Vintage Video: Radiohead covers The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order
With Radiohead and Thom Yorke each releasing new songs recently — and Yorke debuting his new solo band, featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea […]
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The Stranglers plot 2010 tour of the UK
Despite hints they might call it a day, The Stranglers — one of the longest-surviving bands to emerge from the British punk scene of the […]
Video: Gary Numan and Nine Inch Nails perform ‘Cars,’ ‘Metal’ in HD
Perhaps ramping up excitement for a possible Gary Numan collaboration, Trent Reznor this week posted a pair of high-quality HD videos on Nine Inch Nails’ […]
BBC releasing Peel Sessions, live sets from Gang of Four, PiL, Duran Duran, The Specials
The BBC and EMI recently struck a new partnership to digitally release archival recordings — mainly Peel Sessions and In Concert episodes recorded between 1977 […]
Radio alert: Dave Kendall to spin ‘Really Stupid’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave on Friday
Got an e-mail this morning from “120 Minutes” creator/host Dave Kendall revealing that the Whitman Samplers’ parody song “Really Stupid” will “make its glorious debut” […]
Video and setlist: Pixies open ‘Doolittle’ 20th anniversary tour last night in Dublin
The venerable Pixies opened their much-anticipated Doolittle 20th anniversary tour last night at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre — the first of three nights there — and […]
Download: Nirvana’s ‘Scoff,’ live bonus track from ‘Bleach’ 20th anniversary reissue
Sub Pop Records began taking pre-orders today for the 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of Nirvana’s 1989 debut Bleach as Pitchfork offered up the first taste […]
David Bowie’s ‘A Reality Tour’ coming to CD
David Bowie’s 2004 concert DVD “A Reality Tour” will be released in remastered audio form on two CDs — with three bonus tracks — early […]
Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Stone Roses’ Ian Brown planning to record album together
Turns out Peter Hook’s Freebass may not be the only Stone Roses/Smiths collaboration afoot: Ex-Roses vocalist Ian Brown this week told the BBC he’s planning […]
Video: R.E.M.’s Bill Berry, Mike Mills join Peter Buck and The Minus 5 in Athens
Retired drummer Bill Berry and bassman Mike Mills jumped onstage last night with Peter Buck and the rest of The Minus 5 for a near-reunion […]
Peter Hook’s Freebass finishes first album, preps debut EP ‘Two Worlds Collide’
Former New Order bassist Peter Hook’s long-gestating Freebass project — which also features the four-stringed talents of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke and Gary “Mani” Mounfield […]
Quick Spins: Gary Numan and Trent Reznor, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma
Gary Numan’s appearances at Nine Inch Nails’ final live gigs could lead to a studio collaboration with Trent Reznor, the synthpop pioneer told The […]
Billy Bragg reunites The Clash’s Mick Jones, Topper Headon to record ‘Jail Guitar Doors’
Former Clash bandmates Mick Jones and Nicky “Topper” Headon recently recorded together for the first time in 27 years as part of a documentary being […]
