• Foxy Brown has been charged with assault after hurling a Blackberry at her neighbor days after the two argued over the volume of the MC’s stereo. The incident may put Brown’s probation (which stemmed from 2004’s manicure assault) in jeopardy. In a move that might anticipate an influx of legal bills, Brown is leaving her career-spanning gig at Def Jam for Koch Records.

• Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie is suing the band’s singer, Gordon Gano, for “trashing the band’s reputation” by allowing their hit “Blister in the Sun” to be featured in a Wendy’s commercial. Ritchie also alleges Gano denied him of songwriting credits. The band had just finished, peacefully, a tour of South Africa.

• The Hives have completed their The Black and White Album puzzle by revealing the cover art, release date (October 9th), and a new monochromatic Web site.

• Last March, Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood and producer Nigel Godrich recruited thirty kids from the Matrix Music School to contribute handclaps to a song. Speculation is that the claps are being used in “15 Step,” which may or may not appear on the band’s new album, due out in 2008.

• No bells will toll in Sacramento, as the Rock the Bells tour has canceled its stop in the California capital due to poor ticket sales. They don’t know what they’re missing.

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