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JACK WHITE shows off his new haircut in "Would You Fight For My Love?"

LEONARD COHEN advance streams his 13th studio album, Popular Problems.

MR TWIN SISTER advance streams their self-titled album.

ALT J advance streams This Is All Yours via Spotify.

LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES stopped by World Cafe for a mini-set.

JULIANA HATFIELD: The autumnal "My Sister" and the Blake Babies' cover of "Temptation Eyes" for Twofer Tuesday.

U2 manager Guy Oseary tells Mashable that iTunes users don't like getting a free album, they can always delete it. There's an app for that.  It's worked out well for the band: At one point Thursday afternoon, 26 U2 titles charted simultaneously on iTunes top 200 albums rankings.

BOB GELDOF & DAVID BOWIE are against Scottish indepenfence.  Billy Bragg and Annie Lennox are for it.

ROBIN THICKE tries to blame "Blurred Lines" on Pharrell Williams and Vicodin in the litigation with Marvin Gaye's family.

XTC, ranked by Stereogum. Wrongly.

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY (Pt 1) has a trailer online.

ADRIAN PETERSON is under investigation for a second child abuse case involving one of his other children.

ROSIE O'DONNELL returned to The View, promising, “Everything’s real this year! If we say it, it’s actually true!” She later mused that perhaps the problem of domestic violence amongst NFL players comes from not being able to separate the violence inherent in their profession from their day-to-day lives. The statistics suggest otherwise.

KANYE WEST says he's not apologizing for refusing to perform until a wheelchair-bound concertgoer stood; he's the real vitim, of course.

LINDSAY LOHAN is lying when she says she had to roll Whitney Houston's body bag at the L.A. County Morgue ... because Whitney was never in a body bag.

SEAN PARKER and his wife, Alexandra, are expecting their second child.

DJANGO UNCHAINED actress Daniele Watts, who claimed she was harassed and hurt by cops after making out with her boyfriend, was actually having sex in her car according to witnesses ... then went on a rant with cops accusing them of racism and not knowing who she was.

UKRAINE: President Petro Poroshenko on Monday proposed a series of major concessions to end the uprising by pro-Russian rebels in restive eastern Ukraine, offering the separatists a broad amnesty and special self-governance status for territories they occupy.

THE ISLAMIC STATE: Secretary of State John Kerry made clear during a roundtable with reporters in Paris that the US is open to communicating with both Iran and Syria on their shared concerns regarding the ISIS extremist group, although he insisted it's not "coordinating" with either of them.  Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted that Iran will not cooperate. Except that Iran is a major player on the ground.  Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden on Sunday said he predicts there could be nearly 5,000 U.S. personnel on the ground overseas by the end of the year to fight the Islamic State. The White House on Monday disputed reports that a group of moderate Syrian rebels -- part of the larger coalition that President Barack Obama wants to help fight the Islamic State -- struck a non-aggression pact with the Islamic State. Thirty foreign leaders have committed their countries to fighting IS in Iraq, but the Arab countries in particular are exercising extreme caution.

PUPPY vs SKUNK: Who you got?

A MINIATURE HORSE delayed small claims proceedings.

A DEAD LION was found in a restaurant's freezer during an inspection by environmental health officers in West Sussex.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: Winter Is Coming.

THE REPLACEMENTS dusted off "Unsatisfied" and "Skyway" for their first hometown gig in 23 years.  ISU Daily alumni, including Pat Beach, Mark Flora, and Finn Bullers represented. The Current has some pics.

TWEEDY is advance streaming Sukierae.

PERFUME GENIUS is advance streaming Too Bright.

SONDRE LERCHE is advance streaming Please.

KING TUFF is advance streaming Black Moon Spell.

MILEY CYRUS covers Led Zeppelin's  “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You." Really.

THE DEAD MILKMEN return with the title track of Pretty Music For Pretty People.

