CHUMBAWUMBA calls it quits this year. They claim there will be no reuinion, but you know, they get up again.

NEW RELEASES from Dirty Projectors, Mission of Burma, Old Crow Medicine Show and more, plus a best of the English Beat are streaming this week at Spinner.

FANG ISLAND is advance streaming Major.

LUCERO stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

EXITMUSIC plays a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

THE RAVEONETTES drop "She Owns the Streets" ahead of Observator.

ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI drops the oh-so-summery “Only In My Dreams" ahead of Mature Themes.

THE STANDELLS play "Dirty Water" and "Storm A'Comin" live on the Mike Douglas Show on May 27, 1966. BONUS "Hey, Joe" for Threefer Tuesday.

REGINA SPEKTOR is profiled by The Telegraph.

JAPANDROIDS talk to Interview about band bios, their preferred narrative mode, The Hold Steady, and why Celebration Rock may not be a summer album after all. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

THE GOSSIP: Beth Ditto does a Q & A with The Guardian.

MICK JAGGER, DAVID BOWIE & THE PLAYBOY MODEL: The classic tale, reprised for Mick's biography.

TOM CRUISE & KATIE HOLMES have signed a divorce settlement hammered out by their lawyers. The issues of custody and religion are reportedly quite detailed.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is set to pocket a record-breaking 20 million bucks to reprise her comic-book heroine role in an "Avengers" sequel.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN and boyfriend Scott Disick have welcomed their second child, a daughter named Penelope Scotland Disick.

SIENNA MILLER and fiance Tom Sturridge welcomed their first child over the weekend in London.

LILY ALLEN is expecting her second child with husband Sam Cooper.

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN has signed on to play Plutarch Heavensbee in Catching Fire, the much anticipated second movie in the Hunger Games trilogy.

HAPPY DAYS are here again: Five cast members have settled their royalty lawsuit with CBS.

FRANCE: A TV station yesterday broadcast audio clips of recordings between Toulouse shooter Mohammed Merah and police negotiators during the siege before his death in March. In the recordings, Merah claimed links with al Qaeda members in Pakistan.

SYRIA: Al Qaeda in Iraq and other jihadist groups have been operating from within Syria for years, with the support of the Syrian government, and are now turning on their state sponsor.

IRAQ: The trial of Vice President Hashemi has been postponed as a federal court reviews an appeal.

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban publicly executes a woman as the crowd cheers.

DACHSHUND vs CRAB: Who you got?

WOODCHUCKS are suspected in a rash of NY cemetery flag thefts, but I think they should be looking at squirrels.

AN IGUANA was rescued by Miami firefighters from a car dashboard.

KING PIG, a one-ton porker worshipped in China has been laid to rest at his own temple.