STRAND OF OAKS performs a downbeat version of Asia's "Heat Of The Moment" for the A.V. Club Undercover.

PAVEMENT gets a Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 20th anniversary tribute LP. Get off my lawn.

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART stopped by WFUV's Studio A for a chat and mini-set. 

ALT J stops by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

LULUC plays a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

BLITZEN TRAPPER covers Ryan Adams's “To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High).” And is a wee bit Dylanesque.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has turned 65, and is reissuing his seminal work.Here's the Boss  "Growing Up" at Max's Kansas City, in 1972.

JEFF TWEEDY talks to The Quietus about lyrical processes and music as a means of consolation.

BOB GELDOF talks to BrooklynVegan about the Boomtown Rats, U2, why Rock isn't important anymore, etc.

AC/DC have announced details of their 17th studio album as well as the permanent departure of their founding guitarist, Malcolm Young. 

THE REPLACEMENTS will be fined for playing too loud at Forest Hills.

JEREMY RENNER confirmed he’s a married man — to Sonni Pacheco, the mother of his baby daughter, Ava Berlin.

KEANU REEVES has had two home invasions in two days.

GWYNETH PALTROW reportedly has drawn up a schedule to ensure Chris spends enough time with her and their children.

NORMAN REEDUS (The Walking Dead's Daryl) is profiled by GQ.

TONY STEWART will not face criminal charges in the death of Kevin Ward Jr., who reportedly had marijuana in his system at the time of his death.

MIKE "THE SITUATION" SORRENTINO was indicted for tax fraud. Ab-Scam?

BRITNEY SPEARS is sending her lingerie collection to Kate Middleton. Yes, really.

THE 20 BEST TV THEMES, according to CBS, is woefully short on Mike Post compositions.

YEMEN: More than 340 people were killed in the past week as Houthi rebels pushed to take control of the capital of Sana'a.

THE ISLAMIC STATE: At the UN, US president Barack Obama claimed the backing of five Arab nations for intensive military attacks against IS targets in Syria on Tuesday showed the offensive was not “America’s fight alone”, as his military chiefs warned the intensive air assault was only the start of a sustained campaign likely to last years. British Prime Minister David Cameronsaid Tuesday that he is certain ISIS is plotting attacks in Europe. The number of Europeans joining Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq has jumped by a third to around 3,000 in a few months, the EU counter terrorism chief said Tuesday.

AN ITALIAN GREYHOUND goes wild for iPad fish.

A RAMPAGING AUSSIE PIG drank 18 beers and got in a fight with a cow.

SKUNK vs SCOOTER: Who you got?

ZEBRAS maintained a stiff upper lip as they were battered by a crowd of 50,000 panicking wildebeest.