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Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman is relentlessly hopeful, a deep thinker whose sincerity is sobering in world shrouded in senseless violence.

As anyone who has heard “Pet Sounds” can tell you, Brian Wilson is an extraordinarily gifted musician with a pithy list of peers. And that particular album is arguably his masterstroke. We caught up with Wilson recently for a quick chat in advance of his show at the Cosmo.

Which 10 songs will you be sick of by the end of summer? Well, let’s see … are you tired of “Can’t Feel My Face” by the Weeknd yet? No? Hang tight, you probably will be by the end of summer.

Just in case you feel like kicking off the weekend early — you know, ‘cause Thursday is the new Friday — and you’re hankering to hang out with a former Haitian presidential candidate, one who also happens to be a charter member of the Fugees, here’s some news you can use. We’ve received word of a show slated for Boulevard Pool at the Cosmoplitan featuring Wyclef Jean.

To fully appreciate the precocious appeal of Sasha McVeigh, it helps to take a walk back in time before Taylor Swift wielded the kind of clout that could cause an imposing institution like Apple to completely crumble. A few years older now than Swift was then, McVeigh has exactly the same sort of disarming charm that earned Swift a legion of loyalists.

Not entirely sure what would prompt anyone to do such a thing at a Zac Brown Band show, but alas, someone hopped on stage with the band last night at Summerfest, and boy, did he ever paid the price!