Peeping Tom's <i>Peeping Tom</i>
Photo: Ipecac Recordings

Memorial Day was established to honor Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War. But the holiday isn't too civil to record stores, pretty much stymieing anything of interest from hitting the racks.

OK, that's a little harsh. There are some records you might care about as you recover from the long weekend:

Peeping Tom's self-titled record is classic Mike Patton. The Tomahawk/ Fantômas/ Lovage mastermind overextends himself yet again with this long-in-the-works project, which slipped out a much-prized bootleg demo years ago but hasn't made a peep since. Yanking the unconventional pop group out of obscurity is Norah Jones, who graces the second-to-last track, "Sucker." Patton's typically unpredictable guest list also includes Massive Attack, Bebel Gilberto, Dan the Automator, Kool Keith, Amon Tobin, Kid Koala and Dub Trio, who put out an album of their own last week. If you're looking for Patton product that isn't alienating, this is it.

Death Becomes Them: Just in case you didn't hear them screaming their faces off the first time around, Thine Eyes Bleed are reservicing their debut LP, In the Wake of Separation, in time for their tour in support of Slayer (TEB's bassist is the brother of Slayer's Tom Araya). The refreshed version has the bonus cut "Better Off Dead," which was only available in Japan, and the video for "Cold Victim." And Florida death-metal vets Morbid Angel — who are heavily influenced by Slayer — are reaching back even further with the re-release of 1989's Altars of Madness, which comes with three remix tracks and a bonus DVD featuring the band's gig at the U.K.'s Nottingham Rock City in '89.

Victory Scores: One label isn't getting much rest this weekend: punk imprint Victory Records. Its so-called "Super Tuesday" marks the arrival of In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, the second effort by pop duo the Forecast; Questions and Answers, the second one by angsty New Yorkers the Sleeping; 18 Candles: The Early Years, which packs in 18 retrospective tracks — including concert cuts and remixes — by Canadian post-hardcore act Silverstein; and The Great Compromise, a colorful record by cheerleading three-piece the Junior Varsity that features "Left Foot Right Foot," "Peter Cottontail and the Demise of the Carrot Tree" and more.

Don't Forget to Preorder: In case you haven't learned your lesson, here are two more reasons to plan ahead: preorders of Minutes to Miles by New Jersey newcomers Crash Romeo came with limited-edition tees, while early copies of Terror's three-hour "The Living Proof" DVD was bundled with a stencil and poster.

That's So Yesterday: It's like 1981 all over again this week, what with the 25th anniversary of psych-experimentalists Legendary Pink Dots. Their Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves follows up 2004's The Whispering Wall and includes "Stigmata (Part 4)" and "The Made Man's Manifesto." Celtic Frost have an equally impressive milestone with Monotheist, the hugely influential metal band's first record in 13 years.

'80s Hits Stripped culls acoustic tracks by Billy Idol, Rick Springfield, the Go-Go's and other yesteryear greats, and the label's so jazzed for the release that it's throwing a party at Johnny Depp's Viper Room on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. Blasters honcho Dave Alvin recaps John Fogerty, Jerry Garcia, Brian Wilson and other Left Coasters on West of the West, while blues-rocker George Thorogood and the Destroyers run through tunes by Bob Dylan, Fats Domino and more on The Hard Stuff. And if you're a Motörhead fan, you'll no doubt recognize the cover of "Killed by Death" that appears as a bonus cut on the debut LP by all-female Swedish quartet Crucified Barbara, who have already made waves back home.

You've definitely heard the Von Bondies' "C'mon C'mon" by now; the title track to "Rescue Me" kicks off the show's soundtrack, which also features Wolf Parade, the Brian Jonestown Massacre and other decidedly noncommercial acts. And if you're an ardent Zero 7 fan, you've probably already heard Sophie Barker's Earthbound, which dropped in the U.K. last year but is finally getting a U.S. release. And Finnish psychedelic minimalists Kiila issued their Heartcore five years ago in other territories, but it's finally dropping Stateside this week.

Chatham County Line — a rootsy project out of Raleigh, North Carolina, that incorporates fiddle, banjo and more — are churning out their third effort, the playfully titled Speed of the Whippoorwill. Singer/guitarist Dave Wilson says the bandmembers "see ourselves more like a rock band without a drummer and cables than a 1940s traditional bluegrass band." But debuting Chicago sextet the 1900s are more than happy to be lodged in the last century. The band's Plume Delivery EP calls to mind the New Pornographers and the Kinks and boasts "Bring the Good Boys Home" and "Flight of the Monowings."

