Year: 2013

The Week in Rock: Sept. 22-28, 2013

The Week in Rock: Sept. 22-28, 2013

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 The Replacements, Peter Hook, Ramones, Public Image Ltd.’s John Lydon, Pixies, Elvis Costello and The Roots, Erasure, The Pogues, Peter Murphy and much more.

Video: Moby joins Peter Hook on trio of Joy Division songs at Seattle concert

Video: Moby joins Peter Hook on trio of Joy Division songs at Seattle concert

Peter Hook’s current U.S. tour — on which he’s performing New Order’s first two albums each night — may be just about over, but fans at Wednesday night’s show in Seattle got a special treat: electronic music whiz Moby hopped on stage during the encore to sing three Joy Division classics.

Ramones' first 6 albums collected in new 'The Sire Years 1976-1981’ box set

Ramones’ first 6 albums collected in new ‘The Sire Years 1976-1981’ box set

Ramones fans who never got around to picking up the band’s key early albums on CD will have an easy way to do that later this month when Rhino Records releases a new box set collecting the band’s first six records, including Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL's John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL’s John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

On this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we bring you one of John Lydon’s many infamous appearances on the program. Here’s 9 minutes of footage from a 1987 spot on “120 Minutes,” as the Public Image Ltd. frontman’s ‘s wry personality comes into sharp contrast with Kevin Seal’s absurdist take on hosting.

Time's running out: Just one day left to vote for your favorite albums of 1987

Time’s running out: Just one day left to vote for your favorite albums of 1987

There is just over a day left to vote for your 10 favorite albums of 1987, part of our year-long Best of the ’80s poll in which we’re asking Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers to name their favorite albums of each year of the decade, concluding, come December, with a poll to determine the best records of the entire 1980s.

Video: Pixies tear into new song 'What Goes Boom' on 'Later... with Jools Holland'

Video: Pixies tear into new song ‘What Goes Boom’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

The resurgent Pixies made their second TV appearance in a week last night, this time plugging in on the BBC’s “Later… with Jools Holland” to tear through new song “What Goes Boom” off the band’s just-released EP-1 in advance of tonight’s appearance at the iTunes Festival in London.

Video: Elvis Costello and The Roots turn 'I Want You' into a 13-minute slow burn

Video: Elvis Costello and The Roots turn ‘I Want You’ into a 13-minute slow burn

We posted some audience video out of the one-off Elvis Costello and The Roots show in Brooklyn last week, but now comes something far better: Pro-shot footage from the Roots-affiliated okayplayer of Costello, ?uestlove and Co. playing a sizzling, 13-minute version of Costello’s Blood & Chocolate classic “I Want You.”

The Ocean Blue debuts 'Ground Gives Way' video, rolls out new U.S. tour dates

The Ocean Blue debuts ‘Ground Gives Way’ video, rolls out new U.S. tour dates

The Ocean Blue this week debuted another video for a track off this year’s comeback album Ultramarine, this time a Ginny Pitchford-directed clip for the song “Ground Gives Away,” which you can watch below via Paste. The band also has announced a new round of U.S. tour dates later this year.

Stream: Gary Numan, 'Love Hurt Bleed' — off 'Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)'

Stream: Gary Numan, ‘Love Hurt Bleed’ — off ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’

In three weeks, Gary Numan both will release his first album of new material in seven years — Splinter (Songs From a Broken Mind) — and return to the road in the U.S. for his second round of dates in as many months. To get fans prepped, he released a new single off Splinter this week.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 135, aired 9/24/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 135, aired 9/24/13

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Mazzy Star and the Pixies, covers of Peter Gabriel by Arcade Fire and Hunters & Collectors by Eddie Vedder and Neil Finn, plus old favorites from The Replacements, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Miracle Legion.

Peter Murphy to host private $750-a-head listening party for new album 'Lion'

Peter Murphy to host private $750-a-head listening party for new album ‘Lion’

Up to 40 Peter Murphy fans will get the first crack at hearing the former Bauhaus frontman’s forthcoming album Lion next month when the singer hosts a private listening party “at a secret location in the Los Angeles area,” with the promise of “an unprecedented discussion between artist and audience.”

The Pogues to perform 'Rum, Sodomy & The Lash' on U.K. tour this December

The Pogues to perform ‘Rum, Sodomy & The Lash’ on U.K. tour this December

For a band that swore off its traditional Christmas tours of the U.K. following a 2010 outing, The Pogues just keep coming back. After last year’s one-off December gig in London, the band returns this year with a four-date U.K. tour during which it will perform its classic 1985 album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash,

Stream: Arcade Fire covers Peter Gabriel's 1980 classic 'Games Without Frontiers'

Stream: Arcade Fire covers Peter Gabriel’s 1980 classic ‘Games Without Frontiers’

Peter Gabriel this week finally will release the long-planned companion to his 2010 covers album Scratch My Back, a new 12-track compilation called And I’ll Scratch Yours that features many of the artists he covered on that original album returning the favor by covering his songs.