ARETHA FRANKLIN played and sang Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" recently, icymi. And Carole dug it.

TINY DESK CONCERTS: NPR Music highlights a Top 15 of 2015.

2016, previewed by All Songs Considered.  And Consequence of Sound.

CAR SEAT HEADREST played KEXP's Midday Show. I can't believe I missed this at the time.

VILLAGERS cover Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" ahead of Where Have You Been All My Life?

BY SURPRISE drops "Teton Range" ahead of a split EP.

LOVE TRACTOR plows through "Paint" and "Fun To Be Happy" in Athens, GA, circa 1983, for an instrumental Twofer Tuesday.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE's Primitive Future.

BROOKLYN VEGAN's Favorite Albums of 2015.

RUSH: Geddy Lee talks to Paste about the past, present and future.

THIN LIZZY's Phil Lynott died 30 years ago yesterday; NME remembers.

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO  and his girlfriend, model Kelly Rohrbach, have split.

JULIA STILES is engaged to camera assistant Preston J. Cook.

MADONNA faces a custody war from Guy Ritchie and 15-year-old Rocco.

CRAIG STRICKLAND, frontman for country band Backroad Anthem, was confirmed dead at 29 after disappearing into Winter Storm Goliath.

JOSS WHEDON confirmed that he won't be making any films as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the future.

SWEDEN & DENMARK further tightened border controls in response to political, economic and logistical pressures.

THE SAUDI-IRAN DISPUTE spreads to other countries in the region.

SYRIA: A fact-finding mission by the UN chemical weapons watchdog has found that some people in Syria may have been exposed to sarin or a sarin-like gas, according to a report released Monday.

TRAGEDY: A raccoon drops its candy floss in a puddle.

HORSE-DRAWN BUGGIES collide in Indiana.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: Mutant white squirrels cause a stir in Florida.

HOW MUCH WOOD A WOODCHUCK WOULD CHUCK: The Science.