Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about OMD, Pylon, Nick Cave, Peter Hook, The Replacements, Morrissey, Wire, Mudhoney, Camper Van Beethoven, Billy Bragg, The Breeders, Electronic and more.
FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 2013
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Paul Westerberg dishes on the ’Mats and ‘All Shook Down’ — 1991
Stream: Wire, ‘Doubles & Trebles’ — first track off upcoming ‘Change Becomes Us’ LP
Morrissey ‘refused’ new offer to reunite The Smiths at this year’s Coachella fest
THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 2013
The Breeders announce initial ‘Last Splash’ 20th anniversary dates in Europe
Mudhoney marks 25th anniversary with new ‘Vanishing Point’ LP — download first track
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 2013
Billy Bragg announces ‘Tooth & Nail’ album, U.S. tour — download ‘Handyman Blues’
Peter Hook sets 10-date U.S. book tour for ‘Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division’
Free MP3: Camper Van Beethoven, ‘Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out’
TUESDAY, JAN. 15, 2013
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 105, aired 1/15/13
Premiere: Pylon at Athens PopFest 2005 — watch full hour-long reunion set
Duran Duran spinoff TV Mania releasing ‘Bored With Prozac and The Internet?’
MONDAY, JAN. 14, 2013
OMD sets April release for ‘English Electric,’ reveals tracklist, ‘Decimal’ teaser video
Video: Johnny Marr, ‘Upstarts’ — first official single off ‘The Messenger’
Stream: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, ‘Jubilee Street’ — 2nd track off ‘Push the Sky Away’
Video: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Mike Mills go back to ‘Rockville’ with Ed Kowalczyk of Live
Electronic’s self-titled debut to be reissued as 2CD edition with 8 unreleased tracks
New releases: New Order, The Replacements, Talk Talk, Einstürzende Neubauten
SUNDAY, JAN. 13, 2013
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/13/13)
Auction for 250 copies of The Replacements’ ‘Songs For Slim’ reunion EP starts Tuesday
