Broken Hallelujah

ArthurFest
Musicians both noted and obscure, as well as a sidebar cavalcade of art, film and culture, will perform in the Los Angeles hipster suburb of Los Feliz on Sept. 4-5 with the debut of ArthurFest. "It's a bit of a coming-out party," says Jay Babcock, editor of Arthur, which is co-producing the Labor Day weekend event at Barnsdall Art Park with Spaceland Prods. "It's a big prom."

The two-day lineup includes:
SONIC YOUTH, SLEATER-KINNEY, THE BLACK KEYS, CAT POWER, OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL, T-MODEL FORD, MERZBOW, THE JUAN MACLEAN, DEAD MEADOW, COMETS ON FIRE, & More.

* New Cowboy Junkies - It's probably the most poignant anti-war/anti-violence disc in years. Link

* New York Dolls recording again.

* Clapton exploring reggae