TEARS FOR FEARS visits World Cafe.

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD streams Ye Olde... EP.

SPIRITUALIZED shares “The Mainline Song.”

SUNFLOWER BEAN shares "Roll The Dice."

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE shares "17 18 19."

MICHAEL STIPE revisits New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

DIZZEE RASCAL found guilty of assault, smashes paparazzi's camera outside court.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories' extremely '90s 'Reality Bites' jam "Stay (I Missed You)," the first No. 1 hit ever to be released by an unsigned artist.

STEVEN SPIELBERG criticized the Academy’s decision to pre-record eight Oscars categories for this year’s ceremony.

DEEP WATER, starring  Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, has a trailer online.

AARON RODGERS & SHAILENE WOODLEY were looking cozy at a wedding.

TARON EGERTON reassured fans after fainting during the first night of his new play.

JOSH HARTNETT married his longtime love Tamsin Egerton. No, she's not related to Taron.

NICOLE KIDMAN pulled a hammie.

RUSSIAN DOLL, Season 2, has a premiere date.

THE OSBOURNES: An Oral History.

A DOGGO with next level skateboard control.

CATS & DOGS, sleeping together...

SPIDER-CAT, doing whatever a Spider-cat can.

A HERON, hitching on a hippo.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Band of Horses, CMAT, Steve Hardware, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Guided by Voices, The Weather Station, Wah Together, and more.

KURT VILE shares "Hey Like a Child."

CALEXICO shares "Harness the Wind."

STEVIE NICKS: Not a fan of Vladimir Putin.

STEVIE WONDER defined what an 'artist's classic run' could mean.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at All-4-One's eternally goopy wedding ballad "I Swear."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Batman tops the chart with 128.5MM, delivering the second-best opening since 2019, and the best WB debut since... Joker.  Uncharted places with 11MM on a 52 percent drop.  Dog shows with 6MM on a 41 percent drop.

THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!

THE OSCARS: Infighting mounts over the decision to present eight awards prior to the live Oscars telecast.

NYETFLIX: The streaming service pulls out of Russia completely.

I AM LEGEND: Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan want to continue the story.

KANYE WEST's latest video featured an animated Pete Davidson being kidnapped and buried alive.

ALEC BALDWIN discovers that lawyers will seek the deep pockets.

JOHNNY BROWN, the actor, comedian and singer best known for his role as superintendent Nathan Bookman on the popular 70s sitcom “Good Times,” died Wednesday.  He was 84 years old.

MITCHELL RYAN, an actor known for his role in the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" and who played a heroin-dealing retired general in the action movie "Lethal Weapon," has died. He was 88.

BIG, INVASIVE, PARACHUTING SPIDERS will invade the East Coast.

A GREY WOLF transforms into a good boy when he's visited by the people that helped raise their pack.

IF YOU SEE HIM, it's already too late.

THE TORTOISE & THE HARE, updated.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with THE TALKING HEADS!  Here's the expanded band -- including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) -- Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay Hungry," "Cities," "I Zimbra," "Drugs," "Take Me To The River," "Crosseyed And Painless," "Life During Wartime," "Houses In Motion," "Born Under Punches," and "The Great Curve."

SPOON plays WFUV.

THE WEATHER STATION plays KEXP.

NKOTB, SALT & PEPA, EN VOGUE & RICK ASTLEYrecreate classic '80s videos in "Bring Back The Time."

CHVRCHES & ROBERT SMITH play The Cure's "Just Like Heaven."

KEVIN MORBY shares "This is a Photograph."

HARRY NILSSON: 50 Years of "The Point."

BAND OF HORSES' Ben Bridwell talks about everything from his close friend Sam Beam from Iron & Wine to his effusive fandom of British rockers Biffy Clyro; from his all-nighter with My Morning Jacket’s Patrick Hallahan at a Detroit hotel to his initial dreams of operating a record label.

THE VENTURES, and a Time When Instrumentals Were Hits.

MORRIS DAY has a beef with Prince's estate.

PETE DAVIDSON is close to signing a deal to join Jeff Bezos on a Blue Origin flight.

JACK HARLOW is set to make his acting debut in 20th Century's reboot of "White Men Can't Jump."

