THE ACORN drops "Restoration" from the first video from No Ghost.

NEW RELEASES REDUX, ICYMI: Albums from Interpol, Bachman & Turner, Sam Prekop, Dick Dale and more are streaming this week via Spinner.

WEEZER is advance streaming Hurley.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN dropped "Write About Love" on teh Twitter.

XPoNENTIAL MUSIC FEST: Highlights from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes, Dr. Dog, The Walkmen and more are streaming via NPR.

WISCO: A Tribute To Wilco's Summerteeth is posted by Muzzle of Bees in hopes you'll donate to the Wisconsin Humane Society.

RARE EARTH: "I Just Want to Celebrate." Yeah, yeah.

THE PIXIES: Frank Black talks to the Philadelphia Inquirer about Doolitle.

BEST COAST: Bethany Cosentino talks to Drowned in Sound about the genesis of the band, Frankie Valli, and more...

PAVEMENT is accepting submissions from guitarists to play with them on Fallon's show Sept. 23rd.

JOHN LENNON's killer was denied parole for the sixth time.

THE FRENCH HOTEL got special treatment at the Clark County Detention Center. Shocka.

TAYLOR SWIFT thinks Kanye West's musical apology to her is self-promotion.

AMY POEHLER will host the SNL premiere, but don't look for Jenny Slate.

JAMES FRANCO entertains himself frequently when he's alone.

CLINT EASTWOOD could have been Superman or James Bond? Maybe he really wanted to be Sub-Mariner.

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS has a new clip online.

TERRY GILLIAM says the financing collapsed for his Don Quixote flick.

PETER BOGDANOVICH has a blog, with a bloggy title.

IRAN has accelerated its nuclear program and currently possesses a sufficient supply of enriched uranium to make three nuclear devices, assuming it speeds up enrichment to 90 percent, according to a new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency.  As it turns out, raising the purity to 90 percent is relatively easy.

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban is again trying to terrorize people from listening to music or watching TV. A record number of female candidates for parliament face the worst political intimdation since 2001.

A TERRIER practices passive resistance.

THE GREAT MONTANA SHEEP DRIVE was marred by rain and directionally-challenged sheep.

THE SWARM: A 53-year-old Attleboro, MA, woman was stung more than 500 times in an encounter with a wasp nest outside her home, local fire officials said.

A 9-FOOT GATOR was found in a Ormond Beach, FL storm drain. It is not going to be alright.