For the Record

07.22.04

The Bonnaroo festival, known for its eclectic mix of music, is giving fans the opportunity to download EPs from many of the artists who performed there last month, including Kings of Leon , the Dave Matthews Band ,Primus and My Morning Jacket . Now you can enjoy all the rock-show sounds, at Livebonnaroo.com, without having to sleep in the dirt next to old hippies only there for the Dead .

07.23.04
"Russell Simmons Presents: Hip-Hop Justice," a one-hour documentary that explores the link between the law and hip-hop artists, will air on Court TV October 6. Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, will look into cases involving C-Murder ,Tupac Shakur and Irv Gotti 's the Inc. Records. ...

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne took a day off from Ozzfest to visit wounded Operation Iraqi Freedom soldiers, airmen and Marines in the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to listening to stories of war and recovery from 30 service members, Ozzy gave autographs to the troops, one of whom said he would get his made into a tattoo.

While many artists dabble in writing political lyrics, Everclear frontman Art Alexakis is about to show and prove that he's the real deal when it comes to politics. As the elected delegate for the third congressional district of Oregon, Alexakis will represent at the Democratic National Convention in Boston on Monday.

Did Lil' Romeo play fair on Game Time ? The young rapper is being sued in Federal Court in Houston by a writer claiming to have penned six songs on Romeo's second album without receiving credit or pay. ...

Who do Voodoo? This year it will be the Beastie Boys ,Velvet Revolver , the Pixies ,Green Day and the Killers , among many others, performing at the sixth annual Voodoo Music Experience Festival, set for October 16 and 17 in New Orleans. ... Grammy winner Warren Zevon , who passed away in September, is being honored with a tribute album featuring such artists as Bob Dylan ,Bruce Springsteen , the Pixies and even Adam Sandler , who will be covering one of Zevon's best-known songs, "Werewolves of London." The LP, produced by Jorge Calderone , is slated to be released this fall. ...

The Donnas are taking a break from working on their new album to rock out at the Sunset Junction Street Fair in Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood, on August 21 and 22. Other performers include L.A. punk legends X, Ben Kweller ,Ima Robot and Camper Van Beethoven . The event will raise money for local youth programs. ... Coldplay , the Shins, Iron and Wine and Simon and Garfunkel have contributed to the soundtrack to "Garden State," the film by "Scrubs" star Zach Braff . The soundtrack is available August 10 on Epic Records. The film opens July 28. ...

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7.30.04

MTV2 Headbangers Ball Volume 2, due September 28, follows up last year's first volume with 40 tracks spanning two discs. One features established artists such as Slipknot, Korn and A Perfect Circle , while the second disc includes more underground bands, including Dillinger Escape Plan and Cradle of Filth.

On Jack Irons ' first solo album, Attention Dimension, set for release in August, the former Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer is joined by some of his old bandmates and friends, including Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder, who lends his vocals to a cover of Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"; RHCP bassist Flea and Primus 'Les Claypool . ...



8.2.04

It's not the Pope. It's not the Medici family. It's Kanye West , the new patron of the arts. West revealed in an interview with Qmagazine that he commissioned a painter to re-create Michelangelo 's Sistine Chapel ceiling for his dining room. "It's gonna have over 50 cherubs and saints," West boasted.

Badly Drawn Boy will launch a North American fall tour on October 5 in Vancouver, British Columbia, to support his new album, One Plus One Is One. The first leg will conclude October 28 in Houston. ... " Ramones Raw," unreleased video footage shot by Marky Ramone , is being released on DVD later this year. "Raw" includes backstage interviews, as well as home video of the pioneers of punk dating from the early '80s. ... The Pixies have added a pair of Los Angeles dates, September 22 and 23, to their fall tour schedule. The gigs mark the band's first shows in the L.A. area in 12 years. Grant Lee Phillips will open both shows, with the Distillers joining him on the first night and the Thrills on the second. The Pixies' North American fall tour starts September 4 in Bend, Oregon. ...

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08.06.04

The Sean McGrath Hold Onto Your Friends cancer benefit concert has been postponed due to unforeseeable circumstances. Originally scheduled for August 14 in New York, the show was set to raise money for the final medical expenses of the late McGrath, who played bass with Saves the Day ,Mouthpiece ,Hands Tied and the Alps .

Wilco have added a slew of dates to their current tour, scheduled in the wake of Lollapalooza's cancellation. Starting August 6 in Portland, Maine, the band will travel across the country with stops at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island on Sunday and the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas September 19, ending in Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 10. Joining Wilco for seven dates will be the Fiery Furnaces , who are also headlining their own tour in support of their second album, Blueberry Boat , starting September 8 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and ending October 31 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

You won't find Death Cab for Cutie 's new EP, Studio X Sessions, in stores. This four-song, piano-driven EP, recorded at the end of their spring tour, is available exclusively through iTunes' music store in MP3 format. Death Cab will also take part in four late summer festival dates, including Bumbershoot in Seattle, before joining Pearl Jam on the Vote for Change Tour in October.

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