JENS LEKMAN played new songs, including "Every Little Hair Knows Your Name," in London.

THE OBITS are advance streaming Moody Standard and Poor, which sounds like garage-punk goodness.

THE HEAD AND THE HEART played a set at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in downtown Austin for SXSW. Their hybrid of Americana and chamber-pop also gets a post from Paste.

SEA OF BEES played a Tiny SXSW show for NPR in Austin.

WILD FLAG, and indie supergroup featuring members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium and Minders, played a set at The Parish for NPR's SXSW day party.

THURSTON MOORE drops the Beck-produced "Benediction" in advance of Demolished Thoughts.

THE EXCITERS: What's a bear doing in the video for "Tell Him"? I have no idea.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle talks to Exclaim about his novel-in-progress, and to Billboard about his more prolific musical output.

STEVE EARLE discusses addiction, his son Justin and his new novel.

VETIVER: Andy Cabic talks to the Charleston City Paper about Devendra Banhart, the band's upcoming LP, and more... (Thx, LHB.)

DAVID BOWIE's unreleased record Toy' mysteriously leaked online a decade after being shelved in 2001.

CHARLIE SHEEN: Ex-wife Brooke Mueller's lawyers have notified the court that they want the restraining order against Sheen to expire.  Why? Maybe he has agreed to take a psych exam.

LINDSAY LOHAN continues a week of partying in NYC. Meanwhile, her ex-con dad was arrested Monday night on domestic violence charges involving his ex-girlfriend, Kate Major.

CHRIS BROWN exploded in rage behind the scenes at "Good Morning America" yesterday, smashing a window and storming out without a shirt, after on-air questions about the Rihanna incident. This despite reports he knew the questions were coming. ABC staffers called the cops afterward, which could spell big trouble for the famous singer who is currently on probation.

REBECCA BLACK, the 13-year-old singer whose video for her song "Friday" became the fascination of the Internet (primarily for its awfulness), may be laughing all the way to the bank.

RUSSELL BRAND, whose looks-awful remake of Arthur is coming soon, is profiled by Details.

KATE WINSLET coached Evan Rachel Wood through her first nude scene.

CLEOPATRA: A biopic with Angelina Jolie attached as the Egyptian queen may fall to director David Fincher.

YEMEN: Of all the uprisings and protests that have swept the Middle East this year, none is more likely than Yemen to have immediate damaging effects on US counterterrorism efforts.

BAHRAIN, the latest proxy battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for regional dominance, calls into question which model of stability and governance will prevail in the Middle East, and which the US will help build.

LIBYA: Is the battle for Libya the clash of a brutal dictator against a democratic opposition, or is it fundamentally a tribal civil war?

AFGHANISTAN: Pres Karzai announced that Afghan forces will take control of the provinces of Kabul, Panjshir, and Bamiyan, and the cities of Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Mehterlam, and Lashkar Gah.

GUILTIEST DOG EVER: Who ate the kitty treats? Let's go to the video.

KNUT, the celeb polar bear, likely died from brain damage, his zoo keepers said today as plans were revealed to have the polar stuffed and put on display in Berlin museum to allow fans a chance to say their farewells. Not creepy at all.

THREE YOUNG KOMODO DRAGONS have gone missing from a zoo in Indonesia, a spokesman said Tuesday, warning that the lost lizards were dangerous and fast on their feet.

A STOLEN OSTRICH in Romania showed the homing skills of a pigeon by escaping and running all the way home at 40mph.

CATERPILLARS On A Plane!

A PET TURTLE sparked a fast-moving fire in a New York City apartment after crawling out of its tank and knocking over the terrarium's heat lamp.

ALLIGATOR Not Expected at Sentencing.