(Ed. Note: Our seasoned correspondent gets musical on yo asses this week)

Just when you thought that the recording industry had exhausted any and all creative marketing in lieu of suing 13-year-olds in Branson, Mo., enter Wilco. The Chicago based alt-country visionaries fronted by Jeff Tweedy have a new record slated for release on June 22 ... However, thanks to the miracle of digital piracy, the album has been leaked and available on the web for a little over a month now. In response, Wilco has endorsed a charity campaign whereby guilty downloaders can donate to Doctors Without Borders in exchange for the record. Hey, wait ... aren't they supposed to sue downloaders? Well done, gents. Meantime, they're appearing on an utterly delicious lineup at Bonnaroo on June 11.

Meanwhile, a Stanford University Doctoral Candidate in Political Science has released a paper accusing the RIAA Lawsuits of aiding and abetting terrorism. This is good.

And still more music: this is a Fresyes exclusive. This girl rocks as hard (if not harder) than anyone out there. Elan. Album due in the states soon. Look her up.