If you want something really archaic, look no further than Wes Montgomery's "Live in Europe 1965," a DVD that captures the famed jazz guitarist in his prime. And while we're on the subject of age, let's give it up for Ralph Stanley, the bluegrass immortal who is putting out A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family at the tender age of 79.

Song Title of the Week:

"Don't Forget to Set the House on Fire Before You Crawl into Bed" from Junior Varsity's The Great Compromise

Other Notables:

Les Claypool's Of Whales and Woe: The Primus bass whiz has been busier than ever with a new feature film ("Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo"), novel and everlasting tour. His latest solo outing includes "Robot Chicken," the theme to the cartoon show of the same name; "Back Off Turkey," which showcases his two kids banging on various objects; and "Iowan Gal," a paean to Claypool's wife.

Quietdrive's When All That's Left Is You: These Minneapolis rockers have "buzz" written all over them, what with a red-hot MySpace page and raves from The Los Angeles Times. They get an additional boost from Avril Lavigne producer Butch Walker and heralded mixer Chris Lord-Alge on the LP, which features "Rise From the Ashes," "Take a Drink With Me" and "Maybe Misery."

Asobi Seksu's Citrus: Their name means "playful sex" in Japanese and they've topped mtvU's Dean's List, and if you're in the mood to dream, Asobi Seksu have your number. The group's bilingual, keyboard-laced sophomore disc includes "Pink Cloud Tracing Paper" and "Nefi+Girly" and will fit in comfortably next to your Lush and My Bloody Valentine CDs.

New Releases:

• The 1900s - Plume Delivery (EP; Parasol)
  
• Dave Alvin - West of the West (Yep Roc)
  Buy Now: West of the West (Yep Roc)
  
• Asobi Seksu - Citrus (Friendly Fire)
  
• Sophie Barker - Earthbound (Emperor)
  
• Boards of Canada - Trans Canada Highway (EP; Warp)
  Buy Now: Trans Canada Highway (Warp)
  
• Celtic Frost - Monotheist (Century Media)
  Buy Now: Monotheist (Century Media)
  
• Chatham County Line - Speed of the Whippoorwill (Yep Roc)
  
• Les Claypool - Of Whales and Woe (digipak; Prawn Song)
  Buy Now: Of Whales and Woe (Prawn Song)
  
• Cordovan - Lunaticworks Jazz Presents: Cordovan - Highway 10 Blues (Reincarnate)
  
• Crash Romeo - Minutes to Miles (limited edition comes with T-shirt; Trustkill)
  Buy Now: Minutes to Miles (Trustkill)
  
• Crucified Barbara - In Distortion We Trust (enhanced; Liquor & Poker)
  
• Todd Deatherage - Todd Deatherage (EP; Summer Break)
  
• The Forecast - In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Victory)
  Buy Now: In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Victory)
  
• The Junior Varsity - The Great Compromise (with DVD; Victory)
  
• Herbert - Scale (K7)
  
• Kiila - Heartcore (Say Hey)
  
• The Legendary Pink Dots - Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves (ROIR)
  
• Jesper Kyd - "Hitman: Blood Money" soundtrack (Sumthing Else)
  
• Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom (Ipecac)
  Read: "Norah Jones Curses Up A Storm For New Mike Patton Project"
  
• The Procussions - 5 Sparrows for 2 Cents (Red Urban)
  
• Quietdrive - When All That's Left Is You (Epic/ Red)
  
• The Sleeping - Questions and Answers (Victory)
  
• Ralph Stanley - A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family (Columbia)
  
• Surel - For My Good - Romans 8:28 (Comin' Atcha)
  
• George Thorogood and the Destroyers - The Hard Stuff (Eagle)
  Buy Now: The Hard Stuff (Eagle)
  
• Tied & Tickled Trio - A.R.C. (Morr)
  
• Amalea Tshilds - Painted Tiles (Fallen Fan)
  
• Various artists - '80s Hits Stripped (Sidewinder)
  
• Various artists - "Rescue Me" soundtrack (Nettwerk)