CHRISSIE HYNDE talks to The Guardian about playing a horse, being a single mother and why she loves Jeremy Paxman.

OWEN PALLETT talks about his latest LP and songwriting with The Rumpus.

DO YOU EVER Just Get Sick Of Music?

THE iPOD CLASSIC, R.I.P..

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: No Good Deed tops the chart with 24.5 million, another Screen gems mid-September special, boosted by the presence of Idris Elba. Director Will Packer has made 10 films for Screen Gems; only one has lost money, and this one doesn't look like the second.  Dolphin Tale 2 places with 16.6 million, as it's the first new family pic to open since early August. That's a bit worse than the original, butmay still make a profit if it's near as leggy as the original.  Guardians of the Galaxy drops back out of the top slt to show with 8 million, which is still above the consensus projection for this weekend.  GotG also broke the 300 million mark (600+ million in total) and stands an excellent chance of becoming marve's 3rd biggest, behind The Avengers and Iron Man 3.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is also leggy with another 4.8 million in the fourth slot.  Let's Be Cops also clings to the bottom of the Top 5 with another 4.3 million. The Drop's near-wide debut was enough to land in sixth place, which is alright for a more serious movie.  All in all, pretty typical mid-September behavior at the box office.

KANYE WEST demanded fans at his Melbourne show on Wednesday stand up, then realized at least one was in a wheelchair and another was wavbing a prosthetic limb. He's the Joe Biden of rap.

JAY Z & BEYONCE: Pregnant again?

LAUREN CONRAD and William Tell have officially tied the knot.

MARTHA STEWART thinks GQYNETH PALTROW should shut up and stick to acting.

DJANGO UNCHAINED actress Danièle Watts says she was accosted by police and handcuffed on Thursday in Los Angeles after being mistaken for a prostitute.

LINDSAY LOHAN claims her reality show forced her overseas?

ADRIAN PETERSEN was indicted for child abuse and deactivated for Sunday's game against the Patriots.

UKRAINE: NATO ountries have started delivering arms to Ukraine to help its soldiers fight pro-Russian separatists in the east.

NORTH KOREA sentenced one of the three Americans known to be held in the country to six years of hard labor for committing “hostile acts” against the North.

THE ISLAMIC STATE executed British aid worker David Haines. Prime Minister Cameron vowed that Britain will hunt down the Islamic State killers. Meanwhile, ISIS and "moderate" Syrian rebels  reportedly struck a cease-fire deal on Friday. Also, Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf donors for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut.

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: Leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood exiled in Qatar will leave the Gulf country after it came under enormous pressure to cut support for the Islamist group, a Brotherhood official said.

SYRIA: While the Islamic State group is getting the most attention now, another band of extremists in Syria - a mix of hardened jihadis from Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Europe - poses a more direct and imminent threat to the United States, working with Yemeni bomb-makers to target U.S. aviation, American officials say.

A RABIT BAT attacks a folkie.

A MAN-EATING LEOPARD in India is targeting drunks as they stumble home in the dark.

DANGEROUS GIANT SNAILS are targeted by the Florida Department of Agriculture.

A COW gives a cat a tongue bath... mass hysteria!

THE REPLACEMENTS: Paul and Tommy played "Alex Chilton" on The Tonight Show, returning to the Peacock after getting banned from SNL.  Lorne Michaels only held that grudge for 28 years.  BONUS: Here are those infamous performances of "B^astards of Young" and "Kiss Me on the Bus."

THE GENERATIONALS are advance streaming Alix.

THE ROSEBUDS perform in the KEXP studio.

THE MURDER CITY DEVILS shake the KEXP walls with a live in-studio performance.

HALEY BONAR plays live at the Minnesota State Fair.

ARTHUR BROWN is the god of hellfire... and he brings you "Fire!" It's a crazy world.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John darnielle has a novel published; io9 has an excerpt.

