Category: Album News

Camper Van Beethoven returns in January with new album 'La Costa Perdida'

Camper Van Beethoven returns in January with new album ‘La Costa Perdida’

Classic college-rock combo Camper Van Beethoven is set to return early next year with ‘La Costa Perdida,’ the band’s second post-reunion album and its first new studio set in more than eight years, a collection bassist Victor Krummenacher says “has elements of vintage Camper along with grown-up Camper.”

Einstürzende Neubauten to release CD/DVD set of 1990 'Rockpalast' concert

Einstürzende Neubauten to release CD/DVD set of 1990 ‘Rockpalast’ concert

German industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten next month will release a CD/DVD set that captures the band’s 1990 concert for the German TV show “Rockpalast.” Featuring 16 songs, the release — dubbed, naturally, “Live at Rockpalast 1990” — is due out Nov. 12, according to the band’s website.

Lloyd Cole reunites 'X' album collaborators Matthew Sweet, Fred Maher for new record

Lloyd Cole reunites ‘X’ album collaborators Matthew Sweet, Fred Maher for new record

Lloyd Cole is once again reaching out to his fanbase to help finance the recording of his next album, a project that finds the singer-songwriter reuniting with part of the team — Matthew Sweet on bass and co-producer/drummer Fred Maher — behind Cole’s 1990 self-titled solo debut, the so-called “X” album.

Video: 'The Pogues in Paris' trailer — preview of new 30th anniversary live set

Video: ‘The Pogues in Paris’ trailer — preview of new 30th anniversary live set

The Pogues next month will release a special 30th anniversary live package in multiple audio and video formats, a set recorded at the band’s concerts in Paris last month and dubbed, naturally, “The Pogues in Paris: 30th Anniversary Concert at the Olympia.” Check out the trailer for the video release.

Simple Minds to release 'Celebrate' best-of in March, embark on 28-date U.K. tour

Simple Minds to release ‘Celebrate’ best-of in March, embark on 28-date U.K. tour

After focusing much of this year on performing cuts from the band’s first five albums, Simple Minds next March will release a new best-of collection — featuring two new songs —and then embark on a huge, 28-date greatest-hits tour of the U.K. featuring a career-spanning, two-set show with no opening acts.

Depeche Mode: New album cross between 'Violator,' 'Songs of Faith and Devotion'

Depeche Mode: New album cross between ‘Violator,’ ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’

Depeche Mode held a news conference in Paris today to announce the European leg of its 2013 world tour — the dates mirroring those that leaked yesterday — and tease fans with a preview of a track from the band’s as-yet-untitled album, which Martin Gore characterized as a cross between ‘Violator’ and ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion.’

Dinosaur Jr to release 1987 live set on 'Chocomel Daze' limited-edition vinyl LP

Dinosaur Jr to release 1987 live set on ‘Chocomel Daze’ limited-edition vinyl LP

Dinosaur Jr will follow up its just-released studio album I Bet On Sky with a limited-edition live album recorded in 1987 and released as a vinyl-and-download combo, according to listings at online retailers. The Chocomel Daze LP will be released Nov. 19 by Merge Records on 150-gram vinyl and limited to 2,000 copies.