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Peter Murphy's new album 'Lion' arrives in June following Record Store Day preview

Peter Murphy’s new album ‘Lion’ arrives in June following Record Store Day preview

Peter Murphy returns with brand-new music late this spring as he releases his much-anticipated 10th album Lion, an 11-track collection produced by Killing Joke bassist Youth that the former Bauhaus frontman previewed in rough form over the PA before concerts on his 2013 tour.

New releases: Depeche Mode, The Stranglers, Aztec Camera, The Jam, Coil/Nine Inch Nails

New releases: Depeche Mode, The Stranglers, Aztec Camera, The Jam, Coil/Nine Inch Nails

This week’s new releases include a second batch of 180-gram audiophile vinyl Depeche Mode reissues, plus an 11-disc box set from The Stranglers, an expanded reissue of Aztec Camera’s debut ‘High Land, Hard Rain,’ and heavyweight vinyl reissues of all six albums by The Jam.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/23/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/23/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Spear of Destiny, The Wolfgang Press, Kraftwerk, Throwing Muses, The Cure, Morrrissey & Siouxsie, Clan of Xymox, Coil, The Comsat Angels, Revolting Cocks, Soft Cell, Nitzer Ebb and more.

The Week in Rock: March 16-22, 2014

The Week in Rock: March 16-22, 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 Kate Bush, Daniel Ash, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Robyn Hitchcock and Steve Kilbey, The Sound, New Order, R.E.M., The Stooges’ Scott Asheton and more.

The Jesus and Mary Chain to play Brazil's Cultura Inglesa Festival in May

The Jesus and Mary Chain to play Brazil’s Cultura Inglesa Festival in May

The Jesus and Mary Chain — who performed live just a handful of times last year — have been confirmed for their first show of 2014 as organizers of the Cultura Ingelsa Festival in Sao Paolo, Brazil, announced this week that the brothers Reid will close out the the 18th annual music fest on May 25.

Kate Bush to play 15 concerts in London this summer — first live dates in 35 years

Kate Bush to play 15 concerts in London this summer — first live dates in 35 years

The famously stage-averse Kate Bush — who, until now, has toured just once, in 1979 — today shocked fans worldwide by announcing “we will be performing some live shows this coming August and September.” More specifically, Bush confirmed a run of 15 concerts at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

Depeche Mode revisits 1990’s infamous Wherehouse in-store with 18-minute video

Depeche Mode revisits 1990’s infamous Wherehouse in-store with 18-minute video

Depeche Mode marked the anniversary this week of the release of its massive Violator album with a new Archives Special devoted to the band’s infamous record-signing session at The Wherehouse record store in Los Angeles on March 20, 1990 — an event that drew 10,000 fans.

Joy Division's debut EP 'An Ideal for Living' to be reissued on Record Store Day

Joy Division’s debut EP ‘An Ideal for Living’ to be reissued on Record Store Day

The full U.S. and U.K. releases lists for Record Store Day are due to be released today, but bands and labels continue to offer sneak peaks of what’s coming, the latest of which is this morning’s announcement that Joy Division’s 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living will be reissued on vinyl.

Daniel Ash turns to fans to help fund, select songs for new 'Stripped' album

Daniel Ash turns to fans to help fund, select songs for new ‘Stripped’ album

Daniel Ash of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and Tones on Tail is turning to his fans to fund his new album Stripped and help select the songs from “the many albums I have been a part of,” a selection of tracks that Ash will then re-record in stripped-down arrangements.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 150, aired 3/18/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 150, aired 3/18/14

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured music from Violent Femmes, The Afghan Whigs, The Waterboys, Camouflage, Ramones, Josef K, Oingo Boingo, Depeche Mode, The Stooges, Let’s Active, David Byrne, Pixies, The Cult and more. Replay of this week’s show will air at 2 p.m. EST on Friday.

Robyn Hitchcock, The Church's Steve Kilbey team up for short Australian tour

Robyn Hitchcock, The Church’s Steve Kilbey team up for short Australian tour

“Armed only with their guitars,” Robyn Hitchcock and The Church’s Steve Kilbey are pairing up for a short run of Australian dates — just four have been announced — this April and May during which promoters promise “an unforgettable evening of whimsical lyricism and psychedelic nursery rhymes.”

The Sound to collect expanded reissues of first 3 albums, BBC live disc in new box set

The Sound to collect expanded reissues of first 3 albums, BBC live disc in new box set

Acclaimed if overlooked U.K. postpunk act The Sound will be the subject of a new box set next month from Demon Music Group that will collect expanded editions of the band’s first three albums, released between 1980 and 1982, along with a fourth disc featuring two BBC live concerts recorded in 1981 and 1985.

New Order announces July concerts in Chicago, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles

New Order announces July concerts in Chicago, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles

As expected, New Order has added a handful of North American tour dates around its slot at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington state this July, with concerts in Chicago, Vancover, B.C., and San Francisco joining a previously revealed show in Los Angeles, according to an announcement this morning.