Year: 2014

Download: The Clash's Mick Jones, Paul Simonon team up with Frank Ocean, Diplo on 'Hero'

Download: The Clash’s Mick Jones, Paul Simonon team up with Frank Ocean, Diplo on ‘Hero’

The Converse sneaker company continues its “Three Artists, One Song” series of musical collaborations this week with some creative math, bringing in four people — Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash, plus R&B star Frank Ocean and producer Diplo — to craft the track “Hero.”

New releases: Dean Wareham's solo debut, plus John Foxx live DVD, Jasmine Minks anthology

New releases: Dean Wareham’s solo debut, plus John Foxx live DVD, Jasmine Minks anthology

This week’s new releases include the first-ever solo album from Galaxie 500 and Luna frontman Dean Wareham, plus a live DVD from John Foxx filmed in 1983 and a new anthology from The Jasmine Minks that contains all four of the band’s albums plus a new song.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/9/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/9/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Fad Gadget, PTP, Japan, The Birthday Party, Front 242, Alien Sex Fiend, Magazine, Gary Numan, Mission of Burma, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Cocteau Twins, The Sisters of Mercy, Lowlife, Noise Unit, Killing Joke and more.

Buren Fowler, former Drivin' n' Cryin' guitarist and R.E.M. sideman, 1959-2014

Buren Fowler, former Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ guitarist and R.E.M. sideman, 1959-2014

Buren Fowler — who played lead guitar in Southern rock act Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ from 1988 to 1993 after working as Peter Buck’s guitar tech and an occasional second guitarist on two R.E.M. tours — passed away Friday night, according to messages posted to both Drivin’ n’ Cryin’s official website and Facebook page.

The Week in Rock: March 2-8, 2014

The Week in Rock: March 2-8, 2014

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 news about The Psychedelic Furs, Bob Mould, Morrissey, Pixies, David J, Peter Hook, New Order, Devo, The Smiths and more — plus we launched our brand-new Android app.

New Order to headline Los Angeles' Greek Theatre a week after Sasquatch! festival

New Order to headline Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre a week after Sasquatch! festival

New Order has yet to reveal any summer touring plans, but it appears the band is booking U.S. dates around its recently announced slot at the Sasquatch! Music Festival, as the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles has announced the group will perform there with special guest La Roux on July 13.

Morrissey's new album 'World Peace Is None of Your Business' due late June/early July

Morrissey’s new album ‘World Peace Is None of Your Business’ due late June/early July

Morrissey today revealed the title of his forthcoming album — the ever-subtle World Peace Is None Of Your Business — and announced that the 12-track album is “provisionally” set to be released in late June or early July worldwide by Capitol subsidiary Harvest Records.

Bob Mould announces new album 'Beauty & Ruin,' plays 'See a Little Light' on Letterman

Bob Mould announces new album ‘Beauty & Ruin,’ plays ‘See a Little Light’ on Letterman

Bob Mould may be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Workbook at the moment, but he’s also looking ahead: Merge Records this week announced that it will release Mould’s 11th studio album, Beauty & Ruin, which “packs a staggering lifetime’s worth of emotion and experience into a 36-minute package.”

Peter Hook to perform New Order’s ‘Low-Life,’ ‘Brotherhood’ on North American tour

Peter Hook to perform New Order’s ‘Low-Life,’ ‘Brotherhood’ on North American tour

Former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook has yet to debut his new show featuring full front-to-back performances of the latter group’s third and fourth albums — 1985’s Low-Life and 1986’s Brotherhood — but he’s already announcing plans to bring it to North America for a 14-date tour this November.

Slicing Up Eyeballs launches Android app

Slicing Up Eyeballs launches Android app

Android users: Your long national nightmare is over, as today we launch the much-requested Android version of the handy Slicing Up Eyeballs app, perhaps the easiest way to stay on top of the latest album and reissue news, tour dates, streaming music and video, and more from your favorite artists.

Stream: David J premieres 'You Suit a Rainy Day' — first single off ‘An Eclipse of Ships’

Stream: David J premieres ‘You Suit a Rainy Day’ — first single off ‘An Eclipse of Ships’

David J, of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, this week released the first single off his upcoming solo album, a gentle, acoustic number called “You Suit a Rainy Day” that precedes next month’s arrival of An Eclipse of Ships, an album he’s described as “a journal of the heart and a paean to Woman as muse.”

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 148, aired 3/4/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 148, aired 3/4/14

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured music by Morrissey, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Talking Heads, Electronic, The Replacements, Erasure, The Church, Concrete Blonde, Ian McCulloch, Orange Juice, Martin L. Gore, The Sugarcubes and more.

Pixies debut video for 'Greens and Blues' off 'EP2,' expand world tour

Pixies debut video for ‘Greens and Blues’ off ‘EP2,’ expand world tour

Having just wrapped up their North American tour, the Pixies this morning took the opportunity to debut yet another new music video — this time for the song “Greens and Blues” off the band’s EP2 — and fleshed out its world tour with dates in South America, Europe and Japan — plus a lone U.S. appearance.