PAUL McCARTNEY brought out KRIST NOVOCELIC for some "Helter Skelter" in Nirvana's hometown.

NADA SURF stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

MOUNT MORIAH plays for World Cafe from its base in North Carolina.

MAYER HAWTHORNE stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a sesshion.

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE's Chris Collingwood, under the solo name Look Park, drops “Aeroplane” ahead of Look Park.

50 FOOT WAVE (ft Kristin Hersh) shares "Bath White," the title trcak to an upcoming EP.

PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: "Indian Reservation (Cherokee People)."

BEACH SLANG frontman James Alex talks to SPIN about recording his band’s second album.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY's Munaf Rayani ranks the band's albums for Noisey.

CATE LE BON is profiled by The Record.

AC/DC's longtime lead singer Brian Johnson issued a lengthy statement about his health and uncertain future with the band (on the 36th anniversary of his joining the band).

ELIZABETH BANKS showed off her new look as Rita Repulsa in the upcoming Power Rangers film reboot. (FWIW, the social media response I saw was decidedly mixed.)

WILLEM DAFOE: The former Green Goblin takes a mystery "good guy" role in Justice League.

SUPERHERO MOVIES: Swallowing the industry's star power?

CASTLE seems to be blowing up, despite "couples counseling" for its co-stars.

AMBER HEARD & JOHNNY DEPP's apology video wwas mocked by Australia's deputy prime minister.

JAMES FRANCO talks to New York art critic Jerry Saltz about why Saltz and others why the art world has been so hostile to Franco and other celebrities who try to enter it.

DENMARK, a once-tender embrace of refugees fleeing conflicts on the continent’s doorstep has evolved into an uncompromising rejection.

A THIRSTY BULL serves himself a drink.

BILLIONS OF CICADAS will swarm the Northeastern US next year (but won't peak until 2021).

A BADGER that has been partying a little too hard has checked into an animal shelter to dry out.

KANGAROO vs AIRPLANE: Who you got?