Tracklist: Sleater-Kinney, Neil Diamond, Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick, Xerxes, The Flaming Lips, Slipknot, Bono, Thurston Moore, Pearl Jam, and more

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>> Last Friday on Late Night: Neil Diamond did something new “Something Blue” and something old “Cracklin’ Rosie” on Fallon, while those tireless Fighters of Foo ended their Week of Foo on Letterman by doing new Sonic Highways song “Something From Nothing,” with a little help from checkboard-print-lovin’ Cheap Cheap guitarist Rick Nielson.

>> Sleater-Kinney hiatus is over. Repeat. Sleater-Kinney hiatus is over. Sleater-Kinney reformed. Sleater-Kinney reborned. Sleater-Kinney recorded. Sleater-Kinney new song right now.

>> “The record is just me at 56 years old having a change-of-life scenario, madly in love, trying to deal with my responsibilities as an adult. It’s hard to be an adult playing rock and roll.” ~ Thurston Moore

>> Full Stream Ahead: The Flaming Lips, With A Little Help From My Fwends, Xerxes, Collision Blonde, Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter, Manchester Orchestra, Entertainment Weekly Covers Playlist, Bonus: Pearl Jam, “Moline” (new song)

>> And the Julian Casablancas awesome quote machine rolls on.

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>> http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/not-one-music-artist-has-gone-platinum-in-2014

>> Pity the old snob whose curated collection was nullified by streaming music services?

>> Turns out Bono wears those fly, rose-colored shades all the time because he has glaucoma.