Week in Rock — October 6, 2013 at 8:00 am

The Week in Rock: Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2013

The Cure circa 1987

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 Jesus and Mary Chain, Peter Hook, Gary Numan, Kitchens of Distinction, Morrissey, The Fall, Tears for Fears, PiL, Wire, Peter Murphy, David Bowie and much more — plus The Cure topped the 1987 readers poll.

SATURDAY, OCT. 5, 2013
Video: Peter Hook and The Mission’s Wayne Hussey perform New Order’s ‘Temptation’
The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 11LP ‘Complete Vinyl Collection’ to feature live album, rarities

FRIDAY, OCT. 4, 2013
Video: Gary Numan cranks up the guitars in 30-minute KEXP set at Bumbershoot
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Dead Milkmen crack jokes with Kevin Seal, play live — 1989
Stream: Kitchens of Distinction, ‘Photographing Rain’ — off forthcoming album ‘Folly’
Morrissey’s 480-page ‘Autobiography’ to be published Oct. 17 in Europe

THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 2013
The Fall to release 6-song ‘The Remainderer’ EP as bridge to new album due in 2014
Vintage Video: Watch The Cult’s ‘Live at the Lyceum’ out-of-print 1984 concert film

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2013
Stream Tears For Fears’ 4-song Peel Session from 1982 — off ‘The Hurting’ box set
Public Image Ltd. preps 3 vinyl reissues as part of Virgin Records’ 40th anniversary
Wire announces November dates in Los Angeles, San Francisco: ‘More to follow’

TUESDAY, OCT. 1, 2013
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 136, aired 10/1/13
Peter Murphy’s ‘Love Hysteria’ to receive 2CD reissue with 13 bonus home demos, B-sides
Video: Bob Mould spotlights new album, Sugar, Hüsker Dü in KEXP set at Bumbershoot

MONDAY, SEPT. 30, 2013
LIVE VIDEO: Pixies open their world tour at L’Olympia in Paris
Top 100 Albums of 1987: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s — Part 8
Contest: Win David Bowie’s ‘Sorrow’ 40th anniversary 7-inch picture disc
Video: Alison Moyet, ‘Changeling’ — third single off electro-pop album ‘the minutes’
Video: Pet Shop Boys, ‘Thursday’ featuring Example — next single off ‘Electric’
New releases: New Model Army, Cabaret Voltaire, Dave Stewart, The Bongos, ABC

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29, 2013
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/29/13)

 

 

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