Year: 2009

Reunited Vaselines mounting North American tour in support of Sub Pop reissue

Reunited Vaselines mounting North American tour in support of Sub Pop reissue

With an expanded Sub Pop career retrospective hitting stories Tuesday, the reunited late-’80s Scottish indie-pop outfit The Vaselines — who played their first-ever U.S. concerts […]

Evan Dando's Lemonheads to release Gibby Haynes-produced covers album, tour U.S.

Evan Dando’s Lemonheads to release Gibby Haynes-produced covers album, tour U.S.

Perhaps hoping lightning will strike twice — their take on “Mrs. Robinson” remains The Lemonheads’ best-known song — Evan Dando and his latest assortment of […]

Download free MP3 of new Dinosaur Jr track 'I Don't Want You To Know'

Download free MP3 of new Dinosaur Jr track ‘I Don’t Want You To Know’

The founding lineup of Dinosaur Jr is offering up the first official taste of its forthcoming LP in the form of “I Don’t Want You […]

Insound kicking off 7-inch reissue series with Replacements, Ramones titles

Insound kicking off 7-inch reissue series with Replacements, Ramones titles

Reissuing old albums in deluxe vinyl pressings is all the rage these days, but it’s not often you see what online wax retailer Insound is […]

In stores Tuesday: Morrissey's new single, plus expanded 'Southpaw Grammar,' 'Maladjusted' reissues

In stores Tuesday: Morrissey’s new single, plus expanded ‘Southpaw Grammar,’ ‘Maladjusted’ reissues

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Morrissey RELEASES: Southpaw Grammar: Expanded Edition, Maladjusted: Expanded Edition, “Something […]

Sonic Youth announces dates for U.S. tour in support of 'The Eternal'

Sonic Youth announces dates for U.S. tour in support of ‘The Eternal’

Noise-rock legends Sonic Youth this morning unfurled the itinerary for their summer tour of the U.S. in support of forthcoming LP The Eternal, which drops […]

Quick Spins: Brian Eno/David Byrne; R.E.M.; Sonic Youth; Johnny Marr/Paul Weller

Quick Spins: Brian Eno/David Byrne; R.E.M.; Sonic Youth; Johnny Marr/Paul Weller

It didn’t seem to garner much attention, but after so much had been made about Brian Eno not performing with David Byrne on his current […]

Video: New clip for Morrissey's 'Something is Squeezing My Skull'

Video: New clip for Morrissey’s ‘Something is Squeezing My Skull’

A new live-performance video for Morrissey’s next single, “Something is Squeezing My Skull,” was posted today on the singer’s MySpace page. The single itself comes […]

Video: Depeche Mode draw 12,000 for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' performance

Video: Depeche Mode draw 12,000 for ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ performance

It wasn’t quite on the scale of 1990’s near-riot, but some 12,000 Depeche Mode fans descended on Hollywood and Vine yesterday — some lining up […]

Download free MP3 of new Sonic Youth track 'Sacred Trickster'

Download free MP3 of new Sonic Youth track ‘Sacred Trickster’

Fans of Sonic Youth this week got the first official taste of the band’s forthcoming The Eternal, as Matador Records posted the album’s first MP3— […]

Pixies reissuing all of their studio albums in deluxe 'Minotaur' box sets

Pixies reissuing all of their studio albums in deluxe ‘Minotaur’ box sets

Tipped first by the Pixies’ tease of a big announcement on their Facebook page, then the appearance online last night of this image (left), speculation […]

In stores Tuesday: New Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, plus Jane's Addiction box set

In stores Tuesday: New Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, plus Jane’s Addiction box set

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Depeche Mode ALBUM: Sounds of the Universe BACKSTORY: Preceded by […]

Coachella pulls the plug on The Cure's curfew-busting set mid-song

Coachella pulls the plug on The Cure’s curfew-busting set mid-song

Perhaps The Cure were on to something after all when they abruptly ended Friday night’s warm-up gig in Las Vegas. Practice for the main event? […]