Notable Reissues and Archival Material:

• Jamie Lidell - Multiply Additions (Warp)
  
• Kris Kristofferson - Austin City Limits: Live From Austin, TX (New West)
  
• Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (with DVD; Earache)
  Buy Now: Altars of Madness (Earache)
  
• Charley Pride - The Essential Charley Pride (two CDs; RCA/ Legacy)
  
• Jim Reeves - The Essential Jim Reeves (two CDs; RCA/ Legacy)
  
• Silverstein - 18 Candles: The Early Years (Victory)
  Buy Now: 18 Candles: The Early Years (Victory)
  
• Space Needle - Recordings 1994-1997 (Eenie Meenie)
  
• Thine Eyes Bleed - In the Wake of Separation (enhanced; The End)
  Buy Now: In the Wake of Separation (The End)
  
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Best of the Funk Years (Shout! Factory)

Music DVDs:

• The Beatles - "Liverpool" (Arts Magic)
  
• Blöod Düster - "The Shape of Death to Come" (Season Mist)
  
• The Charlatans UK - "Live at Last" (Standing Room Only)
  
• Alice Cooper - "Live at Montreux 2005" (Eagle Vision)
  
• Deep Purple - "Live at Montreux 1996" (Eagle Vision)
  
• Rory Gallagher - "Live at Montreux" (Eagle Vision)
  
• Wes Montgomery - "Live in Europe 1965" (EJazz Lines)
  
• Terror - "The Living Proof" (Trustkill)
  
• Ali Farka Touré - "A Visit to Ali Farka Touré" (Kultur)

Coming Attractions:

June 6:

• AFI - Decemberunderground (Interscope)
  Read: "AFI: Mad Prolific Or Mad Exaggerators?"
  Preorder: Decemberunderground (Interscope)
  
• Head Automatica - Popaganda (Warner Bros.)
  Read: "Daryl Palumbo Spreads Head Automatica Popaganda"
  Preorder: Popaganda (Warner Bros.)
  
• Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later (Lench Mob)
  Read: "Ice Cube Wants The Last Laugh With Independent LP Featuring Lil Jon, Snoop"
  Preorder: Laugh Now, Cry Later (Lench Mob)
  
• Paul Oakenfold - A Lively Mind (Maverick)
  Preorder: A Lively Mind (Maverick)
  

June 13:

• The Futureheads - News and Tributes (Vagrant)
  Preorder: News and Tributes (Vagrant)
  
• Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang (Aftermath)
  Read: "Busta Rhymes Album Preview: Bus Gets Deep About The Big Bang"
  Preorder: The Big Bang (Aftermath)
  
• Shadows Fall - Fallout From the War (Century Media)
  Preorder: Fallout From the War (Century Media)
  
• Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Geffen)
  Preorder: Rather Ripped (Geffen)
  
• Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (two-CD limited-edition version also available; Sire/ London/ Rhino)
  Preordere: Begin to Hope (Sire/ London/ Rhino)
  

June 20:

• Fefe Dobson - Sunday Love (enhanced; Island)
  Preorder: Sunday Love (Island)
  
• Nelly Furtado - Loose (Geffen)
  Read: "Nelly Furtado Hooks Up With 'Distant Cousin' Timberlake, Emerges With 'Sexy' Song"
  Preorder: Loose (Geffen)
  
• Keane - Under the Iron Sea (Interscope)
  Read: "Keane Nearly Followed Breakthrough With A Breakup"
  Preorder: Under the Iron Sea (Interscope)
  
• Madonna - I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (with DVD; Maverick)
  Preorder: I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (Maverick)
  
• Pearl Jam - Live at Easy Street (J)

• Peeping Tom
• Silverstein
• Les Claypool
• Thine Eyes Bleed
• The Charlatans UK

The Von Bondies' Jason Stollsteimer and Don Blum
Photo: MTV News

Even the most avid Von Bondies fans found it difficult to sing along with the band on its summer tour.

"Almost all our set is new songs," frontman Jason Stollsteimer said. "So we see a whole audience of people staring at us going, 'When are they gonna play "C'mon, C'mon?" ' "

There is a light at the end of the tunnel for fans, however, as those new songs are scheduled to be recorded this fall for the follow-up to 2004's Pawn Shoppe Heart. The Bondies have already written 15 new songs and are still going strong.

