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 […]
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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 […]
