Robyn Hitchcock releasing ‘I Often Dream of Trains in New York’ live CD/DVD this fall
Oddball troubadour Robyn Hitchcock will commemorate last year’s I Often Dream of Trains tour this fall by releasing a new live CD/DVD package devoted to […]
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Searching for: MTV’s ‘120 Minutes: Left of the Dial’ radio show promo CDs
Loyal Slicing Up Eyeballs reader Chris Cummins — the guest blogger who wrote last month’s excellent “Remembering MTV’s ‘120 Minutes’” post for USA Today’s Pop […]
John Peel box set to feature unreleased session tracks by The Cure, Elvis Costello
The late John Peel — the legendary BBC DJ who turned generations of music fans on to new and obscure bands during his nearly 40-year career — will be celebrated this fall with a 4CD, 73-track box set called Kats Karavan: The History of the John Peel Show that features 21 never-before-released recordings.
Paul Westerberg releasing ‘PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys’ EP tomorrow
With little advance fanfare, Paul Westerberg on Tuesday will release a brand-new six-song EP with the stream-of-consciousness title of PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat […]
New releases: Reissues from Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Fun Boy Three and more
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Duran Duran RELEASES: Rio: Collector’s Edition, Live […]
Devo reissuing 2 classic albums, performing them live on 7-city North American tour
Legendary new-wave nerds Devo will release expanded editions of their classic albums Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo and Freedom of Choice […]
Morrissey’s U.S. tour dates: West Coast concerts planned in November, December
It’s been a busy 2009 for Morrissey — canceling tour dates, prepping a b-sides comp, posing nearly nude, lashing out at ex-Smiths, telling fans not […]
Video: New Order spinoff Bad Lieutenant’s debut single ‘Sink or Swim’
Bernard Sumner’s New Order spinoff Bad Lieutenant today released the video for its debut single, “Sink or Swim.” The band — comprised of Sumner, late-era […]
Tracklist: U2’s ‘Unforgettable Fire’ reissue includes unreleased songs, live material
Tweet U2’s 25th anniversary reissue of The Unforgettable Fire will include a pair of tracks left over from that album’s 1983 sessions, as well as […]
Video: Bob Mould and No Age play Hüsker Dü at All Tomorrow’s Parties New York
As promised, Bob Mould and L.A. noise-punk duo No Age helped close out All Tomorrow’s Parties New York last Sunday night with a set heavy on Hüsker […]
New releases: New Living Colour album, Ministry remixed, Damned deluxe edition
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Living Colour RELEASE: The Chair in the […]
Video: U2 performs Passengers’ ‘Your Blue Room’ live for first time ever
Tonight in Chicago, for the first time ever, U2 performed “Your Blue Room,” one of the standout songs on Original Soundtracks 1, the album the […]
Morrissey ‘irked’ at Andy Rourke’s claim he was fired from The Smiths via postcard
Although most of Morrissey’s Smiths-related rancor is reserved for litigious drummer Mike Joyce, the singer today lashed out at bassist Andy Rourke for claiming once […]
