LA SERA drops a Twofer Tuesday video for "Real Boy" and "Drive On" to mark the release of her album today.

NEW RELEASES from Paul Weller, Retribution Gospel Choir, Astra, THEESatisfaction and more are streaming this week via Spinner.

BEAR IN HEAVEN is advance streaming I Love You, It's Cool.

THE JOY FORMIDABLE stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

CURSIVE stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS drop "Man On Fire" in advance of Here.

SIGUR ROS drops "Ekki Múkk" ahead of Valtari.

RICHARD HAWLEY drops "Leave Your Body Behind You."

ARETHA FRANKLIN just turned 70, but her take on "Respect" and "(You Make Me Feel ike a) Natural Woman" are timeless.

THE SHINS: James Mercer faces a pad full of theories and questions from the Drowned In Sound community.

CULTS are profiled by the Santa Barbara Independent. (Thx, LHB.)

THE MORNING BENDERS are now Pop Etc.

MEGAN FOX & BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN are being sued by a paparazzo over alleged beach brutaility.

BOBBY BROWN was booked for driving under the influence and for driving with the blood alcohol content of .08 or higher.

MILEY CYRUS & LIAM HEMSWORTH: Not engaged.

SIMON COWELL had quite the scare over the weekend when he came face-to-face with a female intruder at his London home Saturday.

LINDSAY LOHAN: Chatted up by Gerard Butler at Chateau Marmont.

ANGELINA JOLIE talks Maleficent and more.

QUEEN ELIZABETH: Wedding Crasher?

TERROR in FRANCE: Footage of Mohamed Merah's killing spree was mailed to Al Jazeera the day police besieged his apartment.

SYRIA's opposition groups, meeting in Istanbul, tried to form a more united front. Turkey and the United States planned to provide "nonlethal" aid to Syrian rebel groups. Turkey closed its embassy, following similar closures by several other countries.

TURKEY's former military chief of staff went on trial for "terrorism."

EGYPT: The country's main Islamist party is asserting increasing authority over the political system and openly confronting the powerful military.

AFGHANISTAN: US negotiation efforts with the Taliban have failed and the United Nations should take the lead to optimize the chances of ending almost 11 years of war, a think tank said on Monday.

A BLIND DOG is rescued from a trash pile.

A BUSINESSMAN's SNAKE vomits cash. Sources said the snake was linked to a Sabanga suburb man who owns a mansion but was viciously attacked by residents who accused him of witchcraft.

GIANT GAMBIAN RATS on the Grassy Key.

POLAR BEAR CUBS: Awww...some pics.