THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with ROCKPILE, a band that featured old pals Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds cranking out the rootsy pub rock. Let's start with "Teacher, Teacher" and "I Knew the Bride," along with this clip of "Heart," featuring Billy Bremner, which is odd at the start.  And here's the band rolling through Lowe's "So It Goes," and "Heart of the City," plus a cover of Elvis Costello's and "Girls Talk," which many associate more with Edmunds.

NATHANIEL RATELIFF visits The Current.

AUBRIE SELLERS visits World Cafe.

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND visits KEXP.

THE POLICE: When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around.

THE WRENS And Their Long-Awaited New Album.

THE BEASTIE BOYS STORY has a trailer online.

STEVEN MALKMUS talks playing unplugged and playing with Pavement (or not).

SQUEEZE is no nostalgia act.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Bloodshot, which is currently scoring 35 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; The Hunt, which is scoring 54 percent;and I Still Believe, scoring 47 percent.

DISNEY WORLD and DISNEYLAND are canceled.

MULAN and THE NEW MUTANTS are postponed.

FAST & FURIOUS 9 is postponed.

A QUIET PLACE 2 is postponed.

THE KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS are canceled.

EVERYTHING is canceled. 

HUNDREDS OF HUNGRY MONKEYS swarm across a Thai street as 'rival gangs' fight over food after tourists who normally feed them stay away because of coronavirus.

LYNX KITTENS, scampering in the snow.

AN "A" For Effort.

THIS BUG is named after Lady Gaga.

SOCCER MOMMY visits WFUV Studio A.

NEAL FRANCIS visits Morning Becomes Eclectic.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: New Car Seat Headrest, Wire, Anna Calvi and more.

THE FLESHTONES share "Alex Trebek."

MARGO PRICE shares "Twinkle, Twinkle."

GET BACK: Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary gets a release date.

U.S. GIRLS creator Meghan Remy on Voice Conductors and Classic Girl Groups.

STEVE WEBER, the guitarist of the Holy Modal Rounders, a cult psychedelic folk group that grazed the pop-culture mainstream with a song featured in the 1969 film “Easy Rider” and influenced generations of underground musicians, died on Feb. 7 at his home in Mount Clare, W.Va. He was 76.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at KC & The Sunshine Band's likably lunkheaded ballad "Please Don't Go," the first No. 1 single of the '80s.

TOM HANKS & RITA WILSON were tested positive for the Coronavirus.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN was sentenced to 23 years in a New York State prison.

THE NBA is suspending its season after a player preliminarily tests positive of COVID-19.

HEIDI KLUM left America's Got Talent after feeling ill (but not with you-know what).

VIN DIESEL claims Thor: Love and Thunder will cross-over with Guardians of the Galaxy.

DAILY WALLY: He's a rescue from Turkey, and a very good boy.

IGGY POP, with an especially destructive "Lust For Life" circa 1977.

COLDPLAY and the For Love Choirplay a Tiny Desk Concert, including a cover of "1999."

BEN WATT covers Sharon Van Etten and Ten City for a Lagniappe Session.

KATIE PRUITT visits World Cafe.

SHARON VAN ETTEN shares “Staring at a Mountain.”

FOALS' new "Wash Off" video is a COVID-19-inspired handwashing PSA.

COACHELLA has officially announced that it will be postponed until October, in direct response to the coronavirus outbreak.

STEPHEN MALKMUS breaks down every track on his new LP.

ANDY SCHAUF Just Wants to Drink Dad Beers and Write Songs in the Garage.

NICK CAVE is not changing his old lyrics.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: "Jen Aniston should be killed."

ANGELINA JOLIE  is opening up about health issues faced by her children.

BOB IGER's new job is getting Disney+ right.

DRACULA looks to get the Blumhouse treatment after the success of The Invisible Man.

WESTWORLD: A Skeptic's Guide.

A LION LOOSE IN SPAIN turns out to be an oddly groomed dog.

FUGITIVE stops to pet cats, goes to jail.

MAURAUDING MONKEYS take over government office block and force officials to flee.

THE FEELIES: The Jonathan Demme-directed "Away" and a live take on "Deep Fascination" for Twofer Tuesday.

WOLF PARADE perform a Microshow at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

BEST COAST visits The Current.

HUEY LEWIS visits World Cafe.

JENNY LEE (Warpaint) covers Fugazi's "I'm So Tired."

M WARD shares "Touch."

DESTROYER covers Lou Reed's "Ecstacy."

PEARL JAM is postponing tour dates due to the coronavirus.

LED ZEPPELIN wins a full-court appeal in the "Stairway to Heaven" copyright case.

THE BEST ALBUMS of 2020 (So Far), according to Vulture.

PHANTOGRAM is profiled at SPIN.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Rupert Holmes' unkillable soft-rock story-song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)," the final #1 single of the 1970s.

MAX VON SYDOW,  the Sweden-born French actor whose credits included Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, William Friedkin's The Exorcist, and the role of Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon, has died at the age of 90.  Some of his best performancesre essayed at The Ringer.

BLACK WIDOW has a final trailer online.

HOW DANIEL CRAIG changed James Bond forever.

CHRIS ROCK has split from his girlfriend of four years, actress Megalyn Echikunwoke. 

BEN AFFLECK & ANA DE ARMAS were seen having dinner in her native Cuba.

ALEX GARLAND and his razor-sharp guilt trips.

A BABY RHINO debuts at the Denver Zoo.

CRUFTS champion celebrates by defecating during the victory lap.

A PIG starts a farm fire by excreting a pedometer.

SHARKS love jazz, don't get classical.

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork points you to US Girls, Stephen Malkmus, Caroline Rose, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Luke Haines & Peter Buck (w/ Scott McCaughey and more) Honey Harper, Cornershop,and more.

DESTROYER visits The Current.

JASON ISBELL shares "What've I Done to Help."

CHROMATICS share "Famous Monsters."

CORNERSHOP: The music that made Ben Ayers.

McCOY TYNER, the jazz piano powerhouse, has died at 81. He played in John Coltrane’s quartet and influenced virtually every pianist in modern jazz.

SXSW was canceled over coronavirus concerns.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Styx's sole chart-topper, the power-ballad wailer "Babe."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Pixar's Onward easily tops the chart with 40MM... but that's one of the worst Pixar debuts ever (it's fourth-worst, but two of those are Pixar's first two films, Toy Story and A Bug's Life).  Virus scare, a too-early release, or did people just not see the value in a fantasy-based Pixar flick?  They better hope it's not the first one.  The Invisible Man places with 15.2MM on a 46 percent drop that's pretty good for a horror flick, and excellent for a flick costing 7MM to make.  The Way Back shows with 8.5MM which suggests a wash against a 25MM budget.  Sonic the Hedgehog slides to the fourth slot with 8MM on a 51 percent drop, bearing the brunt of Forward opening. The Call of the Wild rounds out the Top Five with 7MM on a 47 percent drop, continuing to fall way short of where you want a 150MM film to do.

MEGXIT: The Queen takes Harry & Meghan to church.

CHRISTIAN BALE is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

JAMES MARSDEN talks about filming The Stand amid a coronavirus outbreak.

AMANDA BYNES  and her fiancé, Paul Michael, split and ended their engagement.

WILL DISNEY crash the economy?

QUIBI will offer a 90-day free trial of their streaming service.

CRUFTS: The dog show always has a rebel.

A LAB, when the mic drops.

A SHEEP, caught in a tire swing.

A BEAR, seemingly too friendly.