SPOON plays World Cafe.

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR streams its lost 1993 LP after it leaked online.

THE BLACK INNOVATORS OF ROCK & ROLL, Part Two.

DESTROYER shares "Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread."

SNAIL MAIL shares "Adore You," the demo for "Valentine."

TEARS FOR FEARS: Curt Smith answers questions about the back catalog.

XTC: English Settlement Turns 40.

ANDY BELL writes for Clash about music, mental health, and his new album.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's shimmery, lighter-than-air jam "Dreamlover."

KANYE WEST & JULIA FOX are dunzo.

ROSARIO DAWSON & SEN. CORY BOOKER are dunzo.

AMY SCHUMER, REGINA HALL & WANDA SYKES are finalizing details to host the Oscars. ALSO: Desperation.

BRIDGERTON has a Season Two trailer online.

DEEP WATER has a teaser trailer online.

EUPHORIA: The cast on playing teens forever on the brink of disaster.

DEATH ON THE NILE, and the struggles of 20th Century Studios in the House of Mouse.

A SHEEPDOG, clearing traffic in a jiffy.

AN OCTOPUS, dreaming.

AN OTTER, making tracks.

CATS & DOGS, LIVING TOGETHER: Part One and Part Two.

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS don't want to go to "Chelsea."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Spoon, Big Thief, Curtis Godino, and more. But mostly Spoon.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Spoon, Ride's Andy Bell and Trentemøller, but mostly Spoon.

BILL MURRAY covers Tom Waits' "The Piano Has Been Drinking."

LUCY DACUS herniated her back, but played Detroit from a couch.

SPOON: Drummer Jim Eno is profiled at Paste.

CATE LE BON: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You," UB40's mystifyingly huge pop-reggae cover of the Elvis oldie.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Death on the Nile debuts atop the chart with 12.8MM, roughly what movies for adults will bring in the current climate.  Jackass Forever places with 8MM on a 65 percent drop. Marry Me shows with 8MM.  Below the fold, Moonfall crashes into seventh place with 2.9MM on a 71 percent drop.

IVAN REITMAN, producer-director whose wildly successful comedies of the ‘70s and ‘80s included the blockbuster spookfest “Ghostbusters,” died in his sleep on Feb. 12, his family confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 75. The cause of death was not released.

MOONFALL and the Fall of Roland Emmerich.

DOCTOR STRANGE in the MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS has a trailer online.

LORD OF THE RINGS: The Rings of Power has a teaser trailer online.

THE ROYALS: Does the Queen have COVID? It's a tricky question to answer.

BLONDE: ”It’s an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right?”

SIMU LIU is in negotiations to join Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera in the Barbie movie at Warner Bros.

MIKE MYERS threatens another Austin Powers movie.

WHO IS TV's greatest "will they/won't they" couple?

WARTHOGS kneel to feed. The More You Know. Whoosh.

CALIFORNIA MAN arrested driving around with an alligator.

AUSSIE KOALAS are now an endangered species.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with VALENTINE'S DAY: I've never been a big Valentine's Day guy, but I have always liked The Replacements' "Valentine" and Elvis Costello's cover of "My Funny Valentine."  Beyond that, my thoughts typically drift to the Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror," The Beatles' "In My Life," and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows." I think it's probably very difficult to write a straight-ahead, universal love song, and these three are great.

ALL AWAY LOU is streaming her debut album, Things Will Change.

THE LUMINEERS play KEXP.

50 FOOT WAVE returns after 17 years with "Staring Into The Sun."

IAN McDONALD, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his co-founding roles in both King Crimson and Foreigner, died Wednesday at the age of 75.

THE OPPOSING VIEW:  Ever Fallen In Love? Love Stinks. Love Hurts. Love Will Tear Us Apart. Only Love Can Break Your Heart. And don't forget to give me back my black t-shirt (nsfw)

THE 100 BEST LOVE SONGS, according to The Telegraph.

THE TOP 50 LOVE SONGS, as measured by Billboard.

VH-1's 40 Awesomely Bad Love Songs.

THE WORST LOVE SONGS, according to faculty members of the University of St. Thomas’ Music Department.

NINE SONGS ABOUT SEEING YOUR EX MAKING OUT, courtesy of The A.V. Club. A hardy perennial.

SNOOP DOGG is being sued for the alleged sexual assault and battery of a woman in California in 2013.

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION has a trailer online.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Inside Amazon's The Rings of Power.

THE ROYALS: Queen Elizabeth II is under observation after her son Prince Charles tested positive for COVID-19. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall is set to be named Queen Consort when Charles takes the throne.

CHEER star Jerry Harris pleads guilty in a child pr0n case.

