THE XX play "Islands" on Later with Jools Holland.

NEW RELEASES: The XX, Mission of Burma, the Raveonettes, Mountain Goats, Rosanne Cash, The Slits, Mike Doughty, Daniel Johnston and more are streaming in full this week from Spinner.

JOHN VANDERSLICE did a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

MOBY stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set streaming on demand via MPR.

THE EXTRAORDINAIRES did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

THE DISCIPLINES, a garagey band from Ken Stringfellow (Posies, REM, Big Star), serve up "Best Mistake" and "Yours For The Taking (Smoking Kills)" for Twofer Tuesday. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

BRIAN ENO was interviewed by Steve Seel for The Current.

HOPE SANDOVAL talks to Interview about falling in love with a voice, and more...

STEVE ALBINI: The A.V. Club points to gateways into his challenging catalog.

FORTY-TWO 10-MIN+ SONGS WORTH YOUR TIME, according to The A.V. Club, with embedded audio.

THE TERMINATOR: How It Should Have Ended.

DAVE LETTERMAN apologized to his wife and co-workers while taping his late-night show Monday. He didn't  realize that people would now speculate he was involved with women on the show with whom he had no sexual relationship.

LINDSAY LOHAN's fashion debut in Paris resulted in a call for the fashion police.

JON & KATE MINUS 200K: The split between Jon and Kate Gosselin has been contentious from the beginning, but Jon could be found in contempt of court for the unauthorized withdrawal of 200 grand from the couple's joint bank account.

CHRIS NOTH and his longtime girlfriend, actress Tara Wilson, are engaged, according to Entertainment Tonight Canada.

MADONNA and LADY GAGA had a staged fight in lingerie on SNL, should you care to watch.

GWEN STEFANI turned 40 over the weekend.

BONES abruptly shut down production due to a possible outbreak of swine flu.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT script in the works.

ISLAMISM at the OLYMPICS. The burqa boxers are coming. Young women are training in Afghanistan to fight in Islamic dress at the 2012 London Olympics.

IRAN: As the focus on sanctions intensifies, a review of the US's experiences in enforcing its own longstanding restrictions on trade with Iran suggests it would be difficult to truly quarantine the Iranian economy. Contrary to other reports, Ahmadinejad has no Jewish roots.

CATS VS. SPIDER: Not a fair fight, really.

A GANG OF RACCOONS attacked a woman in Lakeland, FL.

A POLAR BEAR peeks through the porthole of an Arctic expedition.

A PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN who kept exotic animals as pets was killed after she was attacked by her pet black bear.