Welcome to another installment of the Week in Rock, which, as its name pretty much implies, rounds up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week — offering one-stop shopping for anything you might have missed. And this week, that included news of a new Kate Bush album, tour dates from X and Dinosaur Jr, new music from Simple Minds, INXS and The Waterboys, and a very cool contest for fans of The Smiths.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 2011:
Cover art: Jane’s Addiction, ‘The Great Escape Artist’ — due out Oct. 18
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 2011:
Stream: Robert Smith’s remix of Japanese Popstars’ ‘Take Forever’ + 3 more mixes
Video: Peter Murphy, ‘Seesaw Sway’
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 2011:
Moby, Perry Farrell join Peter Hook to play Joy Division in L.A. (photos, video)
Stream: INXS, ‘Tiny Summer’ — new demo
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14, 2011:
Video: Trailers for Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Automatic,’ ‘Honey’s Dead’ reissues
The Waterboys make ‘An Appointment with Mr. Yeats’ — stream full new album
TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, 2011:
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 39, first aired 9/13/11
Dinosaur Jr takes ‘Bug’ tour, Henry Rollins to West Coast for 6 shows this December
Free MP3: Simple Minds, ‘Stagefright’
X extends ‘Los Angeles’ 30th anniversary tour with West Coast dates in December
MONDAY. SEPT. 12, 2011:
Contest: Win The Smiths ‘Complete’ box set — 8 CDs, 8 LPs, 25 7-inches, 1 DVD and more
Kate Bush to release ‘50 Words for Snow’ — first new album in 6 years — in November
New releases: Gary Numan, ‘Year Punk Broke,’ Art of Noise, Blondie, Human League
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11, 2011:
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 9/11/11
