The Pet Shop Boys today released “Vocal,” the second single off the duo’s forthcoming 12th studio album, Electric — and you can now stream the full track here. The song’s premiere follows the release of lead single “Axis” and a preview last week of part of the track “Fluorescent.”

This week’s new releases include a new The Stranglers Box set, a 2CD/1DVD compilation from John Foxx, a new early-career best-of from The Fall, reissues from The Monochrome Set and Rip Rig + Panic, plus the U.S. release of the new triple-disc singles collection form post-punk legends Killing Joke.

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” featured music from Dalis Car, Concrete Blonde, Cocteau Twins, Moev, Depeche Mode, ClockDVA, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Danse Society, Controlled Bloeeding, Bigod 20, The Cure, Joy Division, Death Cult, The Jesus and Mary Chain and much, much more.

There very well could have been a full-fledged R.E.M. reunion in Portland, Ore., on Saturday night as all four members of the defunct college-rock superstars performed after Peter Buck’s wedding. But, by all appearances, they managed to avoid such headlines, just barely, by not actually sharing the stage together.

Andreas Thein — who co-founded Propaganda and co-wrote and performed on the German synthpop group’s debut single, 1984’s “Dr. Mabuse,” before being asked to leave the band — lost his battle with cancer and died this past Thursday, according to ZTT Records.

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 Talking Heads, Lou Reed, New Order, OMD, The Stranglers, Elvis Costello, Pet Shop Boys, Vince Clarke, The Church, David Bowie, New York’s WLIR and more.

No official reason was given when Lou Reed canceled his performances at Coachella and three other California concerts this spring, but now we know why: Reed recently underwent a liver transplant that was necessary to save his life, his wife Laurie Anderson tells The Times of London.