Year: 2009

Video: U2 performs Passengers’ ‘Your Blue Room’ live for first time ever

Tonight in Chicago, for the first time ever, U2 performed “Your Blue Room,” one of the standout songs on  Original Soundtracks 1, the album the […]

Morrissey 'irked' at Andy Rourke's claim he was fired from The Smiths via postcard

Morrissey ‘irked’ at Andy Rourke’s claim he was fired from The Smiths via postcard

Although most of Morrissey’s Smiths-related rancor is reserved for litigious drummer Mike Joyce, the singer today lashed out at bassist Andy Rourke for claiming once […]

'U2: The Hype and the Feedback' conference to take academic look at world's biggest band

‘U2: The Hype and the Feedback’ conference to take academic look at world’s biggest band

U2’s colossal 360 Tour made its U.S. debut last night in Chicago, but for some of the band’s brainer fans, the real intellectual action starts […]

Erasure reveals tracklist for 'The Innocents' expanded reissue, 'Phantom Bride EP'

Erasure reveals tracklist for ‘The Innocents’ expanded reissue, ‘Phantom Bride EP’

Synthpop duo Erasure has released the tracklist for the forthcoming “21st anniversary” reissue of its breakthrough 1988 album The Innocents, which will include a second […]

Morrissey fleshes out fall European tour, featured in another nearly naked photo

Morrissey fleshes out fall European tour, featured in another nearly naked photo

Morrissey has turned what initially were just a handful of rescheduled dates from this summer’s cancellation-prone Tour of Refusal into a full-fledged fall leg, with […]

Sub Pop reissuing 'Superfuzz Bigmuff,' early Mudhoney LPs on colored vinyl

Sub Pop reissuing ‘Superfuzz Bigmuff,’ early Mudhoney LPs on colored vinyl

Following last year’s superb expanded reissue of Superfuzz Bigmuff, Sub Pop Records is releasing remastered editions of that classic proto-grunge EP and the first two […]

'This is it': Trent Reznor retires Nine Inch Nails from the concert stage in Los Angeles

‘This is it’: Trent Reznor retires Nine Inch Nails from the concert stage in Los Angeles

Trent Reznor retired Nine Inch Nails from the concert stage last night in Los Angeles with an epic three-plus-hour, 37-song, guest-filled set at the Wiltern […]

Mission of Burma announces short fall tour for 'The Sound The Speed The Light'

Mission of Burma announces short fall tour for ‘The Sound The Speed The Light’

Reformed post-punk legends Mission of Burma will mark the release this fall of their third post-comeback album, The Sound The Speed The Light, with a […]

Hurrah! debut 'Tell God I'm Here' reissued in expanded edition with early singles

Hurrah! debut ‘Tell God I’m Here’ reissued in expanded edition with early singles

The debut album from near-forgotten British indie-pop act Hurrah! — 1987’s Tell God I’m Here — will be reissued later this month with a second […]

Mike Ness takes Social Distortion out for fall tour, plans to start recording new album

Mike Ness takes Social Distortion out for fall tour, plans to start recording new album

Ever the road warrior, L.A. punk survivor Mike Ness is taking his latest incarnation of Social Distortion back out on tour this fall, playing more […]

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo fractures wrist playing tennis, band reschedules tour

Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo fractures wrist playing tennis, band reschedules tour

Thanks to a tennis injury of all things, Sonic Youth has been forced to reschedule much of its fall mini-tour of the Southwestern U.S. in […]

Echo & The Bunnymen unveil short U.S. tour this fall in support of 'The Fountain'

Echo & The Bunnymen unveil short U.S. tour this fall in support of ‘The Fountain’

Echo & The Bunnymen today announced dates for a brief U.S. tour in November in support of its forthcoming 10th album, The Fountain, which is […]

New releases: New Prefab Sprout album, reissues from The Feelies and The Fall

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Prefab Sprout RELEASE: Let’s Change the World […]