In Oedipal news du jour, a group of MILFs is taking Austin by storm.

Dubbed the Beat Divas (I’m hoping their name is an accidental double entendre, because seriously, ew), the trio make a living with singing their way through cooking classes.

The Beat Divas, according to the Grey Lady, are part jazz trio, part baking enthusiasts who perform regularly, including a recent appearance at the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

The trio sound like Phil Spector’s wet dream and look like Harold’s. Below, they frolic around, harassing a willing young buck at least a generation their junior, feeling his biceps and singing about licking his spoon. Try not to feel simultaneously creeped out and titillated. Paging Dr. Freud!

Vetiver are currently in England promoting their fifth full-length, The Errant Charm, on Sub Pop/Bella Union.

The band returns to the U.S. for a few dates before playing San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival in August, and wrap things up in September at Bumbershoot. Complete details at their website.

Bandleader Andy Cabic talked with us about how the band fits in with the Sub Pop roster, and why they’re something of an anomaly.

Not content to merely shape the planet’s sartorial desires, win Grammy awards, garner Guinness World Records, sing duets with Elton John and write fashion columns for V, pop’s royal highness has taken it upon herself to help the homeless, advocate for LGBTQ rights, rally for HIV/AIDS patients and restore Haiti’s economy.

While scoffing at the Fame Monster is easier than taking the stilt-wearing wonder seriously, in reality, Lady Gaga has more power to effect substantive change than the United Nations.

Her latest call to arms is indubitably worthy: Japan. Lady Gaga launched a charity concert in Tokyo to benefit tsunami victims, plus a full-on PR campaign to get people to visit the country again, stressing its safety, beauty and tasty eats.

Check out her party line on the country and people of Japan, below:

Wilco have released the first single from their very own record label dBpm Records, “I Might.” The single will be available July 19, and you can stream it now at Stereogum. The single is backed with a cover of Nick Lowe’s “I Love My Label.”

Wilco play Japan’s Fuji Rock festival next month, and will also be on the road in Europe this fall.

Check out a recent interview (and performance) with Jeff Tweedy over at the CBC where he discusses the new label.

Crazy footballer turned clinically insane restaurateur Gordon Ramsay has found God, Zen Buddhism or some form of supernatural/chemical release, causing the chef to comport himself in a manner typically associated with Emily Post’s code of conduct.

Even Jimmy Kimmel is alarmed.

When Ramsay appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Jimmy pumped him for info on his recent personality transformation.

Gordon claims that no surgical, drug or Dr. Phil-style intervention was responsible–merely the wonderful home cooks who do a “really good job” on MasterChef, Season 2. Get a load of the new, non-spitting, distressingly credulous, syrupy-sweetened Ramsay in the video, below.

The Cool Kids have teamed up with soul man Mayer Hawthorne for “Swimsuits,” from their forthcoming album When Fish Ride Bicycles, out July 12 (Green Label Sound). Stream the track over at Pitchfork, or pick up the song at iTunes starting today.

Tour dates for the Chicago duo have not been announced, though you can catch Mr. Hawthorne spinning in London on June 30. He stopped by our studio one afternoon to talk shop on hip-hop.

They just don’t make ‘em like MFK anymore. Hot, ballsy and a chronic underachiever, she always knew what to order and who to order around while she was doing it.

Author Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher married poet Al Fisher and moved to Paris in 1929, falling gracefully into a life dedicated to making mouths water. She paved the way for Julia Child, as well as David Lebovitz and other ex-patriot foodies currently pointing and clicking their way through life abroad, blogging their findings to adoring fans stateside.

A proper, full-fledged biography, “An Extravagant Hunger,” has finally emerged about the late, great MFK; it chronicles her experience and struggle with writing (“The Gastronomical Me,” “Consider the Oyster,” “Serve It Forth”), as well as karate-kicking her way through the Great Depression and World War II, and the delights of unwed motherhood in a time when that just wasn’t done.

Below, check out a video that lovingly documents her unique contributions to our culinary canon (plus rare footage of MFK herself):