‘U2: The Hype and the Feedback’ conference to take academic look at world’s biggest band
U2’s colossal 360 Tour made its U.S. debut last night in Chicago, but for some of the band’s brainer fans, the real intellectual action starts […]
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Erasure reveals tracklist for ‘The Innocents’ expanded reissue, ‘Phantom Bride EP’
Synthpop duo Erasure has released the tracklist for the forthcoming “21st anniversary” reissue of its breakthrough 1988 album The Innocents, which will include a second […]
Morrissey fleshes out fall European tour, featured in another nearly naked photo
Morrissey has turned what initially were just a handful of rescheduled dates from this summer’s cancellation-prone Tour of Refusal into a full-fledged fall leg, with […]
Sub Pop reissuing ‘Superfuzz Bigmuff,’ early Mudhoney LPs on colored vinyl
Following last year’s superb expanded reissue of Superfuzz Bigmuff, Sub Pop Records is releasing remastered editions of that classic proto-grunge EP and the first two […]
‘This is it’: Trent Reznor retires Nine Inch Nails from the concert stage in Los Angeles
Trent Reznor retired Nine Inch Nails from the concert stage last night in Los Angeles with an epic three-plus-hour, 37-song, guest-filled set at the Wiltern […]
Mission of Burma announces short fall tour for ‘The Sound The Speed The Light’
Reformed post-punk legends Mission of Burma will mark the release this fall of their third post-comeback album, The Sound The Speed The Light, with a […]
Hurrah! debut ‘Tell God I’m Here’ reissued in expanded edition with early singles
The debut album from near-forgotten British indie-pop act Hurrah! — 1987’s Tell God I’m Here — will be reissued later this month with a second […]
Mike Ness takes Social Distortion out for fall tour, plans to start recording new album
Ever the road warrior, L.A. punk survivor Mike Ness is taking his latest incarnation of Social Distortion back out on tour this fall, playing more […]
Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo fractures wrist playing tennis, band reschedules tour
Thanks to a tennis injury of all things, Sonic Youth has been forced to reschedule much of its fall mini-tour of the Southwestern U.S. in […]
Echo & The Bunnymen unveil short U.S. tour this fall in support of ‘The Fountain’
Echo & The Bunnymen today announced dates for a brief U.S. tour in November in support of its forthcoming 10th album, The Fountain, which is […]
New releases: New Prefab Sprout album, reissues from The Feelies and The Fall
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Prefab Sprout RELEASE: Let’s Change the World […]
John Lydon reuniting Public Image Ltd. for 30th anniversary of ‘Metal Box’
John Lydon, ex-Sex Pistol and erstwhile reality TV star, is reactivating the long-dormant Public Image Ltd. for a five-date U.K. tour this December to mark […]
Echo & The Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Drake-Brockman, 1956-2009
Former Echo & The Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Drake-Brockman — dubbed the “fifth Bunnyman” — was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Isle of […]
