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Early Buzz: Big Star, Lolla, Beck and more news

Whitney Matheson
USA TODAY

Good morning! It's a beautiful day outside and I've just had twice my daily coffee allotment, so let's waste no time:

- Stax Records is re-releasing classic Big Star albums with liner notes from R.E.M.'s Mike Mills!

- Watch Beck's new music video.

Big Star's albums are being rereleased in September.

- Lollapalooza has announced its live-stream schedule for this weekend.

- The Nashville band Moon Taxi performed for a USA TODAY StudioA session.

- Oasis is reissuing (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in September.

- Larry King interviewed "Weird Al" Yankovic.

- Watch The National's full set at the Paleo music festival.

- Los Angeles magazine looks into the lasting trend of Valley Girl "upspeak."

- I must say, I'm eager to see The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?. Here's the trailer.

- Paste lists the 10 best Pavement songs.

- Paramount has apologized for this insensitive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster.

- Watch an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.blooper reel.

- This Twin Peaks fan site is making a crowd-sourced Twin Peaks music video.

- Fandor has an interesting infographic on the history of sex at the movies.

- London Batman is pretty entertaining.

- And finally, now you can own a Devo Booji Boy mask.

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