Year: 2013

Stream: Front Line Assembly, 'Killing Grounds' — first single off 'Echogenetic'

Stream: Front Line Assembly, ‘Killing Grounds’ — first single off ‘Echogenetic’

Front Line Assembly returns next month with a brand new album titled Echogenetic, and label Metropolis Records this week debuted the set’s first single, “Killing Grounds” — which you can stream below. The album, due out July 9, is billed as showing off a “new facet” of FLA, and is completely guitar-free.

Video: 'The Smiths: Not Like Any Other Love' — watch BBC Culture Show's 30-minute special

Video: ‘The Smiths: Not Like Any Other Love’ — watch BBC Culture Show’s 30-minute special

Last month, the BBC program “Culture Show” ran a special on The Smiths tied to the 30th anniversary of the release of “Hand in Glove,” a half-hour examination of the band’s ever-growing legacy through “the look, the lyrics, the issues and the riffs.” You can now watch the entire special via uploader hipsterdisco2.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 123, aired 6/11/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 123, aired 6/11/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured music by The Replacements, X, The Smithereens, World Party, David Schelzel of The Ocean Blue, The Go-Betweens, The Clash, The Seahorses, The Cure, Big Audio Dynamite and more. Replay airs at 2 p.m. EDT Friday.

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with 'Tony Fletcher' EP

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with ‘Tony Fletcher’ EP

The Chameleons next week will reissue their fourth album — 2001’s post-reunion Why Call It Anything — in an expanded 2CD set paired with a live album, as well as release a brand new compilation called Dreams in Celluloid that will package demos and early studio takes with the rare Tony Fletcher EP.

Gary Numan expands North American tour, will open for Nine Inch Nails in Florida

Synth pioneer Gary Numan has expanded what was to be a very short run of West Coast dates in late summer by adding concerts in the Eastern U.S. this October leading up to a pair of opening slots on Nine Inch Nails’ fall arena tour in October. All told, Numan is now planning 13 North American shows through Oct. 31.

The Cure to play first-ever concert in Hawaii next month ahead of Lollapalooza

The Cure to play first-ever concert in Hawaii next month ahead of Lollapalooza

The Cure next month will warm up for its pair of early August festival dates in North America — the band is playing both Lollapalooza in Chicago and Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts in Montreal the weekend of Aug. 2-4 — with its first-ever Hawaiian concert, a July 30 headlining date in Honolulu.

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (June 2013)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (June 2013)

This month’s tape features brand-new music from Nine Inch Nails and Miracle Legion’s Mark Mulcahy, plus classics from Talking Heads, Richard Hell, Billy Bragg, Midnight Oil, Galaxie 500, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Elvis Costello, Gang of Four, Pylon, Orange Juice, Sugar and much more.