John Lydon reuniting Public Image Ltd. for 30th anniversary of ‘Metal Box’
John Lydon, ex-Sex Pistol and erstwhile reality TV star, is reactivating the long-dormant Public Image Ltd. for a five-date U.K. tour this December to mark […]
Year: 2009
Echo & The Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Drake-Brockman, 1956-2009
Former Echo & The Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Drake-Brockman — dubbed the “fifth Bunnyman” — was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Isle of […]
Quick Spins: Big Audio Dynamite, Bad Lieutenant, The Cult, Sonic Youth
The expanded 2CD reissue of This is Big Audio Dynamite — the 1985 debut from Mick Jones’ post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite, which featured breakout […]
Tracklist for Morrissey’s ‘Swords’ b-sides CD revealed; singer plans Los Angeles concert
The tracklist for Morrissey’s forthcoming b-sides album Swords has surfaced, and the 18-song CD collects all but eight of the bonus tracks from the singles […]
Trent Reznor rearranges Nine Inch Nails’ final concerts, performs with Gary Numan
An apparently recuperating Trent Reznor today rejiggered the final dates of Nine Inch Nails’ sold-out Wave Goodbye farewell club tour after being forced to cancel […]
Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ 20th anniversary tour heads to Australia, New Zealand in 2010
The Pixies’ 20th anniversary Doolittle tour — which hits Europe in October and the United States in November — will extend into 2010, as the band […]
Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart issuing ‘Hot Wax’ — first album in a decade — in October
Photo by Neza S.G. Former Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart once again steps out from behind the kit on next month’s Hot Wax, his first […]
Video: R.E.M., ‘Drive’ from forthcoming ‘Live at the Olympia’ bonus DVD
R.E.M. has posted a second preview of its upcoming 39-song, 2CD Live at the Olympia album, a video of the band performing Automatic for the […]
New releases: Reissues of Magazine’s ‘Play,’ Spacemen 3’s ‘The Perfect Prescription’
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Magazine RELEASE: Play: Deluxe Edition BACKSTORY: The […]
Video: Nine Inch Nails and Peter Murphy cover Joy Division’s ‘Dead Souls’
Trent Reznor is in the midst of Nine Inch Nails’ “Wave Goodbye 1989-2009” run of small-club farewell concerts, and he’s certainly living up to his […]
Video: Lou Barlow’s 30-minute documentary on making of ‘Goodnight Unknown’
Lou Barlow is giving fans a glimpse of his forthcoming solo album Goodnight Unknown with a 30-minute “making of” documentary posted to Merge Records’ “LouTube” […]
Revolting Cocks map first headlining tour in 20 years — but without Al Jourgensen
Ministry’s Al Jourgensen this week announced his spin-off band Revolting Cocks will mount its first headlining tour in two decades this fall — although that’s […]
Video: Amy Winehouse joins The Specials for ‘You’re Wondering Now,’ ‘Ghost Town’
Amy Winehouse joined the reunited Specials onstage at the 2009 installment of the V Festival in England, lending her vocals to the ska legends’ ‘You’re Wondering Now’ and ‘Ghost Town.’ Watch both here.
