Video: U2 and Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday cover David Bowie’s ‘The Jean Genie’
Stadium headliners U2 did something pretty unusual last night: Bono and Co. served as a backing band for longtime friend Gavin Friday at the Irish […]
Year: 2009
C86 vets Close Lobsters to reissue singles on ‘Forever, Until Victory!’ compilation
Short-lived Scottish indie-pop outfit Close Lobsters — one of the 22 bands included on the NME’s genre-defining and now-legendary C86 compilation cassette — next week […]
Vintage Video: Radiohead covers The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order
With Radiohead and Thom Yorke each releasing new songs recently — and Yorke debuting his new solo band, featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea […]
The Stranglers plot 2010 tour of the UK
Despite hints they might call it a day, The Stranglers — one of the longest-surviving bands to emerge from the British punk scene of the […]
Video: Gary Numan and Nine Inch Nails perform ‘Cars,’ ‘Metal’ in HD
Perhaps ramping up excitement for a possible Gary Numan collaboration, Trent Reznor this week posted a pair of high-quality HD videos on Nine Inch Nails’ […]
BBC releasing Peel Sessions, live sets from Gang of Four, PiL, Duran Duran, The Specials
The BBC and EMI recently struck a new partnership to digitally release archival recordings — mainly Peel Sessions and In Concert episodes recorded between 1977 […]
Radio alert: Dave Kendall to spin ‘Really Stupid’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave on Friday
Got an e-mail this morning from “120 Minutes” creator/host Dave Kendall revealing that the Whitman Samplers’ parody song “Really Stupid” will “make its glorious debut” […]
Video and setlist: Pixies open ‘Doolittle’ 20th anniversary tour last night in Dublin
The venerable Pixies opened their much-anticipated Doolittle 20th anniversary tour last night at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre — the first of three nights there — and […]
Download: Nirvana’s ‘Scoff,’ live bonus track from ‘Bleach’ 20th anniversary reissue
Sub Pop Records began taking pre-orders today for the 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of Nirvana’s 1989 debut Bleach as Pitchfork offered up the first taste […]
David Bowie’s ‘A Reality Tour’ coming to CD
David Bowie’s 2004 concert DVD “A Reality Tour” will be released in remastered audio form on two CDs — with three bonus tracks — early […]
Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Stone Roses’ Ian Brown planning to record album together
Turns out Peter Hook’s Freebass may not be the only Stone Roses/Smiths collaboration afoot: Ex-Roses vocalist Ian Brown this week told the BBC he’s planning […]
Video: R.E.M.’s Bill Berry, Mike Mills join Peter Buck and The Minus 5 in Athens
Retired drummer Bill Berry and bassman Mike Mills jumped onstage last night with Peter Buck and the rest of The Minus 5 for a near-reunion […]
Peter Hook’s Freebass finishes first album, preps debut EP ‘Two Worlds Collide’
Former New Order bassist Peter Hook’s long-gestating Freebass project — which also features the four-stringed talents of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke and Gary “Mani” Mounfield […]
