> The British group Dodgy, whose Free Peace Sweet disc was scheduled to be released in the States in January (nine months after its original U.K. issue), are now looking for another American label. Problems between the band and Mercury over the choice of a single and future plans have led to the group seeking American distribution elsewhere.
> Mike Gent of The Figgs reports that the band has left Capitol after the release of its sophomore effort Banda Macho last year. The four-piece from Saratoga Springs, NY, will seek a new label for its next album, making it three albums, three labels. In the meantime, the band will again back Graham Parker, a man accustomed to frequent label switches, on a tour this summer in support of a live Graham Parker and The Figgs album released by Razor and Tie (http://www.razorandtie.com). The album was recorded when the band backed Parker on his Acid Bubblegum tour last fall.
> Paul McCartney's latest album, Flaming Pie, is due to hit stores on May 20. There will be guest appearances by his wife Linda, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne and Steve Miller.
> Morrissey's new album, Maladjusted, is slated to be released on his new label (Mercury) in September. However, as Morrissey's album titles and release dates have often been subject to change, this information may be modified before the fall arrives.
> Doolittle Records (http://www.doolittle.com) is set to release Slobberbone's sophomore effort Barrell Chested. The band, which played the South by Southwest music festival for the second year in a row, is currently putting together a tour that will take it throughout the midwest this summer.
> Yer Blues Band is the name of a supergroup that Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller have put together. Artists participating on The Smokestack Sessions, due for release in late spring or early summer, include Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Denise Johnson, Cast's Liam Tyson, Andy Bell (formerly with Ride), the Charlatans' Martin Blunt, members of Ocean Colour Scene and more. The album contains covers of ten obscure blues classics, and seems to be a British version of the Hindu Love Gods.
