DOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd."

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Sleater-Kinney, Green Day, and more.

BILL's INDIE BASEMENT has Bolts of Melody, Black Grape, and more.

MODERN ENGLISH return with "Not My Leader."

BILLY JOEL is teasing his first new music in 17 years.

SLEATER-KINNEY look back on the highlights and weird detours of their long career.

SWERVEDRIVER assesses their catalog.

MARY WEISS, the former lead singer of the Shangri-Las, died on Friday at age 75.

MARLENA SHAW, who is best known for her hit track California Soul, has reportedly passed away at the age of 81. 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Mean Girls repeats atop the chart with 11.7MM, but on a 59 percent drop amid the traditional January doldrums.  The Beekeper places with 8.4MM on a 49 percent drop.  Wonka shows with 6.4MM on a leggy 24 percent drop.  Anyone But You, in the fourth slot, has cleared 100MM worldwide, becoming the highest grossing R-rated romantic comedy since 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby.

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is the first animated movie to make the visual effects Academy Award shortlist since 2020.

OPPENHEIMER: An Oral History, on video with RDJr, Murphy, and Blunt.

ALEC BALDWIN, indicted again for the Rust shooting.

JESSE EISENBERG, on filming at a concentration camp andwanting to direct a musical.  ALSO: He and Riley Keough are playing Sasquatches.

GLEN POWELL, on Hit Man, and Top Gun 3.

AVA DuVERNAY Wants to Build a New System.

JOSH RADNOR ("How I Met Your Mother") met his wife on a psychedelic trip, more or less.

SCRIPTED TV orders are in a precipitous decline.

IF YOUR DOG runs, RUN.

A CAT assists a kitten with a stuck toy.

A DOGGO and a Baby.

CATS & DOGS, living together...