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 a lot of news about the now-defunct R.E.M., plus items on Public Image Ltd., The Jesus and Mary Chain, This Mortal Coil and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 2011
R.E.M. to release first-ever greatest-hits set spanning IRS, Warner Bros. years
Stream: Manic Street Preachers cover The The’s ‘This Is The Day’ for new best-of
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22, 2011
Public Image Ltd. finishes recording new studio album to be released in 2012
Stream: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ R.E.M. retrospective on Strangeways Radio (3/8/11)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 2011
Video: Watch encore set from R.E.M.’s final concert — Mexico City, Nov. 18, 2008
R.E.M., 1980-2011: Genre-defining college rock band breaks up after 31 years
Video: Trailers for Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Stoned & Dethroned,’ ‘Munki’ reissues
Scruffy the Cat cancels reunion concerts
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 2011
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 40, first aired 9/20/11
Stream: ‘Black and Blues,’ brand-new song from Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain
Milestones: Siouxsie and the Banshees play 1st concert 35 years ago today (audio)
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 9/18/11
MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 2011
This Mortal Coil box set due in November, ‘Tears in the Dropbox’ Blu-ray in the works
New CDs: Jesus and Mary Chain, Waterboys, Throwing Muses, Madness, 808 State