"The first two records, especially the last [one], was written mainly on the road," drummer Don Blum said backstage at the San Diego Street Scene festival in late July. "But this new record, we came off of our tour in January and we all started working in a practice space, so it was kind of more focused on songwriting."

This approach has made for a process that is more collaborative on the whole.

"Don, now, is writing songs," Stollsteimer said. "He's never written songs before and he's adding a whole new aspect. I mean drummers are based around getting kids dancing, where I more worry about lyrics. So we're putting it together and writing more melodies for kids to sing along with."

Stollsteimer is, of course, writing too, directing several of his songs at young people. "I'm actually going back to when I was like 20 years old and realizing that I seriously thought I wasn't going to do anything with my life," he explained. "I'm trying to give kids the idea that there's something more [to life] than just turning 21 and [being able to] drink at a bar. It's very simple. It's not a revolution."

The Von Bondies have the songs ready for the most part — they just need to pick a producer and studio.

"We could record in Detroit, we could record anywhere," said Stollsteimer, who made headlines in 2003 for scuffling with fellow Motor City rocker Jack White (see "Jack White Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge, Must Take Anger-Management Class"). "To me, I'd like to get out. I live there year-round, so I don't want to be there when I'm recording a record, trying to get new ideas. I mean the truth is, if you don't have good songs, it doesn't matter where you record."

As for who will helm the album, the band has a few producers in mind but "if we say them now, they might not want to work with us," Stollsteimer said.

"We're trying to push ourselves more too, just to like try different things," Blum added.

"Singing in key, tuning — you know, the hard things," Stollsteimer joked.

• The Von Bondies

213 (file)
Photo: Anthony Mandler

213 may have taken the easy way out when making the The Hard Way, according to DJ Battlecat. The producer behind tunes for Busta Rhymes, Brian McKnight, Xzibit, WC and Faith Evans filed a copyright-infringement suit against 213 members Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Nate Dogg and their record label on Thursday for allegedly using his work on three songs without permission. ...

Trapt will reissue their 2002 self-titled debut in the dual DVD/CD format on October 19. The set features a 5.1 surround-sound mix and videos for the songs "Headstrong," "Still Frame" and "Echo." Additional extras include live clips, a photo gallery and two bonus songs: "Lost in a Portrait" from the soundtrack to "The Punisher" and the B-side "Promise." ... A limited-edition version of Korn's imaginatively titled greatest-hits package, Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, will be released alongside the standard version of the album on October 5. The limited-edition disc comes with a DVD capturing the band's concert at New York's CBGBs earlier this year. ...

Auf Der Maur and the Von Bondies are heading out on the road for a co-headlining North American club tour beginning September 16 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Seventeen shows, including stops in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Detroit, have been announced with more to come. ... A Guns N' Roses semi-reunion of sorts took place Sunday in Bologna, Italy, when guitarist Izzy Stradlin joined his old bandmates in Velvet Revolver onstage for the GN'R classic "It's So Easy." Stradlin left the band in 1991 and was replaced by Gilby Clarke. ...

A beer named after Madonna was created by U.K. brewers JW Lees to commemorate her visit to Manchester during her Re-invention Tour. According to those who've imbibed Material Girl Ale, it has a nutty flavor. ... More than 770 items from the estate of Johnny and June Carter Cash will be put up for auction at Sotheby's beginning September 14. The auction, which coincides with the one-year anniversary of the Man in Black's passing, features such items as stage-worn clothing, platinum records, handwritten lyrics and even the singer's 2002 Ford F-150 pickup. ... While writing and recording their next album, due next summer, 311 will release a concert DVD that relives March's 3-11 Day concert in New Orleans. The group plans to revisit the Big Easy next March 11. ...

9.03.2004

Oops, Britney Spears spit out her gum in public again and now you can reap the benefits. More than 20 eBay auctioneers are selling what they claim to be Spears' used chewing gum for prices ranging from 1 cent as an opening bid to $14,000 for the gum the pop star was supposedly chewing when she kissed Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. "My friend was working security and saw her spit one piece of gum in the trash," the seller says in the post. Fans can also purchase a used cigarette butt, for which the current high bid is $250. Not a Britney fan? Bid on gum chewed by Christina Aguilera (99 cents), Eminem ($1) or Jessica Simpson (99 cents). ...

