TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS topped the UK chart (twice) in August '68 with "Mony Mony," which peaked at No. 3 in the US.

NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS visit World Cafe, including a ballad version of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding."

THE PUNCH BROTHERS stop by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

TOMBERLIN plays a Stereogum Session, including Neil Young's "Powderfinger."

IRON & WINE shares "Waves Of Galveston."

THE LEMON TWIGS share "The Fire."

LOCAL H shares a video for "Innocents," featuring Michael Shannon.

ARETHA FRANKLIN already greenlit an all-star tribute concert at MSG in November.

JEFF TWEEDY is publishing memoirs in November.

SUMMER SONGS started sounding the same in the 1990s.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Barry McGuire's sign-of-the-times folk-rock anthem "Eve Of Destruction."

BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIE  were hammering out their differences in private ... until she decided to switch tactics and go public with their child support battle, which Pitt believes is doing harm to their children.

DEMI LOVATO will undergo "extensive" rehab.

WES ANDERSON is shooting his new movie in France and it’ll be set immediately after World War II.

THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA shares new pics from the Netflix reboot.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY casts its Spock.

JORDAN PEELE tals to Variety about why Hollywood’s lack of imagination could be a good thing (and more).

A HIPPO SPANKING is under police investigation.

YOU CAN ADOPT DOGS that failed government training for being too 'nice'.

COWS are allowed to visit nude beaches during a Swedish heat wave.

JOB OPENING: "Cat Whisperer" on a Greek isle.