Category: Digital Music

Stream: Primal Scream, 'It's Alright, It's OK' — band hits 'Screamadelica' vibe on new single

Stream: Primal Scream, ‘It’s Alright, It’s OK’ — band hits ‘Screamadelica’ vibe on new single

Primal Scream today debuted the second single off the band’s upcoming 10th studio album ‘More Light,’ a song called “It’s Alright, It’s OK” that rides along on a ‘Screamadelica’-like groove and stands in stark contrast to the dark, honking rocker “2013” that preceded it. The album itself is due out May 13 in the U.K.

The Stranglers set U.S. release for 'Giants,' plus North American tour — stream new track

The Stranglers set U.S. release for ‘Giants,’ plus North American tour — stream new track

The Stranglers — singer-bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, drummer Jet Black and keyboard player Dave Greenfield, plus former Toy Dolls guitarist Baz Warne — this week announced a belated U.S. release for the band’s 2012 album Giants, plus initial dates in late May and June for a planned North American tour.

Rare tape of early The Smiths rehearsals surfaces — hear 40-minute set from May 1983

Rare tape of early The Smiths rehearsals surfaces — hear 40-minute set from May 1983

A newly revealed cassette recording of The Smiths rehearsing in a Manchester warehouse in May 1983 prior to signing their first record deal has surfaced online in what the band’s drummer today called “an early recording you’ve probably never heard before.”

Stream: The Dead Milkmen, ‘The Great Boston Molasses Flood’ 7-inch — 3 new songs

Stream: The Dead Milkmen, ‘The Great Boston Molasses Flood’ 7-inch — 3 new songs

The Dead Milkmen have released the third in their new series of limited-edition 7-inch singles — “The Boston Molasses Flood” — and you can now stream both songs off the vinyl single plus the digital-only bonus track. Below, check out the two songs off the 7-inch plus digital-only bonus track “Anthropology Days.”

Stream: Dinosaur Jr's surprisingly mellow makeover of Phoenix's 'Entertainment'

Stream: Dinosaur Jr’s surprisingly mellow makeover of Phoenix’s ‘Entertainment’

Phoenix returns next month with their fifth studio album Bankrupt!, and they’ve just released what they’re billing as a “remix” of lead single “Entertainment” by none other than Dinosaur Jr. But it’s actually a straight-up cover of what had been a fairly upbeat, poppy number.

Stream: Depeche Mode, 'Delta Machine' — hear full album a week early on iTunes

Stream: Depeche Mode, ‘Delta Machine’ — hear full album a week early on iTunes

Following live previews of some of the album’s songs last week and a leak of the full record on Sunday, Depeche Mode is now streaming its forthcoming LP Delta Machine, for free on iTunes one full week ahead of its release. The record’s out in North America next Tuesday, but check it out now.

OMD debuts new track 'Night Café,' announces 10-inch EP for Record Store Day

OMD debuts new track ‘Night Café,’ announces 10-inch EP for Record Store Day

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark continue the build-up toward the April 9 release of their second post-reunion album ‘English Electric,’ releasing another new track, “Night Café,” and announcing plans for a limited-edition, five-track 10-inch vinyl picture disc to be released on Record Store Day.