Alicia Keys has just finished filming the video for her next single, "Karma." The singer shot part of the clip in the Dominican Republic, and part in New York, including a scene where she plays the piano on a subway platform. ... Al Franken will appear as the keynote speaker at this year's CMJ Music Marathon in New York. The writer/comedian/radio personality will deliver his speech (on a variety of topics, including politics, music, radio and activism) on October 14 to kick off the annual college-radio convention. Performers this year include Sonic Youth, ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Sparta, Clinic, the Faint, the Concretes, the Decemberists and more. ...

Homesickness doesn't seem to be one of Incubus' ills. The band, which has been on the road in support of A Crow Left of the Murder almost nonstop since the LP dropped in February, has added more dates to its world tour. A new, five-week leg begins October 10 in Pittsburgh. ... Liz Phair is going to help runners cool off in the inaugural Nike 26.2 Marathon with a post-race concert. The marathon takes place in San Francisco, starting and finishing right outside Golden Gate Park, on October 24 to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. ...

Slayer were forced to cancel a performance Wednesday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, after frontman Tom Araya was reportedly rushed to an area hospital, suffering either from kidney stones or a bad allergic reaction. No official word has been given on Araya's condition. ... In happier Slayer-related news, the Jägermesiter Music Tour, which Slayer is scheduled to headline, has finalized its schedule. The trek, which also features Killswitch Engage and Mastodon, kicks off October 29 in Springfield, Missouri, and concludes on December 17 in Universal City, California. ... After four years of dating, three years of living together, a 3-year-old son and another baby on the way, Ben Harper and Laura Dern have gotten engaged. A wedding date has yet to be announced. ... Mix Master Mike, the Beastie Boys' resident DJ, has a new album on the way. Bangzilla!, out October 19, features hardcore turntablist creations such as "Full Range Earmuff," as well as tracks that cut together strings, keys and rhythms taken from hip-hop, orchestras and more. ... Stellastarr have one last show in New York this year — at the Roxy on Sunday — before they immediately start working on their second album. The band plans to stay in the studio through the remainder of 2004, and hopes to release the new album in the spring. ... The Mars Volta are dragging their Afros back into the studio to rework sections of their new album, Frances the Mute. The new studio sessions will push the release of the album — the follow-up to last year's De-loused in the Comatorium — back until early 2005. ...

Why should Sammy Hagar have all the Cabo Wabo fun? Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony is preparing to join the party as he and Hagar make plans to open Mad Anthony's Pepper Bar at the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. According to a post on Anthony's Web site, the bar will feature "tasty and exotic chili pepper concoctions ... as well as other killer foods to wrap your lips around and light your bellies on fire." Gastronomically inclined fans can get involved by submitting creative recipes on Anthony's site for potential inclusion on the menu. ...

• 213
• Snoop Dogg
• Trapt
• Korn
• The Von Bondies

Jack White (file)
Photo: Detroit Police Department

The White Stripes' Jack White has written a batch of new songs and is making plans for other future releases, he revealed in a Q&A session Saturday on fan site www.whitestripes.net.

White also spoke candidly for the first time about his fight in December with Von Bondies frontman Jason Stollsteimer (see "Jack White Brawls With Fellow Garage Rocker At Detroit Club"), and he discussed the aftereffects of a finger injury he suffered in a car accident last year.

Regarding a new White Stripes album, the situation is anything but red, er ... black and white. "Me and Meg may record this summer, but not too much is definite," White wrote. "I must say though that the time off has made me very inspired to write."

Even if the White Stripes don't record a follow-up to Elephant anytime soon, there will be plenty of striped candy to go around. The band will assemble a B-sides disc and issue a widely bootlegged recording of its 2001 appearance on the English radio show "Peel Sessions." The White Stripes may also release live recordings from Detroit concerts and a CD of recordings they made for Italy Records in 1997 and 1998. Before year's end, the Stripes also plan to issue a DVD of live concert footage shot in Blackpool, England, the band revealed last week on its Web site.

Much of White's Q&A session focused on his bar fight with Stollsteimer. Once a major supporter of the Detroit garage rockers, White helped get the Von Bondies signed and produced their first record. For months, White held his tongue on the Stollsteimer issue, even after pleading guilty to assault in March (see "Jack White Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge, Must Take Anger-Management Class"), but now he's opened up, accusing Stollsteimer of milking the situation and exaggerating his injuries in order to receive publicity for his band's album Pawn Shoppe Heart.