ALT J: Keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton talks to Stereogum about making their new LP, sampling Miley Cyrus, and soldiering on as a trio.

THE REPLACEMENTS, played for someone who's never heard them.

ABBEY ROAD Cam.

GWYNETH PALTROW reportedly is converting to Judaism.

RAY RICE: A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.

JOAN RIVERS underwent an unplanned throat biopsy that reportedly cut off her air supply.

TAYLOR SWIFT believes Katy Perry is a thief, which is the reported basis of their feud.

LIV TYLER is expecting her second child.

SHIA LeBEOUF admitted guilt in is disorderly conduct case.

RICHARD KIEL, best known for his role as the Bond villain "Jaws" in the 007 movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, has died at 74.

9/11: The first five minutes of CNN coverage. I came out of the shower, saw the second plane hit on NBC, and knew had had to contact my boss, whose daughter lived in NYC. There is still a lot of crazy stuff going on around the country and the world as a result, so consider taking a moment to watch and remember

RUSSIA carried out a successful test of its new Bulava intercontinental nuclear missile on Wednesday and will perform two more test launches in October and November, the head of its naval forces said.

LIBYA: Islamist militias continued their onslaught in Warshefana in an attempt to capture it; at least 43 people, mainly civilians, have been killed by shelling since Sept. 7.

THE ISLAMIC STATE: President Obama announced the United States will lead a “broad coalition” to defeat the Islamic State "wherever they exist"  through air strikes and support for military partners on the ground.

IRAQ: The NYT's Baghdad bureau chief recently did a Reddit Ask Me Anything, in which he stated that "after 2011 the administration basically ignored the country, and when officials spoke about what was happening there they were often ignorant of the reality."

A BABY BEAR makes for an unusual golf hazard.

AN ANCIENT SWAMP PIG with a huge pout has been named after Mick Jagger. No word on its moves.

KING LEO the CAT looks to shed some of his 23 pounds.

MUTANT BACTERIA thrives on radioactive waste. 

SPOON went "Inside Out" for Letterman.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

THE LEES OF MEMORY advance stream Sisyphus Says.

BLAKE MILLS advance streams Heigh Ho.

SO COW advance streams The Long Con.

THE HUSSY drops "EZ/PZ".

THE SPINNERS: "Rubberband Man." Guaranteed to blow your mind.

U2 dropped Songs of Innocence as a free download at iTunes (Apple footed the bill); it'll be available elsewhere on Oct. 13.

KAREN O talks to The Quietus about expressing more of her persona from a standpoint that’s outside the construct of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

JEFF TWEEDY talks to MassLive about... Tweedy. (Thx, LHB.)

ARIEL PINK talks to Pitchfork about his colorfully bizarre forthcoming album -- -and explains why American culture is too politically correct for its own good.

ZOE SALDANA is having twins, according to...Britney Spears?

RAY RICE: The NFL never contacted the casino to request video of Ray Rice brutalizing his fiancee, Janay Rice, who posted a message on Instagram.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR talks to Vanity Fair about addiction, his and his son's.

SOFIA VERGARA's ex-bf Nick Loeb may have kinder words about her new bf than he does about her.

TOP GUN 2 moves forward, possibly with the screenwriter from The Jungle Book.

MINORITY REPORT is headed to TV, where it presumably won't be called Person of Interest.

UKRAINE: Eight weeks after a Malaysia Airlines plane disintegrated over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard and triggering a frenzy of East-West finger-pointing, investigators, in their first account of the calamity on Tuesday, released evidence consistent with an attack by a surface-to-air missile but shed no clear light on who was responsible.

THE UNITED KINGDOM is sending £1.6 worth of arms and ammunition to the Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government in Iraq to help them in their battle against the Islamic State.

SYRIA: An explosion killed the leader of one of Syria's most powerful Islamist insurgent groups Ahrar al-Sham on Tuesday, the group said, and an organization that monitors violence in the civil war said at least 28 of its commanders had died.

