Beach House

KEXP Seattle — The Mongolian folk music band out of Beijing, Hanggai, recently headlined a show at Chicago’s Millennium Park and are set to play at the Fuji Rock festival July 29 (Niigata, Japan) with big names like Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Chemical Brothers, Be... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Tom Cruise, Paparazzi Photo Tom Cruise celebrated his 49th birthday in Miami this weekend by temporarily turning into a Thundercat. Cruise and his daughter Suri (not the little girl in the center of the photo) got... more info

People.com — • Katie Holmes surprised Tom Cruise, who is in Florida filming Rock of Ages, with a surprise 49th birthday bash at Miami Beach's SoHo Beach House. "Katie planned everything herself," a source tells us. Cruise's three kids - Suri, Connor and Isabell... more info

Stereogum — Connecticut-via-Kansas boy/girl duo Mates Of State return this fall with their seventh LP Mountainhops, the follow-up to 2008′s Re-Arrange Us. This time out they’ve enlisted the support of indie-oriented studio all-star Chris Coady (Gang Gang, Be... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Ricki Lake, Celebrity Justice What does Ricki Lake have in common with the Exxon Valdez? Each is responsible for a super-destructive, wildly expensive oil spill ... allegedly. Lake is being sued for allegedly maki... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Josh Darr Flaming Lips / Modest Mouse "Rockers The Flaming Lips have long had a reputation for extravagant live shows: Fake blood, torrential confetti downpours, animal costumes and comically oversized fists are all standard fare. The band'... more info

KEXP Seattle — Puget Sound natives Meagan Grandall and Kendra Cox take their name from waterside Lemolo Drive in Poulsbo, Washington. This kind of hometown nostalgia colors their music, a dream pop fusion of contemplative keys and plucked guitars reminiscent of Bea... more info

NME — Rapper also tips his hat to Washed Out, Joy Division and French jazz more info

Pop Crunch — Rock’s First Couple, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, are selling their Malibu beach home just weeks after the British pair were slapped with a multimillion dollar lien by tax officials in [...] more info

ContactMusic — Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are taking steps to resolve their money woes after putting their California beach house up for sale. Reports suggesting the rocker and his manager wife owed more than $1. 7 million (1. 06 million) in unpaid taxes eme... more info