THE SWELL SEASON plays Neutral Milk Hotel's "Two-Headed Boy" for The A.V. Club Undercover.

AMOS LEE does a free, six-song mini-set for Daytrotter.

LAURA MARLING stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

MASSIVE ATTACK stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a (rare) session.

NO AGE drops "Glitter" and "Inflorescence" as advance tracks.

999: "Homicide." You better believe it.

ARCADE FIRE -- and what their success says about the industry -- is essayed by Sasha Frere-Jones.

WEEZER: Rivers Cuomo talks to the L.A. Times about the upcoming Hurley LP.

GREIL MARCUS talks to 3 Quarks Daily about Van Morrison, the subject of his latest book.

VAN HALEN is working on a new album with David Lee Roth, after a quarter-century or so,

MAD MEL UPDATE: Detectives will present their evidence in the Mel Gibson domestic violence investigation to L.A. County prosecutors in two weeks.

LINDSAY LOHAN was hardly treated like a typical inmate. Shocka!

CHARLIE SHEEN celebrated his sweet plea deal at the Playboy Mansion. I think the rehab is really going to stick this time.

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN & RACHEL BILSON have officially ended their engagement. Did someone show her the Star Wars prequels?

JOHNATHON SCHAECH & JANA KRAMER have split after only a little more than a month of marriage.

KELSEY GRAMMER is "deeply in love" with a young blonde just weeks after his divorce was filed.

LEO DiCAPRIO talks about the break-up of Kate Winslet's marriage.

RESSE WITHERSPOON looks to be singing onscreen again.

IRAN plans on opening the Bushehr nuclear plant in September. A former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said graves are being dug for US servicemen in anticipation of an American attack.

AFGHANISTAN: The United Nations said the Taliban is responsible for 76 per cent of all civilian casualties.

CAT adopts BUNNY... Mass hysteria!

THE BIRDS: Postal workers in Moose Jaw, Sask., are taking cover after hawks have started to dive-bomb them.

THE SWARM: A tree trimmer stung about 500 times by Africanized killer bees on Saturday described the attack.

MOTHER DUCK, er, delays commuter trains for hours.