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Stream Erasure's new Christmas album 'Snow Globe' in full a week ahead of release

Stream Erasure’s new Christmas album ‘Snow Globe’ in full a week ahead of release

Erasure releases its new Christmas-themed album Snow Globe one week from today, but fans can get an early jump on the release, which is now streaming in full via USA Today. Below, you can listen to the full 13-track album — featuring new renditions of “Silent Night,” “White Christmas” and more.

Stream: Bauhaus' David J with Jill Tracy, 'Bela Lugosi's Dead (Undead is Forever)'

Stream: Bauhaus’ David J with Jill Tracy, ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Undead is Forever)’

As promised, former Bauhaus bassist David J released his “exquisite new cinematic interpretation” of the band’s iconic song “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” at 1 minute past midnight today, marking Halloween with his new 12-minute “Undead is Forever” remake that features piano work by Jill Tracy.

Stream: Tears For Fears covers Hot Chip's 'And I Was A Boy From School'

Stream: Tears For Fears covers Hot Chip’s ‘And I Was A Boy From School’

Two months after dropping a surprise cover of Arcade Fire’s “Ready to Start” on fans, Tears For Fears is back this week with another unlikely makeover: a new cover of Hot Chip’s 2006 electro-pop favorite “And I Was a Boy From School” (which was re-titled “Boy From School” when it was issued as a single).

Stream: Bad Religion tears up 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel' — off punk Christmas LP

Stream: Bad Religion tears up ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ — off punk Christmas LP

It’s nearly Halloween, which, uh, means it’s time for Christmas carols, right? In that case, check out the new track from Southern California punk kings Bad Religion, which is, naturally, a cover of the Yuletide hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” off the band’s forthcoming holiday album, Christmas Songs

David J to release 'new cinematic interpretation' of 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' on Halloween

David J to release ‘new cinematic interpretation’ of ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ on Halloween

Bauhaus’ David J will treat fans this Halloween to “an exquisite new cinematic interpretation” of the band’s iconic song “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” a remake called “Undead is Forever” and which will feature “signature post-classical piano” from Jill Tracy and an excerpt of Lord Byron’s vampire poem “The Giaour.”

Premiere: The Chills, 'Somewhere Beautiful' — stream indie-pop legends' new live album

Premiere: The Chills, ‘Somewhere Beautiful’ — stream indie-pop legends’ new live album

The Chills this week christen their new “special ongoing partnership” with Fire Records with their first release on the label: a gorgeous live album called Somewhere Beautiful that was recorded on New Year’s Eve 2011 and is being released this week on CD, digitally and as a deluxe 3LP vinyl pressing.

Stream: Kitchens of Distinction, 'Photographing Rain' — off forthcoming album 'Folly'

Stream: Kitchens of Distinction, ‘Photographing Rain’ — off forthcoming album ‘Folly’

If you’ve been waiting nearly 20 years for a new album from Kitchens of Distinction, what’s a couple more weeks? The reunited dreampop trio’s Folly had been scheduled for release this week, but thanks to a “manufacturing blip,” it’s been pushed back to Oct. 14 in the U.K., with a U.S. release on Nov. 5.