"The entire event was completely exploited by him, his band, and his managers and legal professionals," White wrote. "The two of us did have an argument, and I did spit at him. But what he doesn't say is how he then grabbed me to pull me down and pulled out a good deal of my hair. My retaliation was to hit him to get him off of me. Then he landed on my hand, which became cut on the broken glass underneath it. The whole thing lasted less than 10 seconds."

White insists Stollsteimer wasn't badly injured and that he dramatized the situation in order to drag White "through the mud." He added that the incident followed two years of Stollsteimer badmouthing White to friends and the press and insisted that the photo of Stollsteimer's bruised and battered face, which was widely circulated to the media, didn't accurately illustrate his injuries.

"The photo was sent to the [British magazine] NME the next morning, with the photo credit being that of the Von Bondies' manager, Rick Canny," White wrote. "Jason would not allow the dried blood from his bloody nose washed from his face before taking the photo. Take a look at it again. It's a black eye once you wash the dried blood off. His face isn't full of cuts. The 'permanent damage' that he claims was done to his eye from this is also false. Having toured extensively with the man, I know that he would refuse to drive the touring van because as a teenager Jason left a contact lens in his eye for over a year and then tried to pull it out. He tore his eye in doing so ... the same eye he tried to blame me for permanently damaging. It's so funny that when the aroma of money and fame is in the air, old friends will quickly step on your face to get to it."

In addition to getting his side of the Stollsteimer scuffle off his chest, White revealed that he almost had a second surgery on the hand he injured in an accident last July (see "Stripes' Jack White Injures Finger In Car Accident"), but he decided not to undergo the procedure. As a result, the guitarist has been forced to significantly alter his playing style. "It has made playing a great deal more difficult," he wrote. "I had to relearn how to play chords with my other fingers, but in the end I think it's made me a better player, if not just a sorer one."

• The White Stripes
• The Von Bondies

Danger Mouse (file)
Photo: MTV News

The Grey Album mastermind Danger Mouse, Detroit garage rockers the Von Bondies and New York hipsters the Walkmen are among the latest crop of artists to join Morrissey, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips on this summer's Lollapalooza lineup.

Alongside other previously announced artists the String Cheese Incident, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Gomez, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and the Polyphonic Spree (see "Lollapalooza's Farrell Explains His Taste For String Cheese"), the trek will also showcase the talents of Broken Social Scene, the Datsuns, Bumblebeez 81, the Secret Machines, the Thrills, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Elbow, Wheat and the lone hip-hop artists on the bill thus far, the Coup.

Lollapalooza founder and organizer Perry Farrell will also be on hand, performing as his electronic-music alter ego, DJ Peretz, at each stop. Additional artists are expected, and not all artists will perform at every stop.

The two-day package tour kicks off July 14 and 15 at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. Tickets for the July 17 and 18 shows at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, outside of San Francisco, go on sale Sunday. Ten additional markets have been confirmed, with shows around New York and Los Angeles still to be announced. Special guests are expected at each show, a tour spokesperson said.

For the Shoreline show, tickets are priced at $49.50 per day for reserved seats and $29.50 for general admission. Two-day general admission passes will go for $50.

Lollapalooza's partial itinerary, according to spokespersons for the tour:

• 7/14 - Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
• 7/15 - Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
• 7/17 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
• 7/18 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
• 7/26 - Englewood, CO @ Coors Amphitheatre
• 7/27 - Englewood, CO @ Coors Amphitheatre
• 7/29 - Tinley Park, IL @ Tweeter Center
• 7/30 - Tinley Park, IL @ Tweeter Center
• 8/2 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
• 8/3 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
• 8/5 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
• 8/6 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
• 8/9 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
• 8/10 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
• 8/12 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post
• 8/13 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post
• 8/14 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
• 8/15 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
• 8/18 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center At the Waterfront
• 8/19 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center At the Waterfront
• 8/21 - Atlanta, GA @ Turner Field
• 8/22 - Atlanta, GA @ Turner Field
• 8/24 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center
• 8/25 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center

• The Von Bondies
• The Walkmen
• Broken Social Scene
• The Datsuns
• Perry Farrell

It's not a blockbuster week for new releases, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of albums to choose from. First up, the Von Bondies.

