Category: Album News

Goth box: 5-disc 'Silhouettes & Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986' out in June

Goth box: 5-disc ‘Silhouettes & Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986’ out in June

Cherry Red Records this week announced plans to release a five-disc box set titled Silhouettes & Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 that will chart the evolution of the U.K.’s goth movement over 82 tracks that span the late ’70s through the mid ’80s. The collection will be released June 2.

The Suicide Commandos to release 1st new album since 1978 on revived Twin/Tone label

The Suicide Commandos to release 1st new album since 1978 on revived Twin/Tone label

The Suicide Commandos — the pioneering Minneapolis band that paved the way for Hüsker Dü, The Replacements and Soul Asylum — this spring will release the very belated follow-up to their 1978 debut Make a Record, a 13-track album titled Time Bomb that will be issued on the newly reactivated Twin/Tone Records label.

Erasure to release 'World Be Gone' — first new album in 3 years — in May

Erasure to release ‘World Be Gone’ — first new album in 3 years — in May

Classic synthpop duo Erasure — Andy Bell and Vince Clarke — this week announced plans to release their 17th studio album this spring. The 10-track World Be Gone, due out May 19 on Mute Records, will be the group’s first new album since 2014’s The Violet Flame.

Dream Syndicate's 1st new album in 29 years to feature Kendra Smith singing 'perfect coda'

Dream Syndicate’s 1st new album in 29 years to feature Kendra Smith singing ‘perfect coda’

The Dream Syndicate plans to release its first new album in 29 years, a collection that bandleader Steve Wynn has revealed will feature a guest vocal by founding bassist Kendra Smith — who has sat out the ongoing reunion, but agreed to appear on a song Wynn calls “the perfect coda to the record.”

Peter Murphy to release 'Bare-Boned and Sacred' live album from stripped-down tour

Peter Murphy to release ‘Bare-Boned and Sacred’ live album from stripped-down tour

Peter Murphy will chronicle last year’s Stripped Tour — which, as the the trek’s title suggests, featured stripped-down performances of his solo material and Bauhaus classics — with a 12-track live record this spring called Bare-Boned and Sacred. The album is due out March 10.

The Feelies set to release new album 'In Between' — stream track 'Gone, Gone, Gone'

The Feelies set to release new album ‘In Between’ — stream track ‘Gone, Gone, Gone’

Jangle-pop legends The Feelies return later this month with their first new album in six years and sixth LP overall, an 11-song set titled In Between that’s preceded by the track “Gone, Gone, Gone” — which you can stream here. The New Jersey-based act will release the new album Feb. 24 on Bar/None Records.