BETTYE LaVETTE covers The Black Keys' "I'm Not the One" in a lyrical video.

THE HIVES play a Session and do a Q & A at Spinner.

MAPS & ATLASES perform a set of experimental yet accessible songs from their album "Beware and Be Grateful" live on KEXP.

DEVIN tears through a mini-set of garage-pop at KEXP.

PJ HARVEY: The Secret Solo Show.

LAVENDER DIAMOND drops “Oh My Beautiful World” ahead of Incorruptible Heart.

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl."

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS give Spinner a track-by-track tour of their latest LP.

CAT POWER: Chan Marshall talks to Pitchfork about the trial and error that went into her forthcoming LP, Sun.

FIONA APPLE talks to Interview about The Idler Wheel and more..

THE BEACH BOYS: Mike Love has already booked fall dates with his touring version of the Beach Boys, without the group's other principal founding members.  That is soooo Mike Love.

SIMON REYNOLDS & GREIL MARCUS talk and talk and talk...

CHARLIE SHEEN did not trash is hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in NYC.

ANNA PAQUIN & STEPHEN MOYER are expecting twins.

LINDSAY LOHAN has settled with the 3 men she allegedly abducted and took on a wild drug-fueled car chase through Santa Monica back in 2007.

ROBERT PATTINSON was dissed by Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.

SETH MacFARLANE and... Alexis Knapp?

THE 25 BEST MOVIES of 2012 (So Far), according to Paste.

FRANKENWEENIE has a new trailer online.

YEMEN: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has established a new base in the Al Mahfad area in Abyan province. Yemen's foreign minister admitted that the US is conducting drone strikes against AQAP.

SYRIA: Gunmen attacked a pro-Assad TV station near Damascus, destroying the station and killing seven employees. President Assad said the country was at war and no effort should be spared to achieve victory. The UN said violence had worsened since the attempted peace plan in April.

EGYPT: A court struck down a decree giving the military authority to detain civilians.

PAKISTAN: Western states pressured China at closed-door talks last week to address concerns about its plans to expand a nuclear power plant in Pakistan and provide more information, but were rebuffed.

HAMLET the MINI-PIG navigates the stairs.

BOWSER BEER is crafted for a canine clientele.

A TREE-CLIMBING DOG proved less adept at descent.

LARRY the CAT occupies 10 Downing Street.