Some American news today to tide you over. IVY's second album, "Apartment Life" has just been reissued on Sony's 550 Records label. Some tracks on the rereleased version have been remixed and there was a bit of new recording involved in the project as well. KRISTIN HERSH is releasing her third solo album via the internet only. Entitled "Murder, Misery and then Goodnight", the album is a collection of songs played to her by her parents when she was a child. Although it is an internet only release, it shouldn't be too hard to track down a copy, as the album will be available at CDNow and Amazon.com, as well as most of the infinitely superior indie sites.