MAZZY STAR played "California" for Fallon, the band's first TV appearance in 11 years.

CONNAN MOCKASIN is streaming Caramel, which The Fader rightly compares to Ariel Pink.

JOSH TILLMAN (Father John Misty) streams his soundtrack to The History of Caves.

BLITZEN TRAPPER recently rolled into WFUV’s Studio A to play some of new songs and talk about their new record.

NORTHERN SOUL: NPR is streaming a tasty mix, ans well as a Tubed Top 5 list.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: The rarely-heard “I’m Not A Young Man Anymore” teases the White Light/White Heat box.

BJORK talks to Rolling Stone about The Simpsons, Kierkegaard, tequila and more.

THE BEST PLACE TO HEAR MUSIC? Cruising in the car, speakers booming.

TEN 80s CLASSICS You May Not Have Known Were Covers.

THE BEST ROLLING STONES COVERS, according to Paste.

ALEC BALDWIN was fired by MSNBC. He blames the media and the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Disney's Frozen, which is currently scoring 88 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Homefront, currently scoring 29 percent; and Black Nativity, scoring 49 percent.

KANYE WEST is dangerously close to a Tom Cruise couch-jumping moment.

JENNIFER LOVE-HEWITT welcomed her first child and secretly married fiance Brian Hallisay.

JULIA ROBERTS has Jennifer Lawrence issues: "Seriously, this 67-second video should be nominated for its own Oscar for best live-action short."

JENNIFER LAWRENCE & BRADLEY COOPER in the film you haven't heard about.

FRANKIE MUNIZ is recovering from a second mini-stroke.

EGYPT: Prime Minister Beblawi says he considers the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group. Authorities said they were investigating the disappearance of an Egyptian-born German author and critic of Islam.

AFGHANISTAN: The US threatened to withdraw all forces after 2014 if President Karzai doesn't sign the Bilateral Security Agreement. The government may reintroduce public stoning for adulterers.

IRAN strongly rejects the version of the nuclear deal released by the White House.

A BABY HAMSTER, SNORING: Let's go to the video.

THREE LITTLE BEARS dance in the woods.

WHEN TIGERS ATTACK, they attack at Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's zoo in Australia.

THE 15 MOST INFLUENTIAL ANIMALS EVER, according to TIME magazine.