Pylon’s Randy Bewley, 1955-2009
This week saw the passing of Randy Bewley, guitarist for Pylon, early-’80s Athens, Ga., post-punk contemporaries of R.E.M. and the B-52’s. Bewley, 53, suffered a […]
Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs
Dinosaur Jr prepping new album, tour
Despite the frosty history between seemingly catatonic guitar god J Mascis and the decidedly more emo Lou Barlow, the reunion of Dinosaur Jr’s classic ’80s […]
The Cure warming up for Coachella with theater gig at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino
For those of you who’d rather see The Cure in a (relatively) intimate club rather than standing in a field with 50,000 other people, here’s […]
Midnight Oil reunites for Australian bushfire benefit, warm-up gigs
Aussie rockers Midnight Oil never were known to shy away from important causes, and that’s exactly what it’s taken to get the band back together […]
Jane’s Addiction, Nine Inch Nails summer tour dates leaked
That didn’t take long. Just days after word emerged that the (fully) reunited Jane’s Addiction would tour this summer with Nine Inch Nails, the […]
‘XTC As…’: Re-branded Dukes of Stratosphear reissues due in March
The EP and album that XTC’s Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory released under the guise of their psychedelic-pop side project The Dukes of […]
Sirius XM’s 1st Wave to dedicate a week to Robert Smith and The Cure in April
Details are still a bit sketchy, but Sirius XM’s 1st Wave channel — for longtime XM listeners, that’s the watered-down replacement for the late, lamented […]