DOLLYWOOD employees looking to further their education will soon be eligible for free tuition, books and fees for select programs. 

SETH ROGEN: Hollywood should stop trying to make everyone care about the Oscars.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST prequel is put on hold at the House of Mouse.

DR. PHIL's set is toxic, say current and former employees.

BURYING THE LEDE: Paddington 3 is happening, with production expected to start by the end of the year.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Happy birthday to the 16th President of the United States. Even if you saw the Spielberg biopic, here are two things you may not have known about Honest Abe: (1) he was an early adopter of the telegraph; and (2) he once sported a punky haircut.  

A SEA LION in training.

A QUOKKA, having breakfast.

A DOGGO goes back for seconds on the slide.

JOHN HIATT: It's been a "Slow Turning."

CHRIS FARREN: Death Don’t Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the mostly-instrumental soundtrack to a spy thriller that doesn’t exist, and I am here for it.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Lucy Dacus, illuminati hotties, Madi Diaz with Waxahatchee, and more.

FATHER JOHN MISTY shares "Q4." Yes, please.

THE BETHS share "A Real Thing." Solid power pop.

FROG EYES reunites for “When You Turn On The Light.”

SPOON's Britt Daniel, profiled by The A.V. Club.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, ranked at Paste.

SYLAN ESSO, profiled by Vulture.

BETTY DAVIS, the cult funk singer and ex-wife of jazz legend Miles Davis who left an underappreciated yet trailblazing body of work, died Wednesday at the age of 77.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at SWV's breezy, crushed-out R & B jam "Weak."

BOB SAGET died in his sleep from a brain bleed after striking his head.

LIAM NEESON joked that Seth MacFarlane’s Naked Gun reboot could “finish” his career, after he was approached to lead the series.

JIMMY KIMMEL doesn’t understand how “Spider-Man: No Way Home” lost out on an Oscar nomination for best picture to “Don’t Look Up.”

THE BATMAN already sold out IMAX previews in every key market throughout America.

RUSSELL CROWE joins the cast of Marvel's Spidey-spinoff Kraven the Hunter.

BOB ODENKIRK: Serious as a heart attack.

QUENTIN TARANTINO and his wife Daniella Pick are set to welcome their second baby.

ALEC BALDWIN returns to a set for the first time since shooting Halyna Hutchins.

MATTHEW McCONNAUGHEY is still torn about politics.

LESLIE JONES is being given free rein to continue with her prolific Olympics commentary online after NBC Sports said it had cleared up an"error" that may have been blocking her social media posts.

MICHAEL MANN is getting closer to the start line on his passion project Ferrari with a stacked cast.

WHEN MAX MET FURIOSA: An oral history of casting Fury Road.

THE HIGHEST-PAID ENTERTAINERS of 2022, according to Forbes.

FIRESTARTER has a trailer online. Yes, that one.

A GERMAN SHEPHERD wants to hula hoop.

THIS WOLVERINE is pretty cute because it didn't rip that guy's hand off.

FREAKY-DEAKY Cat Twins.

LEONARD COHEN plays "So Long, Marianne," circa 1979.

DURAN DURAN shares "Laughing Boy."

SHARON VAN ETTEN returns with "Porta."

SUNFLOWER BEAN shares "Who Put You Up To This?"

JIMI HENDRIX: Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's former bandmates, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, have filed a lawsuit against Sony Music in the U.K., alleging copyright infringement and seeking royalties.

MITSKI: "Having a heart and working in the music industry don't jive."

NORA GUTHRIE, on Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom.

THE OSCARS: Nominations went to these folks. Congrats!  Deadline has some snubs, while Sonny Bunch catches the real snubs.  PLUS: Why we won't be talking about Bruno.

DOUGLAS TRUMBULL, one of the masterminds behind the visual effects on some of the most visually audacious science fiction films of all time, including "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Blade Runner," died Monday from complications from mesothelioma. He was 79.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7:  How COVID-19 Blew Up the Budget.

KANYE WEST & JULIA FOX are in an open relationship.

THE ROYALS:  Prince Charles will move into Buckingham Palace when he is king, according to the Daily Mail.

LIGHTYEAR: Buzz's origin story has a trailer online.

ROBERT PATTINSON, from vampire to Batman, is profiled by GQ.

CHINA HAS GHOSTED HOLLYWOOD: How the Fallout Will Affect the Film Industry.

FIGHT CLUB's ending has been restored in China.

CHUCK KLOSTERMAN talks about the Nineties.

A WHALE AND A DOLPHIN, playing and swimming together off the coast of Oahu.

MOUNTAIN LIONS don't stop housing development in Silicon Valley.

A BABY EMU, playing ball.