Out this week: Sparks, Pere Ubu, Wedding Present, Danny Elfman, Waterboys, Suicide
This week’s releases include new albums from Sparks and Pere Ubu, a Wedding Present compilation, and reissues from The Waterboys, Danny Elfman and more.
Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/21/23)
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave.
Siouxsie and Iggy Pop to play make-up sets at Cruel World festival site tonight
Siouxsie and Iggy Pop will play make-up sets at the site of the Cruel World festival in Pasadena, California, tonight after the festival was evacuated Saturday.
Love and Rockets plays first show in 15 years at Cruel World — here’s setlist and video
The reunited Love and Rockets took the stage today at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena, California, to perform for the first time in 15 years.
Severe weather alert ends Cruel World before Siouxsie’s first U.S. performance in 15 years
Cruel World’s 2023 edition came to an early and abrupt end tonight in Pasadena, California, as festival organizers were forced to evacuate the crowd.
Andy Rourke, the “supremely gifted” bassist for The Smiths, dies of pancreatic cancer
Andy Rourke, the bassist for The Smiths, has died of pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate and childhood friend Johnny Marr announced overnight.
Win tickets to Riot Fest with The Cure, Foo Fighters, Postal Service, Death Cab + more
Huge news out of Riot Fest this week, with The Cure announced as one of the headliners of the 2023 installment of the three-day Chicago festival.
Check out this newly resurfaced, 40-minute post-Replacements interview with Bob Stinson
When Steve Birmingham launched “The Dewey Berger Show” on Minneapolis public-access TV in 1994, he conducted his first sit-down interview with Bob Stinson.
R.E.M.’s out-of-print “Around the Sun,” “Collapse Into Now” to be reissued on vinyl
Craft Recordings this summer will reissue two of R.E.M.’s out-of-print latter-era albums on heavyweight audiophile vinyl in both black and color pressings.
Listen: The Wedding Present rips through The Clash’s “White Riot” — off new “24 Songs”
The Wedding Present spent 2022 reprising the idea of releasing a new 7-inch single every month, and like David Gedge and Co. did in 1992.
The Psychedelic Furs and Squeeze team up for 26-date U.S. tour starting in September
The Psychedelic Furs and Squeeze today announced they’re teaming up for a 26-date U.S. tour that will take the pair of beloved bands coast to coast.
The Cure, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters to headline Riot Fest 2023
The Cure will return to North America following the band’s just-underway amphitheater tour to join Foo Fighters, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and more.
Klaus Nomi’s catalog to be reissued to mark the 40th anniversary of his passing
Sony/Legacy is reissuing the catalog of the utterly unique New Wave standout Klaus Nomi in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of his untimely death.
