Courtney Love made news this week, threatening to sue over Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero. Her rants on Twitter remain incoherent, so we talked to her unofficial translator to figure out what wild girl is trying to say.

It's fitting that Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson made their live performance debut last night on French television. After all, Yorn recently said that Parisian singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg's collaboration with French actress Bridgett Bardot inspired his own album of duets with Johansson.

At her best, Scarlett Johansson drifts through our consciousness like a lusty apparition, or more accurately, like an apparition of lust -- she's barely there, but the shape and pace of her performance unveils a fantasy gateway.

Safe to say: Pete Yorn has a soft spot for milky, busty actresses. Turns out, his new album of duets with Iron Man 2's Scarlett Johansson, Break Up, was inspired by '60s French sextress Brigitte Bardot.

Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: