ANDY SCHAUF stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

JOHN MELLENCAMP & CARLENE CARTER advance stream Sad Clowns & Hillbillies.

LASER BACKGROUND streams the trippy Dark Nuclear Bogs.

MAZES share a "West Coast Revolution."

ROY ORBISON provides vintage performances of "Running Scared" and "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Twofer Tuesday.

THE NEW PRONOGRAPHERS: carl Newman talks to Diffuser about his process, lengthy tours, artistic longevity and how Dan Bejar's absence changed - and didn't change - the sound.

BANANARAMA RETURNS: Can Siobhan, Keren and Sara recapture their glory days?

FATHER JOHN MISTY songs, ranked by Paste.

PRINCE, ranked by Stereogum.

JOANIE LOVES CHACHI, except when Chachi blames her death on dtink and drugs instead of stage 4 cancer.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2: A bunch of "top critics" weigh in with "Good, but not as good as the original" verdicts.

ELTON JOHN canceled multiple shows due to a rare illness that has dogged him for several months.

KENNY G subjected Delta passengers to an impromptu performance, but was not dragged from the aircraft.

ELON MUSK and AMBER HEARD seem to be an item.

GREY'S ANATOMY star Jesse Williams and his wife, Aryn Drake-Lee, are divorcing.

MEL B doubles down on claims the couple’s former nanny and husband Stephan Belafonte began having an affair after they had begun to have threesome trysts with their child’s caretaker.  The fmr nanny has filed a defamation suit over the allegations.

FAYE DUNAWAY feels bad about the 2017 Oscars mix-up, which wasn't really her fault.

WILD BOARS killed three Islamic State terrorists in Kirkuk.

A NEW SPECIES OF ANT, named after Radiohead.

MAN BITES DOG, allegedly.

DOGS ARE DOGGOS: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers. They're good dogs, bront.