Year: 2013

The Replacements, Peter Gabriel, Nirvana earn Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations

The Replacements, Peter Gabriel, Nirvana earn Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations

Less than two months after reuniting onstage for the first time in more than two decades, The Replacements tonight landed a nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014, joining a list of nominees that includes Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, KISS and more, Rolling Stone reports.

Premiere: The Chills, 'Somewhere Beautiful' — stream indie-pop legends' new live album

Premiere: The Chills, ‘Somewhere Beautiful’ — stream indie-pop legends’ new live album

The Chills this week christen their new “special ongoing partnership” with Fire Records with their first release on the label: a gorgeous live album called Somewhere Beautiful that was recorded on New Year’s Eve 2011 and is being released this week on CD, digitally and as a deluxe 3LP vinyl pressing.

Peter Murphy pleads guilty to meth posession in hit-and-run, sentenced to 3 years probation

Peter Murphy pleads guilty to meth posession in hit-and-run, sentenced to 3 years probation

Peter Murphy avoided jail time last week when he pleaded guilty to meth possession and no contest to hit-and-run driving in connection with a Southern California car crash, for which he was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to attend 45 days of Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

New releases: Kitchens of Distinction, Gary Numan, Dean Wareham, The Chills, John Foxx, ZTT

New releases: Kitchens of Distinction, Gary Numan, Dean Wareham, The Chills, John Foxx, ZTT

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Kitchens of Distinction, Gary Numan and Galaxie 500’s Dean Wareham, plus live set from The Chills and John Foxx and The Maths, and a compilation of 30 years’ worth of material from Trevor Horn’s electro-pop label ZTT Records.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/13/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/13/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Daniel Ash, The Chameleons, Specimen, Concrete Blonde, The Shadow Project, Nitzer Ebb, Killing Joke, Soft Cell, Echo & The Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, 1919, For Against, Revolting Cocks and much, much more.

Video: The Cure at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 2-hour webcast

Video: The Cure at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 2-hour webcast

The Cure returned for its second headlining slot at this year’s two-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival, and this time shook up its standard festival set to inject some of the rarities that Robert Smith and Co. dredged up for shows this past week in Moterrey, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas.

Video: Depeche Mode at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 90-minute webcast

Video: Depeche Mode at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 90-minute webcast

Before rain snuffed out today’s final day, the Austin City Limits Music Festival ramped up for a second consecutive weekend, this time with many of the performances being webcast. Watch the full 90-minute set by Depeche Mode, an abbreviated version of the band’s standard Delta Machine tour set,