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Free MP3s: Robyn Hitchcock teases 'File Under Pop' LP, releases KT Tunstall team-up

Free MP3s: Robyn Hitchcock teases ‘File Under Pop’ LP, releases KT Tunstall team-up

Robyn Hitchcock this week announced he is recording a new album — provisionally titled ‘File Under Pop’ — that’s being eyed for a January release, but, in the meantime, he’s giving away two “interim tracks” as free downloads, including one recorded with singer-songwriter KT Tunstall singing harmonies.

The Psychedelic Furs announce U.K. tour this summer between spring, fall U.S. runs

The Psychedelic Furs announce U.K. tour this summer between spring, fall U.S. runs

Between The Psychedelic Furs’ late-spring and early-fall runs of shows in the northeastern and southwestern portions of the U.S., the band will return to its native U.K. for a seven-date tour this summer that includes the band’s previously announced slot at the Hop Farm Festival.

'The US Generation' documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

‘The US Generation’ documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is helping make a feature-length documentary about the so-called ‘Woodstock of the ’80s’ — the 1982 US Festival, which featured Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, The B-52s, The Cars, Ramones, Gang of Four and more — to be released this Labor Day weekend on the event’s 30th anniversary.

Video: Dexys perform 'Free,' 'Come On Eileen' on 'Later... with Jools Holland'

Video: Dexys perform ‘Free,’ ‘Come On Eileen’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

Dexys — Kevin Rowland‘s relaunched and renamed Dexys Midnight Runners — appeared on BBC chat show “Later… with Jools Holland” on Tuesday night, performing “Free,” off the forthcoming ‘One Day I’m Going to Soar,’ as we well as the needs-no-introduction “Come On Eileen.”

Video: The Primitives, 'I'm Not Sayin' — Nico cover off 'Echoes and Rhymes'

Video: The Primitives, ‘I’m Not Sayin’ — Nico cover off ‘Echoes and Rhymes’

The Primitives have issued a second video for a track off their just-released “concept covers album” ‘Echoes and Rhymes,’ this time for their cover of Nico’s 1965 debut single “I’m Not Sayin’.” The track features guitarist Paul Court on lead vocals, with Tracy Tracy chiming in with backing vox toward the end.

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part V’ 5-track EP

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part V’ 5-track EP

Since last November, the reunited Dead Can Dance has released a series of free digital EPs every few months collecting material recorded on the band’s 2005 tour. This week comes the latest, ‘Live Happenings — Part V,’ which features “Black Sun,” “Salem’s Lot,” “Yulunga,” “Severance” and “Hymn for the Fallen.”

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 70, first aired 5/15/12

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from a-ha’s Morten Harket, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, and Public Image Ltd., plus old favorites from The Wild Swans, Electronic, Love and Rockets, The Soup Dragons, Stan Ridgway, The House of Love and more.