Listen: Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck cover Kevn Kinney’s “MacDougal Blues”
Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck seemingly have been joined at the musical hip since McCaughey started his tenure as a R.E.M. sideman in the mid-’90s.
Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs
New releases: “Stop Making Sense,” Sonic Youth, PiL, Joe Strummer, Ministry, Erasure + more
This week’s new releases include an expanded vinyl reissue of Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense,” plus reissues of music by Joe Strummer, Erasure, Ministry and more.
Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy to resurrect Death Cult for 40th anniversary concerts
The Cult’s Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Death Cult with a special one-off U.S. performance in Los Angeles this fall followed by a dozen dates in the U.K. and Ireland.
Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/13/23)
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave.
Electronic reissuing “Get the Message” best-of on double-vinyl, expanded 30-track 2CD set
The 2006 best-of celebrating Manchester supergroup Electronic — featuring New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr of The Smiths — will be reissued next month.
Watch: Modern English performs 4 new songs — plus “I Melt With You” — on KEXP
Modern English stopped by Seattle’s KEXP radio station back in June to perform a five-song set that included four tracks earmarked for the band’s next album 1234.
Watch: Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan and Martin Gore on “CBS Sunday Morning”
Today’s episode of “CBS Sunday Morning” included a segment on Depeche Mode, with bandmembers Dave Gahan and Martin Gore discussing the loss of Andy Fletcher, their latest album Memento Mori and more.
Peter Murphy drops off delayed “Celebrating David Bowie” tour due to ill health
The “Celebrating David Bowie” tour already has been rescheduled once after Peter Murphy underwent “an unexpected medical procedure,” and now he’s out altogether.
The Ocean Blue reissues 1999 album “Davy Jones’ Locker,” makes new video for “Denmark”
The Ocean Blue this month will reissue their self-released fifth album — the 13-song Davy Jones’ Locker, originally released in 1999 — and have just made a new music video.
Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/6/23)
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave.
The Replacements’ “Tim: Let It Bleed Edition” to feature new mix, unreleased tracks, 1986 live set
The Replacements’ 1985 album Tim will receive a 4CD/1LP reissue this fall that will feature a new mix of the record, a bevy of previously unreleased alternate takes and more.
The Cure’s 1993 live album “Show” to receive 30th anniversary reissue on black vinyl
The Cure will mark the 30th anniversary of the band’s 1993 live album Show, recorded on the Wish tour, with a new 2LP black-vinyl reissue this September.
Out this week: Depeche Mode, JAMC, David Sylvian, Fun Boy 3, Ultravox, The Smiths + more
This week sees the release of box sets by Depeche Mode, David Sylvian, Ultravox and Fun Boy 3, a new Jesus and Mary Chain live album, and The Smiths vinyl reissues.