IRAQ: The he head of Kurdish intelligence service, which is helping pick the targets for U.S. pilots in support of Kurdish forces on the ground, wants airstrikes in Syria also.

SMOTHERED on Rabbit Island!

SHARK ATTACK Victim identified in Byron Bay on the New South Wales coast. Right at the height of tourist season.

LEMON the DOG works the plow and the pump at a farm in Siberia.

SPENDING A WEEKEND with...a movie star vulture?

CONOR OBERST drops a video for "Common Knowledge."

CHUMPED is advance streaming its That’s The Thing Is Like EP.

ADAM COHEN, son of Leonard, is advance streaming We Go Home.

THE BOTH played a mini-set at KUTX's Studio 1A. 

CHUCK PROPHET plays songs from 2014's Night Surfer live in the KEXP studio.

ARIEL PINK drops “Put Your Number In My Phone” ahead of pom pom,a double-LP.

GREASE is the word marking the start of the school year, with "Summer Nights" and "You're the One That I Want" marking Twofer Tuesday.

RYAN ADAMS gets a meaty profile at BuzzFeed about the making of his new LP and new studio. Adams has also dropped some quirky promos for the new LP, featuring Garry Shandling, Jeff Garlin, Don Was, and Bob Mould.

THE REPLACEMENTS are playing The Tonight Show tonight, decades after being banned by SNL. Keith Richards, Lord of the Undead, will also be there.

THE AFGHAN WHIGS' Greg Dulli talks to Billboard about Bob Dylan, the 21st anniversary of Gentlemen, and more. (Thx, Frank Yang.)

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979: Jesse F. Keeler talks to Stereogum about how the new record came to be and just how much things have changed in the DFA universe since the last time they released an album.

THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their second child.

RAY RICE was let go by the Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then-fiancée in February.  TMZ's Harvey Levin promised more news today about what the league knew, and when they knew it.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS and David Burtka tied the knot Saturday in Italy.

FRAN DRESCHER married the inventor of email. Really.

GEORGE CLOONEY claims his wedding is in a couple of weeks. Subterfuge?

BEYONCE & JAY Z: Wedding Crashers.

BRITNEY SPEARS's ex-bf cheated with an adult film actress.

BILL MURRAY has heard the rumours about an all-female reboot of his Ghostbusters comedy classic — and not only is he in favour of it, he has casting suggestions.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR says there are no plans for a fourth Iron Man film.

ESTONIA: The Estonian intelligence official seized by Russia thought he was going to meet an informant in a secluded spot on the border as part of an organised crime investigation but instead walked into an FSB trap, according to Estonian security sources.

THE ISLAMIC STATE: More than 40 countries have indicated a willingness to help in the fight against ISIS militants, a State Department spokeswoman said Monday. (Pres. Bush's "Coalition of the Willing" went as high as 48 countries).

SYRIA: The U.S. military took a unilateral giant step toward bombing targets inside Syria over the weekend as it swung its crosshairs west and began bombing Islamic militants in the western Iraq province that borders Bashar al-Assad’s war-ravaged country.

IRAQ's parliament approved a new government headed by Haider al-Abadi as prime minister on Monday night, in a bid to rescue Iraq from collapse, with sectarianism and Arab-Kurdish tensions on the rise. The US targeted the Islamic State in five airstrikes in Irbil and near the Haditha Dam. The Iraqi military claimed it killed 22 Islamic State fighters in Jurf al Sakhar. The Islamic State killed 17 Iraqis in a suicide assault in the town of Dhuluiya, and launched a large-scale assault on the town of Ziwiya.

A BABY ELEPHANT plays with tires.

AT 1,011 POUNDS. the Stokes Gator may be the largest American alligator ever legally killed by a hunter.

TWO ALBINO LOBSTERS caught in a week? Maybe too unlikely to be true.

PIGS on a zip line.