OF MONTREAL drops a video for "Coquet Coquette."

PETER WOLF CRIER played a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

THE WRENS drop a demo for "Crescent," which will appear on a New Orleans benefit project.

COCOROSIE did five free songs for Daytrotter.

JOY DIVISION, Live in Paris, Dec. 18, 1979.

TOMMY STINSON (The Replacements, Guns N' Roses, Soul Asylum) stopped by The Current to talk about charity and music.

BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY and Susanna Wallumrod tackle Nilsson's "Without You." 

THE HOLD STEADY: Craig Finn reminisces about his Hardcore youth, and a bit about more recent debauchery.

SMASHING PUMPKINS: Billy Corgan talks to SPIN about the band's resurrection, new album, and future plans.

TV on the RADIO: Dave Sitek talks to Billboard about his solo record: "I was trying to make Madonna's first record," Sitek says, punctuating the statement with a giggle.

BLONDIE drummer Clem Burke explains how Saturday Night Fever is sort of a punk-rock story.

25 SONGS about obsolete (and soon to be obsolete) technology.

JESSICA SIMPSON wishes she had smaller breasts and have a bigger butt. Brain size left mentioned.

SANDRA BULLOCK is offering words of welcome as her ex-husband Jesse James prepares to move to her adopted hometown in Texas. James has been... wait for it... caught canoodling with Kat Von D. Tattoo shocka.

ROBERT PATTINSON & KRISTEN STEWART were... wait for it... caught canoodling. Our long national nightmare is over.

HILARY DUFF has a prenup, and it's likely that hockey hubby Mike Comrie might have wanted a pre-nuptial agreement more than she did.

MARILYN MANSON & EVAN RACHEL WOOD are dunzo. Again.

LINDSAY LOHAN's dad has been cleared of second degree harassment charges stemming from the alleged attack on his now ex-fiancee Kate Major.

HIP-HOP's CASH KINGS, according to Forbes.

IRAN: Russia defended Iran's debut of the Bushehr nuclear reactor. US officials visited Lebanon to address Iran sanctions. Tehran will unveil new weapons systems at a government event.

AFGHANISTAN: Gen. Petraeus talks about what redeployment might look like in 2011.

IRAQ's political elite, empowered by the American invasion and entrusted with the country's future, has begun to deliver a damning critique of itself, a grim harbinger for a country rife with fears of more crises, conflicts and even coups as the American military withdraws.

BABY OTTER swimming lesson.

MIND-CONTROLLING PARASITES date back millions of years. Khaaan!

THE SWARM trapped a Wake County Sheriff's Deputy in his car for hours.

THE BIRDS: An inquest is looking at what part multiple pigeon droppings played in the demise of a man in Sydney who was crushed to death by a shop awning. That's beyond high anxiety.