SHE & HIM: "In the Sun" and the dancetastic (500) Days of Summer version of "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" are your twofer Tuesday, because Ken King and I got to see the duo last night.  Barely, that is. Millenium Park was a mob scene and the crowd control was sufficiently bad that folks on the lawn really couldn't see the band, except by chance.  That being said -- and without a close enough view of Zooey Deschanel to distract me -- I can report that M Ward runs a tight band with well-drilled harmonies.  Ken and I did sneak alongside the pavillion near the end of the set for a better view, though the band was still pretty small (and Zooey smaller still) .  The encores were pretty much the same as at Coachella -- covers of "Roll Over Beethoven" (letting M take the lead) and "I Put a Spell on You" (letting Zooey go at full blast), though I think both sounded better live than on the Tube. What you miss in that last clip is M Ward niftily looping a lick over a riff before escorting Zooey offstage. I recommend you see 'em... but then again, I recommend I see 'em next time. UPDATE: Here's the Chicago take on "I Put a Spell on You."

NEW RELEASES: Albums from Against Me!, Blitzen Trapper, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, The Young Veins, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Delta Spirit, The Cure and more are streaming this wek via Spinner.

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM is advance streaming American Slang.

LAURIE ANDERSON is advance streaming Homeland, with cameos from Antony Hegarty, Four Tet's Kieran Hebden on keyboards, Lou Reed on guitar, John Zorn on saxophone and vocal assistance from Tuvan throat singers.

THE DIG did three free songs for Daytrotter.

THE RASCALS cover Smokey Robinson's "Mickey's Monkey," because it's been over 9 months since I last linked it.

NPR has become a major player on the indie rock scene. The WaPo figures out what regular visitors here have known for years.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Scott Hutchison talks to The Scensestar about the new album, missing the Coachella festival due to the volcano and, well, mixed drinks.

BAND OF HORSES: Ben Bridwell talks to the Wall Street Journal about becoming a free agent and almost going bankrupt in the process.

MARVIN ISLEY, whose muscular bass lines propelled the later hits of his classic sibling band The Isley Brothers, died Monday in Chicago at age 56.

THE 7 MOST POLARIZING LPs in recent memory, according to the Houston Press. (thx, LHB.)

GARY COLEMAN's ex is already cashing in on the fmr child star's death. The executor of his estate is locking horns with her, too.

CHARLIE SHEEN will begin doing work release today as part of his 30-day sentence ... and one of his tasks will be to coach actors in "Same Time Next Year."

ALANNIS MORISSETTE: You oughtta know she got hitched.

MILEY CYRUS is going to great lengths to shed her ‘good girl' image.

CHRISTIE BRINKLEY dished out a lot of tough love after her daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, overdosed on pills and was hospitalized in December.

TOM CRUISE reprised his Tropic Thunder role as Les Grossman at the MTV Movie Awards. Credit where credit is due. People forget that dancing made him famous.

HEIDI MONTAG & SPENCER PRATT: More evidence suggesting their breakup is a hoax?

TILA TEQUILA's downward spiral has hit a new low. The deeply troubled former reality star posted a video on her website of her bloody arm that supposedly had been sliced at the wrist.

IRAN has been able to smuggle advanced technological equipment to its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz via a complex smuggling route based in Dubai. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has expressed readiness to escort aid convoys seeking to pierce the three-year Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

AFGHANISTAN: Pres. Karzai on Sunday forced out his spy chief and his interior minister, a surprise move that eliminates two key American allies as the United States deepens its engagement here.

CRICKET SEX VIDEO reveals the insects' wild mating behavior. Which makes it ironic that humans tend to associate the chirping with nothing going on. Oh, here's the clip, which includes some inter-species violence, too.

AN ESCAPED ELEPHANT tours Zurich after dark.

DOGS can raise the alarm over prostate cancer through their incredible sense of smell.