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 Johnny Marr, New Order, The Call, Game Theory’s Scott Miller, Dinosaur Jr, Dead Can Dance, Billy Bragg, Edwyn Collins, The Stone Roses, Paul Weller, Lloyd Cole, Violent Femmes, Social Distortion and more.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013
Video: The Call plays first shows in 20 years — BRMC’s Robert Been fills in for late father
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: 120 X-Ray on the ‘bookworms and homebodies’ in XTC — 1988
Stream: Röyksopp covers Depeche Mode’s ‘Ice Machine’ for Record Store Day single
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
Vintage Video: Hüsker Dü in Indianapolis, 1986 — watch full 52-minute set
Video: Dinosaur Jr at Coachella — watch full 45-minute set
Video: Dead Can Dance at Coachella — watch full wind-whipped 55-minute set
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
Scott Miller, of Game Theory, 1960-2013
Gary Biddles, of Cure spin-offs Fools Dance and Presence, dies
Peter Hook to release New Order live set, jabs ex-bandmates over Kimmel appearance
Video: Billy Bragg plays live on KEXP during SXSW — watch full 30-minute set
Video: New Order plays ‘Bizarre Love Triangle,’ ‘I’ll Stay With You’ on Kimmel
Stream: Edwyn Collins & The Heartbreaks’ Record Store Day 7-inch single
‘Stone Roses: Made of Stone’: Watch trailer for U.K. documentary on band’s reunion
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
Lloyd Cole plugs back in, taps ‘X’ album collaborators for forthcoming ‘Standards’
Paul Weller announces 6-date U.S. tour of East Coast cities this July
Video: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at Coachella — watch full 45-minute set
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
New Order announces U.S. tour in July leading up to Lollapalooza appearance
Video: New Order play ‘Perfect Kiss,’ ‘Crystal’ at Coachella — via official webcast
New releases: Ian McCulloch, Flaming Lips, Meat Puppets, Replacements, Dead Can Dance
SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/14/13)
Video: Social Distortion at Coachella — watch full 40-minute set
Video: Trent Reznor’s How To Destroy Angels at Coachella — watch full hour-long set
Video: Violent Femmes play debut album at Coachella — watch full hour-long reunion set
Video: Johnny Marr and Billy Duffy tear up ‘I Fought the Law’ and ‘How Soon Is Now?’
Video: The Stone Roses headline Coachella — watch full 23-minute ‘highlights’ webcast