After their frontman's scuffle last year with the band's former producer Jack White, the Von Bondies are ready to open their Pawn Shoppe Heart. The garage rockers' second album features the single "C'mon C'mon."

James Lavelle's second DJ set, the double disc Global Underground Romania #026, reinvents songs by Queens of the Stone Age, the Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow and Lavelle's own U.N.K.L.E.

El-P drops his hybrid jazz album, High Water, Bad Plus Give fans their new LP, and Now It's Overhead are joined by Michael Stipe and Conor Oberst on their second album, Fall Back Open.

BT's Music From and Inspired by the Film "Monster" shares shelf space this week with Deerhoof's concept album Milk Man and Henry Rollins' collection of readings from his book of the same name, Black Coffee Blues.

Brides of Destruction, featuring Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe and Tracii Guns from L.A. Guns, release Here Come the Brides alongside Fleshcrawl's Made of Flesh and throwback rockers Tesla's Into the Now.

Finally, the indie contingent: Brooklyn, New York, rock group TV on the Radio serve up Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, Scotland's retro rockers Franz Ferdinand release their self-titled LP, and Your Enemies Friends remind you that You Are Being Videotaped. But we're sure they mean that in a good way.

Out Tuesday, March 9:

• 40 Watt Domain - Short Wave (Gaki Records)
• Aveo - Battery (Barsuk)
• The Bad Plus - Give (Columbia)
• Eszter Balint - Mud (Bar/None)
• The Bigger Lovers - This Affair Never Happened ... (Yep Roc)
• Bio Ritmo - Bio Ritmo (Locutor)
• The Black Heart Procession and Solbakken - In the Fishtank 11 (Fishtank)
• The Blinding Light - The Ascension Attempt (Deathwish Inc.)
• Bloody Lovelies - Some Truth and a Little Money (Cheap Lullaby)
• Blue Dogs - Halos and Good Buys (Black River)
• The Bobbyteens - Cruisin' for a Bruisin' (Estrus)
• Brides of Destruction - Here Come the Brides (Sanctuary)
• BT - Music From and Inspired by the Film "Monster" (Digital Sound)
• Centinex - Decadence-Prophecies of Cosmic Chaos (Candlelight)
• Slaid Cleaves - Wishbones (Rounder/Philo)
• CocoRosie - Le Maison de Mon Rève (Touch and Go)
• Sarah Connor - Sarah Connor (Epic)
• Cordero - Somos Cordero (Daemon)
• Covert Movements - 60 Channels (Supacrucial)
• Cross Canadian Ragweed - Soul Gravy (Universal South)
• Deerhoof - Milk Man (Kill Rock Stars)
• Constance Demby - Spirit Trance (Valley Entertainment)
• Demons - Demonology (Gearhead)
• Destroyer - Your Blues (Merge)
• Dose Hermanos - Bright Shadows (Gaff)
• El-P with the Blues Series Continuum - High Water (Thirsty Ear)
• Encore - Layover (Hiero/Imperium)
• Euge Groove - Livin' Large (Narada Jazz)
• Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
• Fleshcrawl - Made of Flesh (Metal Blade)
• Paul Geremia - Love Murder and Mosquitos (Red House)
• Gingersol - Eastern (Rubric)
• Great Big Sea - Something Beautiful (Zoë/Rounder)
• Troy Gregory - Laura (Fall of Rome)
• Euge Groove - Livin' Large (Narada)
• Berkley Hart - Twelve (PSB)
• Heavenly - Dust to Dust (Noise/Sanctuary)
• Jucifer - War Bird EP (Velocette)
• James Lavelle - Global Underground Romania #026 (Global Underground)
• Hubert Laws - Moondance (Savoy Jazz)
• Leatherface - Dog (BYO Records)
• Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue (Astralwerks)
• Melissa Manchester - When I Look Down That Road (Koch)
• Wynton Marsalis - The Magic Hour (Blue Note)
• Morifade - Domination (Candlelight)
• My Dying Bride - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (Peaceville)
• Nassiri - Love Sees No Color (Liquid 8)
• Keri Noble - Fearless (Manhattan/EMI)
• Now It's Overhead - Fall Back Open (Saddle Creek)
• Alecia Nugent - Alecia Nugent (Rounder)
• Ollabelle - Ollabelle (Columbia)
• James Otto - Days of Our Lives (Mercury Nashville)
• Graham Parker - Your Country (Bloodshot)
• Play - Don't Stop the Music (Columbia)
• Pornosonic - Pornosonic (Valley Entertainment)
• The Prisoners Dilemma - Handshakes, Hello, and Goodbye (Indianola)
• The Push Stars - Paint the Town (33rd Street)
• Annie Quick - Bigger (Paste)
• Rockfour - Nationwide (Rainbow Quartz)
• Henry Rollins - Black Coffee Blues (2.13.61)
• Sammy Sadler - Hard on a Heart (Texas Music)
• Scarlet - Cult Classic (Ferret Music)
• Sergent Garcia - La Semilla Escondida (Shakti)
• Shockwave - The Ultimate Doom (Triple Crown)
• Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures (Metal Blade)
• Tesla - Into the Now (Sanctuary)
• Josh Todd - You Made Me (XS)
• TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch and Go)
• The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (Sire)
• Ware River Club - Cathedral (Spirit House)
• Susan Werner - I Can't Be New (Koch)
• Wildhearts - Riff After Riff (Gearhead)
• World Saxophone Quartet - Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (Justin Time)
• Your Enemies Friends - You Are Being Videotaped (Buddyhead)
• Various artists - Disney - World of Happiness (Walt Disney)
• Various artists - No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Vol. 1 (DualTone)
• Various artists - NRBQ Tribute (Spirit House)
• Various artists - Tribute to Elvis Costello (Tribute Sounds)
• Various artists - Tribute to Green Day (Tribute Sounds)
• Various artists - Tribute to Martina McBride (Tribute Sounds)
• Various artists - X 2004 (BEC/Tooth & Nail)
• DVD: Dropkick Murphys - Live on the Road With ... (Hellcat)
• DVD: The Rocket Summer - Calendar Days (The Militia Group)