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: Busted for contraband Milk Duds.

DEAD EYES: Tom Hanks will finally explain why he fired Connor Ratliff from a small role on HBO’s Band of Brothers.

ALL THE OLD KNIVES has a trailer online.

TAIKA WAITITI & RHYS DARBY talk about being pirates.

THE NEW PEOPLES' CINEMA CLUB: It's... not easy to explain.

BATMAN VILLAINS, ranked by The Ringer.

SUZANNE SOMERS claims to have made hundreds of millions on ThighMasters.

THAT'S A LOT of tails wagging.

CATS are liquid.

A PUPPER and a Minkey.

CATS & DOGS, camping together...

CANDIE PAYNE brings her updated Northern Soul sound on "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More."

AMOS LEE visits World Cafe.

PASTOR SHIRLEY CAESAR plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN return with "Unnecessary Drama."

PINEGROVE make their late-night TV debut.

NEIL DIAMOND sold his entire songwriting and recording catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed amount.

FRANZ FERDINAND: Alex Kapranos was enthused to reminisce about the band for Vulture.

JOHNNY MARR has vowed to never work with his former The Smiths bandmate Morrissey again, following the latest war of words between the two musicians.

DAVID BOWIE producer Tony Visconti is not a fan of Spotify.

LIVE NATION is ceasing business with Russia and acts cancel dates there.

BANDCAMP was acquired by Epic Games.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at R. Kelly's "Bump N' Grind," a bad song that now sounds like an ominous preemptive confession.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Officially single.

MARILYN MANSON is now taking ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood to court over her allegations of abuse.

SOPHIE TURNER & JOE JONAS are expecting their second child.

EUPHORIA's Sydney Sweeney is indeed engaged.

CHRIS PINE & ANNABELLE WALLIS are dunzo after four years of dating.

NETFLIX paused all future projects and acquisitions from Russia.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH is the new anchor of the MCU.

BULLET TRAIN, starring Brad Pitt, directed by David Leitxh, has a trailer online.

FUTURAMA will be back with its lead cast intact when the Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s cult animated sci-fi comedy returns with new episodes on Hulu in 2023.

FARRAH FORKE, of "Wings" and "Lois & Clark," has died at 54.

ONE LITTLE PENGUIN wants the attention.

ANOTHER PENGUIN, dressed as Peppa.

A CAT, with the sly wake-up call.

FLAMING GROOVIES "Shake Some Action," circa 1987.

JIMMY DOYLE streams Going Gray, which he describes as "Pub Rock, Power Pop, New Wave, whatever you want to call it." All songs under 3:00.

GEESE plays World Cafe.

SHARON VAN ETTEN shares "Used To It."

BARTEES STRANGE shares "Heavy Heart."

PUP shares "Matilda."

MIDLAKE shares "Noble."

HAIM shares "Lost Track," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

SUPERCHUNK: Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance talk about working through the pandemic.

FRANZ FERDINAND canceled shows in Russia, prompting a zillion WWI jokes on Twitter.

DAVID CROSBY says David Crosby things.

MARDI GRAS PARADES are back in New Orleans after a pandemic hiatus.

UNIVERSAL joined Disney, WB, Paramount, and Sony in announcing a halt on theatrical releases in Russia.

NETFLIX won’t carry the 20 Russian free-to-air propaganda channels that they could be required to host under Russian law.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE will prompt you to review parental controls as Netflix's violent Marvel shows arrive at D+.

SAM ELLIOTT is not a fan of Oscars favorite Power of the Dog.

THE ROYALS: Queen Elizabeth II recovered from COVID and went to visit William, Kate, and Beatrice.

EUPHORIA star Sydney Sweeney sparks engagement rumors.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH has been cast as the lead villain in Mad Max: Fury Road prequel film Furiosa.

KRAVEN THE HUNTER: Fresh off her historic win at the SAG Awards on Sunday night, Ariana DeBose is set to join the Spidey spinoff.

THE WAR to play Madonna.

A WEDDING DANCE, and a dog.

A BUNNY, massaging a cat.

A KITTY & DONKEY, nuzzling.