- Phish's Trey Anastasio is expected to appear in an upstate New York court today to face felony drug charges stemming from his December 2006 arrest. He'll address an outstanding 1988 warrant for "excessive noodling." [
Times Union]
- Amazingly, the Clash's Paul Simonon could actually wind up being the last white man in Hammersmith Palais. [
NME]
- Nostalgia-nipping girl group the Pipettes has signed with Interscope's
Cheerytree Cherrytree imprint; expect a slew of head-scratching "Can the blogosphere break bands?" think-pieces sometime next week. [
Billboard]
Idolator
Nu-girl group the Pipettes, who parlayed mimeographed Motown, matching dresses, a semi-decent homage to Russ Meyer, and approximately 500 SXSW showcases into minor musical notoriety last year, have switched up 66% of their lineup, dispensing of members RiotBecki and Rosay and adding two new girls named Ani and Anna. (Will they go through every letter of the alphabet as the member-shuffling continues? If I rename myself Quant, do you think they'll maybe add me to their list?)
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