OUR CONCERT COULD BE YOUR LIFE: 14 current bands performing the songs of 13 icons of indie rock at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. Stream the whole thing or individual sets.  Either way, it's St. Vincent shredding thru Big Black's "Kerosene" and Titus Andronicus thrashing thru the Replacements' "Kids Don't Follow" (with an assist from the Hold Steady's Craig Finn) for Twofer Tuesday.

NEW RELEASES from White Demin, David Bazan, Friendly Fires and more are streaming this week via Spinner.

MY MORNING JACKET is advance streaming Circuital.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE is advance streaming Codes and Keys.

ARCADE FIRE: Two new songs, including a cover of "Speaking in Tongues," with David Byrne.

BOB DYLAN turns 70 today. NME has the stories behind 70 Dylan songs, starting with "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

VIDEO makes the radio star? 

THE 25 BEST PROGRESSIVE SONGS, according to PopMatters.

DAMON & NAOMI look back at Galaxie 500 and talk about their current projects. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

KIMYA DAWSON talks to the Mpls City Pages about her upcoming album (Thunder Thighs), life after Juno, and her live-and-let-live approach to television commercials that bite her style.

ARNOLD & MARIA: If Maria Shriver terminates her marriage with Arnold Schwarzenegger, it could be one of the costliest celebrity splits ever. Meanwhile, actress Jane Seymour claims Ahnold has two other love children.

LINDSAY LOHAN: Back to wardrobe malfunctions and upshirt photos.

ASHTON KUTCHER, Two and a Half Men, One Year Contract.

GWYENTH PALTROW's record deal with Atlantic Records has gone kaput... for now.

DAVID SCHWIMMER and his wife delivered their daughter on May 8.

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS (Mad Men) talks to the Daily Mail about relishing her curves, marrying ‘the best husband ever' - and modelling Vivienne Westwood's new jewellery collection.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS arrested a female activist who launched a campaign to challenge a ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom and posted a video on the Internet of her driving, activists said.

IRAN: The European Union has tightened sanctions on Iran due to its nuclear program. Ahmedinejad said Western countries are "using special equipment" to drain clouds of rain and cause droughts in the Middle East.

IRAQ: The Hot-Money Cowboys of Baghdad.

72-YEAR-OLD FIGHTS OFF A GATOR, saves his dog.

EVIL, DRUNK BIRDS are falling from the sky in Darwin.

AN ANGRY BEAVER roams Fort Smith in the Northwest Territory. Video at the link.

OUT: SHRIMP FISHERMEN. In: Jellyfishermen!