCK HALL OF FAME: A method to the madness?

PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY: Standards from 1924-29, Ernest Hemingway, and more become available to all.

MAGNET's Top 25 Albums of 2024.

WAYNE OSMOND, who was an original member of the Osmonds singing group, has died. He was 73.

TOM HOLLAND's New Superpower.

ANDREW GARFIELD: Cracked Open.

DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE actually declined 3.3 percent from 2023.

CASUAL VIEWING: Why Netflix looks like that.

HARRY POTTER, directed by David Fincher?

DIDDY's INNER CIRCLE spills in a new documentary.

DUNE 2: Creating the Black-and-White World of House Harkonnen.

HEAT VISION's Top 10 Movies of 2024.

A BEAR catches a bread slice like a pro.

ONE HORSESHOE CRAB helps another. Still hideous.

A DOGGO found a lamb. Wasn't even a Germen Shepherd.

NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT names its Best 40 Albums of 2024.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD visits World Cafe.

THE SOFT BOYS reunited during Yo La Tengo's Hannukah shows at Bowery Ballroom.

NEIL YOUNG played "Pardon My Heart" for the first time in 50 years.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John Darnielle lists his favorite albums of 2024.

PETE DOHERTY shares his New Year's Resolutions and reflects on how far he's come since 2000.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Mufasa was king of the post-Christmas chart with 63.7MM over five days. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 placed with 59.9MM.  Nosferatu showed with 40MM, a career best for director Robert Eggers.

APPLE TV will be free this weeekend.

BLAKE LIVELY sues JUSTIN BALDONI, her director and co-star in It Ends With Us, for sexually harassing her and subsequently enacting “a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation.” Baldoini is suing the New York Times over its coverage of the filing.

BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIE finalized their divorce after an eight-year battle.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN's next project will be an adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey, presumably a different approach from the Coen Bros' O Brother Where Art Thou?

LIAM PAYNE: Argentine authorities have charged five people in connection to the pop star's death.

JASON MOMOA will return to the DCU, but not as Aquaman.

OLIVIA HUSSEY, ho was catapulted to fame as one of the teen stars of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet in 1968, has died at 73.

CHARLES DOLAN,who founded HBO and AMC, has died at 98.

GREG GUMBEL, a longtime sportscaster who called NFL games on CBS for decades and served as the network’s March Madness host, has died at 78.

DAYLE HADDEN, a model and actress in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, has died in a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a home in Pennsylvania. She was 76.

LINDA LAVIN, the beloved veteran stage and TV actress known for her Emmy-nominated role in the 1976 sitcom Alice and for her Tony-winning performance in the 1986 play Broadway Bound, died on Dec. 29. She was 87.

DON'T YOU DARE drop that leash.

JUST A KITTEN and its shadow.

HORSES on the lam.

THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY STARTS HERE:

...with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Making a tradition of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again" (VU); "Road to Ruin," "Bigger Fool," "Reason to Believe" (Springsteen), "Powderfinger" (N. Young), "Happy Boy," "Big Ugly Wheels," "Bigger Stones," "Gun Sale at the Church," "Dallas Blues," "I Wanna Be Free," "Lakeside Trailer Park," "Death Train," and "Seven Year Itch."  If you're new to the band, my picks would be "Bigger Stones," "Happy Boy" and the cover of your choice.  BONUS:  Now how much would you pay?  But wait... there's more!  If you really want to see someone put the "bar" in "bar band," watch these NSFW clips from Houston, TX of the late Country Dick Montana leading the band through "Lucille" (K. Rogers) -- complete with his favorite beer bottle stunts -- followed by "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Wino," "Are You Drinkin' With Me, Jesus?" and "Mondo."  SUPER-SPECIAL BONUS: Country Dick rolls out "California Kid" and "Anarchy in the UK" (Language warning).

U2: Crushingly obvious, I know. 

NICK CAVE & SHANE MacGOWAN: "What a Wonderful World."

ABBA wishes you a "Happy New Year,"  but it doesn't sound anywhere as celebratory as "Take A Chance On Me." 

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS perform "This Year" at the M-Shop in Ames, IA.

OTIS & CARLA have a "New Year's Resolution."

CLAUDE PATE: Don't forget you can stream "New Year" on the Tube, with comments from a member of The Eclectics and Friend of Pate Ken King.

AULD LANG SYNE: All my life, I don't know what this song means.

JOE JACKSON: Pate frequently attempted "One More Time" to often hilarious effect, so today I stick with Joe's early material, including "Sunday Papers" live on the OGWT, "Kinda Kute" on the Kenny Everett Video Show, and a Beat Crazy-era run of "On Your Radio."  The Rock Goes To College show provides live takes on "It's Different For Girls,"  "I'm The Man," and this pulsing version of his signature "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"  BONUS: The appropos finale, "Got The Time?

THE 2024 FLUBLOG SURVEY, playlisted at Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.

BROOKLYN VEGAN's Top 50 Albums of 2024.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT's Top 40 Albums of 2024. Also, 2024’s best reissues and box sets.

STEVEN HYDEN's Favorite Albums of 2024.

UPROXX's Best Albums of 2024.

NPR's 50 Best Albums and 124 Best Songs of 2024.

PITCHFORK's 50 Best Albums, 100 Best Songs, Best Rock Albums, and Best Box Sets and Reissues.

STEREOGUM's 50 Best Albums and 50 Best Songs of 2024. Plus the Gummy Awards.

CONSEQUENCE's 50 Best Albums and 200 Best Songs of 2024.

ALTERNATIVE PRESS's Top 50 Albums of 2024.

PASTE's Top 40 Debut Albums and Top 40 EPs of 2024.

POPMATTERS's Top 80 Albums of 2024.

MOJO's Top 75 Albums of 2024.

NME's Top 50 Albums of 2024.

ROLLING STONE's Top 100 Albums and Top 100 Songs of 2024.

40 GREAT 2024 ALBUMS from indie legends.

THE ZOMBIES: "This Will Be Our Year."

THE BEST MOVIES OF 2024, according to The Ringer.  And Uproxx. And Roger Ebert dot com.  And Rolling Stone.

THE BEST TV SHOWS of 2024, according to The Ringer.  And Uproxx. And Ebert.  And Rolling Stone.

THE GREAT PERFORMANCES of 2024, Parts One and Two.

THE GREAT CRAFT OF 2024, according to Roger Ebert dot com. 

A CLEVER DOG, a ball, and a treat.

I IMMEDIATELY regret this decision.

NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US Now.

RYAN SEACREST: Don't drink and host. The More You Know. Whoosh.