Bad news for everyone in town who likes to dance the salsa: Dulce de Leche, which quickly became the hottest thing since the macarena this summer, is on indefinite hiatus, and won’t be playing anytime soon. Drummer Chicky Stoltz and pianist Paul Chamberlain have left the band, citing internal band disagreements. “For everybody who enjoyed the music, we’re sorry for you,” says Stoltz. However, Ralph Rodriguez, the band’s bass player, says the show will go on. “I can’t keep the band going without a piano player,” he says, “so it’s over until we can find a replacement. But everybody else is ready to rock. I’m going to do whatever I can to keep it going, but finding people who know how to play this music in this town is like finding a needle in a haystack.” It’s clear that, for Rodriguez, this band is his passion, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if Dulce resurface in about six months.

Check your bookmarks, local music fans. The band site for Cerberus Shoal moved months ago, from www.cerberus-shoal.com to www.cerberusshoal.com. Man, that’s a tricky little hyphen. If you leave it in there, guess what you get now? Yep, porn. There’s a picture aptly titled “Topless Girl,” then some advertisements for penis enlargement, Viagra, and ViaCreme (sexual enhancement for gals). Well, at least it’s somewhat equal-opportunity porn.

More bad news, at least for us: “Sibilance” got word this week that Abi Tapia will be leaving town to relocate to Texas. She’s a Southern girl, anyway, born in Alabama, so we can’t say it doesn’t make sense, especially as she’s pretty much done all she can in these parts, having already won the 2001 Songwriters Showdown at the Maine Arts Festival. Call in to catch her this Friday, October 25, on WMPG’s “Local Motives” and wish her good luck.