RICHARD HAWLEY dropped a video for "I Still Want You."

CRAIG FINN performed songs from his new solo record Faith In The Future live on KEXP’s Midday Show.

FFS, the Franz Ferdinand/Sparks hybrid rolls a couple of live tracks when the Mael bros talk to WFUV.

WOOZY advance streams their debut, Blistered.

NEON INDIAN advance streams VEGA INTL. Night School.

MARTIN COURTNEY of Real Estate drops "Airport Bar" ahead of his solo LP, Many Moons.

MARK KOZELEK covers the traditional Appalachian murder ballad “Down In The Willow Garden" twice on an EP of the same name.

MIKE PACE & THE CHILD ACTORS have a new single out.

GRAHAM PARKER gives The Quietus the 13 albums that have had the biggest impact on him as a musician.

DEERHUNTER frontman Bradford Cox shares blunt talk with The Observer.

LOW's Alan Sparhawk told Drowned In Sound the band is still figuring out how to communicate with each other, and us, and higher powers. And, also, he thinks Beyoncé is quite good. (Thx, Frank Yang.)

LUNA: Dean Wareham does a quick hit with amNY about the reunion tour.

JOHNNY DEPP doesn't want an Oscar; it's an honor enough to be nominated.

CHARLIE SHEEN was headlocked and thrown out of a bar. Alcohol may have been a factor.

RHIANNA was interviewed by filmmaker Miranda July for the New York Times magazine about what turns her on, how she handles the pressure of public scrutiny and why she's been Googling childbirth.

AMANDA BYRNES is going back to fashion school.

FANTASY ISLAND may be rebooted until it's barely recognizable.

STAR WARS is not being Disney-fied, insists Episode VII director J.J. Abrams.

GERMANY: More than a million refugees will come to Germany this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputy said on Sunday, as a poll showed almost half of Germans believe she is handling the influx of asylum seekers badly.

RUSSIAN air strikes in Syria could cause a new refugee crisis as Syrians in rebel-held parts of the country flee to avoid a return to living under Bashar al-Assad's regime, the Turkish prime minister has said. Putin's overture to opponents of Russia's bombing campaign in Syria was snubbed on Monday, with Saudi sources saying they had warned the Kremlin leader of dangerous consequences and Europe issuing its strongest criticism yet.

IRAN: While all eyes are on Vladimir Putin’s machinations in Syria, deploying Russian fighters and troops, a potentially more dangerous Moscow effort in Iran is picking up steam.

WHALES play under the Northern Lights.

MOUNTAIN GOATS are being culled en masse in France.

THE BUZZING DEAD: Tiny flies create zombie honeybees.

WHOOO ARE YOUUUU? A giant green caterpillar was found in the back garden of a family in Alabama.