March 23:

• Johnny Cash - Life (Sony)
• Knoc-Turn'Al - The Way I Am (LA Confidential/Elektra)
• Pastor Troy - By Any Means Necessary (Universal)

March 30:

• Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (Virgin)
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April 6:

• Rahzel - Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts (Readyrock)
  Buy Now: Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts (Readyrock)

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The White Stripes' Jack White
Photo: Steve Tackeff/Wire Image

It looks like Jack White's broken finger has healed at least well enough to throw punches at other garage rockers.

The White Stripes frontman was involved in a brawl with Von Bondies singer/guitarist Jason Stollsteimer Saturday night in Detroit's Magic Stick club, according to police reports.

Stollsteimer, who suffered a bloody nose and bruising to his right eye, was treated at Detroit Receiving Hospital and released. White sustained cuts to his left hand.

The Von Bondies singer told police that White had tried to speak with him in the club, which was hosting a record release party for alt-country rockers Blanche, and that when he refused, the Stripes frontman angrily threw him to the ground and punched him seven times in his right eye.

A press statement from the Von Bondies' management claims "Stollsteimer was violently attacked by Jack White of the White Stripes without warning or provocation." It continues: "White approached Stollsteimer during the concert, physically forcing him against the speakers, and began shouting. Stollsteimer attempted to turn his head [to] face White but refused to engage in conversation. Visibly angered by Stollsteimer's unwillingness to argue or fight, White spat into Stollsteimer's face and punched him in the head and face repeatedly. White then forced Stollsteimer to the ground and continued his attack until White was restrained by several crowd members."

The Von Bondies singer filed a complaint against White, who may be hit with misdemeanor assault charges. White later filed his own complaint, insisting he fought back in self-defense after Stollsteimer threw him to the floor and began choking him. White's publicist had no comment.

White played a major role in kick-starting the Von Bondies' career, including them on the Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit album he produced in 2001, inviting them to open for the White Stripes, and producing their 2001 record, Lack of Communication.

Previous reports of a bitter feud between White and Stollsteimer had been denied by the Von Bondies singer.

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Don't Mess With Texas: SXSW 2009

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Vampire Weekend, Paramore, N.E.R.D., & More Rock SXSW 2008

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• R.E.M.
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Von Bondies live at Bowery Ballroom February 25, 2004

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