Category: Digital Music

Premiere: 8-Bit Operators' ‘Enjoy the Science: Tribute to Depeche Mode’ full-album stream

Premiere: 8-Bit Operators’ ‘Enjoy the Science: Tribute to Depeche Mode’ full-album stream

As we promised last week, we’re thrilled to be able to premiere the full-album, pre-release stream of the 8-Bit Operators collective’s new collection of chiptune covers of Depeche Mode classics — a 15-track collection of “highly musical, lo-bit video-game hardware re-imaginings.”

'Enjoy the Science': 8-Bit Operators give Depeche Mode a chiptune makeover

‘Enjoy the Science’: 8-Bit Operators give Depeche Mode a chiptune makeover

The 8-Bit Operators collective next month follows up its tributes to Kraftwerk, Devo and The Beatles with a new collection of chiptune covers of Depeche Mode classics, a 15-track collection featuring “highly musical, lo-bit video-game hardware re-imaginings” of some of the band’s best-known songs from the past 30 years.

R.E.M. releases monster 131-track Warner Bros. rarities set, puts 'Chronic Town' on iTunes

R.E.M. releases monster 131-track Warner Bros. rarities set, puts ‘Chronic Town’ on iTunes

It’s been a big week for R.E.M. fans — even bigger than we thought, with not just the release of the band’s 1991 and 2001 “MTV Unplugged” sets and the previously reported digital collection of I.R.S.-era rarities, but also a digital companion featuring a whopping 131 tracks from the band’s Warner Bros. period.

Stream Echo & The Bunnymen's new album 'Meteorites' a week (or two) ahead of release

Stream Echo & The Bunnymen’s new album ‘Meteorites’ a week (or two) ahead of release

With Echo & The Bunnymen’s 11th studio album Meteorites set for release in Europe one week from today, the band this morning began streaming the record — which Ian McCulloch calls “more edgy than anything I’ve ever done” — in full via both The Guardian in the U.K. and VPRO in the Netherlands.

Check out Daniel Ash's electro makeover of Love and Rockets' 1989 hit 'So Alive'

Check out Daniel Ash’s electro makeover of Love and Rockets’ 1989 hit ‘So Alive’

Daniel Ash has treated fans to the first taste of his forthcoming album Stripped, which will feature re-recorded selections from his catalog with Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and Tones on Tail. And the first track to emerge is Ash’s new electro take on Love and Rockets’ 1989 hit single “So Alive.”

Peter Murphy debuts 'I Am My Own Name' — second new track off 'Lion'

Peter Murphy debuts ‘I Am My Own Name’ — second new track off ‘Lion’

With the release of his 10th solo album Lion now just three weeks away, Peter Murphy is offering up a second track from the forthcoming record: “I Am My Own Name,” an ominous slow-builder that pays off in a big way. You can stream the full track via the music video posted here.

Bob Mould drops ‘I Don't Know You Anymore’ — first single off upcoming ‘Beauty & Ruin’

Bob Mould drops ‘I Don’t Know You Anymore’ — first single off upcoming ‘Beauty & Ruin’

Earlier this month, Bob Mould treated fans to the first taste of his upcoming 11th solo album Beauty & Ruin, issuing a “pure adrenalin shot” called “Hey Mr. Grey.” That wasn’t the first official single off the upcoming 35-minute record, though. The single, “I Don’t Know You Anymore,” dropped this week.