Meat Puppets announce co-headlining tour with Dead Confederate in September
The Meat Puppets have announced a second round of tour dates in support of their just-released 12th studio album, Sewn Together — this time co-headlining […]
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Bauhaus, Pixies, The Fall up for ‘Omnibus’ reissues from new Beggars Archive imprint
Expanded box-set reissues of Bauhaus’ first two albums — In the Flat Field and Mask — will help inaugurate the new Beggars Archive series of […]
Peter Buck, Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey plan triple-bill band-swapping tour
R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn and Young Fresh Fellows’ Scott McCaughey will tour the U.S. this summer and fall under a trio of […]
The Cult’s ‘Love’ to be reissued in deluxe 4-disc ‘Omnibus’ box set in September
The Cult is reissuing its 1985 breakthrough album Love in two expanded editions this summer to coincide with its worldwide Love Live Tour, which kicks […]
Jane’s Addiction cancels Australian dates after drummer Stephen Perkins hospitalized
Jane’s Addiction yesterday canceled the Australian leg of its reunion tour after drummer Stephen Perkins was hospitalized with an elbow infection, although the band is […]
Echo & The Bunnymen bring ‘Ocean Rain’ to U.S., release ‘The Fountain’ in October
Echo & The Bunnymen will release its 10th album, The Fountain, and bring its celebrated Ocean Rain tour to North America in October, with dates […]
Morrissey, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pixies top first six months of Slicing Up Eyeballs
Yesterday, Slicing Up Eyeballs hit a somewhat negligible milestone, the six-month mark in its still-nascent existence chronicling the past, present and future of ’80s college […]
Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch diagnosed with cancer; trio cancels concerts, delays album
The Beastie Boys this morning announced that Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has been diagnosed with cancer, forcing the band to cancel its planned summer concerts […]
In stores this week: New music from The Beat Farmers, Captain Sensible reissues
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday. ARTIST: The Farmers RELEASE: Fulmination BACKSTORY: The survivors of ’80s cowpunk […]
Update: Dave Kendall of ‘120 Minutes’ wants to hear that ‘Really Stupid’ song, too
Two nights ago, Slicing Up Eyeballs embarked on a (so far) futile quest to find a copy of “Really Stupid,” a long-forgotten early-’90s parody song […]
Prefab Sprout’s new album, ‘Let’s Change the World With Music,’ due in September
Beloved British sophisti-pop act Prefab Sprout returns this fall with Let’s Change the World With Music, the reclusive act’s first new album in eight years […]
Erasure reissuing ‘The Innocents,’ rare club mixes, ‘Abba-esque’ remix EP
Erasure is hopping aboard the reissue train this summer and fall, delivering a “21st anniversary” remaster of The Innocents, a CD of rare 1990 club […]
Searching for that ‘120 Minutes’ song: ‘I’m Dave Kendall … and I am really stupid’
There wasn’t much to the song: a sampled riff from AC/DC’s “Back in Black” with the distinctly British voice of “120 Minutes” creator/host Dave Kendall […]
