THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Manchester Orchestra, Crumb, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Guided by Voices, Teenage Fanclub, Luke Haines, and more.

RILO KILEY & JENNY LEWIS get three hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with guest Helaine Olen of the Washington Post. Episode should drop this morning.

DAVE MATTHEWS: Crash at 25, with a funny story about Steve Lilywhite.

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA: Andy Hull and Robert McDowell talk to Stereogum about grief, faith, and their fiercely beloved band's experimental new album.

JOHN HINCH, the former Judas Priest drummer who played on the band's debut album, ‘Rocka Rolla', has died aged 73.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Terence Trent D'Arby's brooding, pan-genre heater "Wishing Well."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Demon Slayer tops the chart with 6.4MM on a 70 percent drop, while Mortal Kombat slides to second with 6.2MM on a 73 perent drop, and Godzilla vs Kong shows with 2.7MM.  was news of people going back to the movies premature?  Is streaming cannibalizing theaters?  Are the top two genre pictures unlikely to have legs in the first plave (esp once the reviews for Mortal Kombat rolled in)?

JOHN SWARTZWELDER, Sage of "The Simpsons."

MARILYN MANSON has been sued by Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco, who claims in a bombshell lawsuit that the musician raped her in May of 2011, and physically abused her over the course of their relationship.

BENNIFER... together again?

BILLIE EILISH gets a splashy profile in British Vogue.

SARAH PAULSON faces backlash for acting in a fat suit.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Elder Statesman of the Golden State.

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE turns 6, looks like young QEII.

BREAKFAST CLUB vs ST ELMO'S FIRE: Who You Got?

OLYMPIA DUKAKIS, the self-assured, raspy-voiced actress who often played world-weary and worldly wise characters, and who won an Academy Award for her role as just such a woman in “Moonstruck,” died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 89.

LIONESS vs LEOPARD, fighting over a kill.

LOOK AT ME, this is my house now.

A PUPPER breaks down under interrogation.

BUFFY THE LAB detects visitors with the coronavirus at Doctor's Hospital of Sarasota.