Music Notes: Prefuse 73, Bloc Party, Wolfmother, and Voxtrot

Lots of random music news today. Let's get to it before ACL Fest's lineup gets announced on Thursday and we forget about this stuff:

- Prefuse 73 has cancelled his Austin appearance later this month due to a serious illness. A note on Prefuse's Myspace page makes it sound as though the health issues are pretty severe. Pitchfork reports that the shows may be rescheduled later this year.

- Bloc Party has announced a string of US shows around their appearance at Lollapalooza. Nicely enough, this run includes a stop at Stubb's on August 10th with Mew supporting. Tickets should go on sale in the next 2 weeks or so.

- Is Sabbath the new Radiohead? Wolfmother, the Australian band that's heavily influenced by both Ozzy and Led Zeppelin, has debuted at #22 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It looks as though a Killers/White Stripes mass appeal thing is already happening for them, which is amazing considering they were playing an half-empty SXSW showcase in 2005. Then again, so were Arctic Monkeys.

- Finally, we can't help but mention this Saturday's KOOP 'Prom Party'. Members of Austin's Voxtrot have graciously agreed to turn up as a cover band for the event, which takes place at Red's Scoot Inn. Admission is $8 or $6 if you wear one of those 'incredible' Napoleon Dynamite-style tuxes. Expect lots of 80's and 90's hits - we feel lots of Cure and New Order coming on.

Image via Austinist's Matt Wright.