Year: 2014

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven, Neil Finn, Devo, Clan of Xymox, ZTT Records

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven, Neil Finn, Devo, Clan of Xymox, ZTT Records

This week’s new releases include a pair of Camper Van Beethoven reissues, new studio albums from Crowded House’s Neil Finn and Clan of Xymox, a Devo DVD, an expanded best-of from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a pair of ZTT Records compilations and vinyl reissues from Orange Juice.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/9/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/9/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Fields of the Nephilim, Gary Numan, KMFDM, Danielle Dax, Alien Sex Fiend, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Sisters of Mercy, Xmal Deutschland, Love and Rockets, Ministry, Die Krupps and more.

The Replacements, Violent Femmes to play Atlanta's Shaky Knees Music Festival

The Replacements, Violent Femmes to play Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Festival

The Replacements reunion continues to be a festival-only affair, with the band following up three Riot Fest dates last year and two upcoming Coachella shows with an appearance this May at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Festival, where they’ll share the bill with fellow reunion act Violent Femmes.

ChameleonsVox to perform 'Script of the Bridge' in U.K., Europe this spring

ChameleonsVox to perform ‘Script of the Bridge’ in U.K., Europe this spring

Mark Burgess this week announced a spring tour that will find ChameleonsVox — the latest incarnation of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — performing 1983 debut album Script of the Bridge in its entirety at more than a dozen shows in the U.K. and another nine in mainland Europe.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 145, aired 2/4/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 145, aired 2/4/14

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured music form The Housemartins, Erasure, The Primitives, Joe Jackson, New Order, The Psychedelic Furs, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Thomas Dolby, The Pretenders, The Jam, Devo, Midge Ure and more.

The Sisters of Mercy announce European tour ahead of U.K. festival appearance

The Sisters of Mercy announce European tour ahead of U.K. festival appearance

The Sisters of Mercy this week announced a 12-date European tour in May ahead of that festival, a run of dates that will bring the goth-rock giants to Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands.

Pixies pull out unreleased song, 'Monkey Gone to Heaven' for NPR 'Tiny Desk Concert'

Pixies pull out unreleased song, ‘Monkey Gone to Heaven’ for NPR ‘Tiny Desk Concert’

The Pixies’ current U.S. tour took the band through Washington, D.C., recently, which afforded the group a chance to stop by NPR’s offices to perform a stripped-down “Tiny Desk Concert” — footage of which has just been posted by the public-radio giant.

New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes set for Sasquatch!

New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes set for Sasquatch!

The two-weekend Sasquatch! Music Festival — set for Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends outside of Seattle — will feature performances by New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes alongside the likes of OutKast, The National, Queens of the Stone Age and many, many more.

The Cure announces new album ‘4:14 Scream,' live DVDs, new 'Trilogy'-style tour

The Cure announces new album ‘4:14 Scream,’ live DVDs, new ‘Trilogy’-style tour

The Cure’s two sold-out shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall in March are being billed as just the beginning of “a very busy 2014” for Robert Smith and Co., with the band today announcing plans to release the long-delayed companion to 2008’s 4:13 Dream and a series of live DVDs — and a third ‘Trilogy’ tour.

Depeche Mode begin reissuing full catalog on 180-gram vinyl — first 4 titles out this week

Depeche Mode begin reissuing full catalog on 180-gram vinyl — first 4 titles out this week

Depeche Mode announced this weekend that it will embark on another full-catalog vinyl reissue campaign this year, this time re-releasing each of the band’s studio albums on 180-gram platters, beginning this week with Some Great Reward, Black Celebration, Music for the Masses and Songs of Faith and Devotion.

New releases: Orange Juice reissues, The Dream Syndicate live, new Suzanne Vega

New releases: Orange Juice reissues, The Dream Syndicate live, new Suzanne Vega

This week’s new releases include CD reissues of Orange Juice’s full catalog, an archival live release from The Dream Syndicate, the first new studio album in seven years from Suzanne Vega, plus the U.S. release of the new album from Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/2/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/2/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from The Jazz Butcher, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, ULtravox, The Glove, KMFDM, The Lucy Show, Tones on Tail, The Damned, The Teardrop Explodes, Tackhead and more.

The Cure adds second Royal Albert Hall concert 'due to phenomenal demand'

The Cure adds second Royal Albert Hall concert ‘due to phenomenal demand’

The Cure tonight announced a second concert at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall this March as part of the 14th annual Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert series “due to phenomenal demand,” saying the band’s first show sold out on pre-sales alone.