> Crowded House officially broke up after their June 3 show at London's Hanover Grand venue. Although Neil Finn was slated to tell the audience of the split during the performance, the show was going so well that he didn't want to put a cloud of gloom over things.
Fans of the Finn brothers needn't worry, however; Capitol will be issuing a greatest hits album in July with three extra tracks, and Discovery Records will be issuing Finn (by the Finn brothers), which has been available in Europe since autumn 1995, but will finally be seeing its release Stateside. A review of this album will be appearing in a future issue of Consumable.
For more information, including the full text of the press release and an interview with Neil, check out the Crowded House Web site at http://www.etext.org/Mailing.Lists/house/whereabouts.html and Finn Brothers information at http://www.etext.org/Mailing.Lists/house/finnformation.html People interested in checking out the Crowded House mailing list who don't have access to the Web should email marck@nwu.edu for information.
> Los Angeles radio station KSCA has its own web page located at http://ksca.com
> The UK new media group Modified has released AutoJungle Drum Bruiser as the first in a series of online singles enabling web users to listen to an ever-changing multi-channel soundtrack while surfing. The site is at: http://www.compulink.co.uk/~modified/
> Organic '96 will be held June 22 at the Snow Valley Resort in Running Springs, California. The timetable of the bands brings to mind some of the outdoor raves of the early 90's; Loop Guru 7:00pm; Meat Beat Manifesto 8:00pm; Underworld 9:30pm; The Chemical Bros 11pm; Orbital 12:40am; The Orb 2:30am. In addition, there will be four sound systems with Michael Dog & Jason Bentley and others hitting the decks.
> England's Phoenix Festival is on-line - check out the information at http://www.goodcleanfun.freud.co.uk
> Sonicnet has released volume 5 of Action Ready singles, including a B-side from De La Soul, and material from KMFDM/Nicole Blackman, the Boredoms, Moonshake and Jawbox.
> Virtual Netcasting Corporation, The Factory Network and Audionet are teaming up to offer a regularly scheduled series of concerts on the Internet at http://www.lalive.com - the first two concerts were from Dishwalla and Far, while upcoming concerts include the Bay City Rollers, Candlebox and Exene Cervenka of X.
