“I want all of the parents out there to know: Spaceface does not endorse the recreational use of butterflies in music,” Jake Ingalls (of Spaceface and The Flaming Lips)

Nine Inch Nails and Taylor Swift on the boob tube.

The Art of McCartney is due November 18, 2014.

Beck and Sia go back a ways. Now they’re teaming up again to contribute a song to the soundtrack of the “Annie” remake coming to theaters this Christmas season.

In a new video series Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan mentions his “twenty year relationship with kindred spirits, Steven [Drozd] and Wayne [Coyne].” If you’re not aware of what he speaks of – ie why the Tool/ Lips 1994 tour is one of Drozd’s favorites, how it lead to the title “Clouds Taste Metallic” etc – this post is for you…

Neil Young and Foo Fighters exposure maximus !!!

Neil thinks Obama should be impeached, is still mad at the Woodstock camera men, recorded his new album live in the studio with no overdubs, and refuses to even say “David Crosby”….

This year’s releases include the extremely rare “secret” Flaming Lips album Atlas Eets Christmas making its vinyl debut; live sets from The Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, Velvet Underground, Disco Biscuits, Gov’t Mule, Green Day and more; reissues of classic albums by They Might Be Giants, The Kinks and others; Dave Matthews Band’s 1994 Recently EP on 10-inch with a rare promo; a Joan Jett book with an exclusive live 7″ featuring Pat Smear; new material from Umphrey’s McGee and St. Vincent on 7″; Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis covering Mazzy Star, a TBA new Decemberists single and much more.

Weezer rocked Jimmy Kimmel Live, Austin City Limits kicked-off with an hour of Beck, Robert Plant turned heads on Colbert.

Cast your vote! The top five artists selected by the public will comprise a fans’ ballot that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2015 inductees.

In which we discover George’s “lost guitar solo,” deconstruct “Sgt Pepper’s,” isolate the “Abbey Road” medley’s vocals, listen to the highest and lowest pitches John and Paul sang when they were fab, dissect “A Hard Day’s Night’s” puzzling opening chord, reverse “Revolution 9” and hear all 192 Beatle songs simultaneously….