Christine Kane is bringing her acoustic folk music to The Maintenance Shop this Friday at 9 pm for only 4 dollars.

“She is the hottest new talent in female folk,” M-shop employee Tyler Uetz said.

The sensitive singer/songwriter has played with such greats as Rosanne Cash and Mary Chapman Carpentar.

Upcoming Releases

After moving into a new studio in Burbank, Calif., 311 has yet to record any new material. However, the Omaha natives haven’t just been sitting on their duffs. They have re-mixed pre-existing songs from the band’s first three independent records.

The result of their effort, “The Omaha Sessions,” is available only from 311’s Web site (www.311music.com) or from a merchandise catalog mailed out by the band’s fan club, reported Chris Gill of Guitar World.

“I hate seeing our fans pay $50 for lousy-sounding bootleg CDs that were copied off of cassettes,” 311’s Nick Hexum told Gill.

“We decided to choose the best material and put it all out on one $15 CD. This one is for the true fans, which is why we’re not selling it in stores.”

Those of you who are not “true fans” will be able to purchase a live album expected to hit music store shelves sometime in November.

Also in November, Beck will dish out a new album titled “Mutations.”

The Geffen Web site said that it “is not a follow-up to ‘Odelay’; that effort will appear in early 1999. ‘Mutations’ is something else: more mellow, somewhat acoustic, with an independent spirit.”

This “independent spirit” may have been due to the fact that the album was originally recorded for the indie label Bong Load Custom Records.

Radiohead engineer Nigel Godrich helped out on the project, which includes the songs “Tropicalia,” “Cold Brains” and “Nobody’s Fault But My Own.”

Through The Grapevine

Tool is going to court against Volcano Records (now called Freeworld Records) on Oct. 5. MTV News reported, “Volcano Records sued the band, claiming that Tool made a ‘wrongful attempt to abandon its exclusive recording contract’ by negotiating with other record labels.”

Tool, certain that the contract had expired, filed a counter-suit the same day Volcano sued them.

While the group suffers from the grueling chores of lawsuits, fans of the metal band will take a beating as Tool puts its recording endeavors on hold.

---

Adam Jonas is a freshman in pre-architecture from Ames.