Category: Digital Music

Stream: VCMG, 'Spock' — debut single from Depeche Mode's Martin L. Gore, Vince Clarke

Stream: VCMG, ‘Spock’ — debut single from Depeche Mode’s Martin L. Gore, Vince Clarke

Today sees the debut of the musical reunion of former Depeche Mode bandmates Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore in the form of ‘Spock,’ the first single off the newly christened VCMG’s as-yet-to-be-titled album, due out next year. Check out streams of the original mix and two remixes.

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, 'Live Happenings — Part 1' 4-track EP

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part 1’ 4-track EP

The newly reunited Dead Can Dance are offering fans a free download of a four-track digital EP entitled ‘Live Happenings — Part 1’ to help tide them over in anticipation of the group’s 2012 reunion album and world tour, which is slated to begin in July and encompass North and South America, Europe, Australia and the Far East.

Free MP3s: Heaven 17 releases free 'Rarities 2011’ EP with 3 acoustic, live tracks

Free MP3s: Heaven 17 releases free ‘Rarities 2011’ EP with 3 acoustic, live tracks

Pioneering synthpop outfit Heaven 17 is treating fans to a free digital EP featuring a new acoustic recording of its 1982 hit ‘Let Me Go,’ plus live recordings of ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang”‘and ‘Penthouse & Pavement.’ The ‘Rarities 2011’ EP is available as a free download in exchange for an e-mail address.

Stream: Kate Bush, ‘50 Words for Snow' — first all-new album in 6 years

Stream: Kate Bush, ‘50 Words for Snow’ — first all-new album in 6 years

Still another week before the release of Kate Bush’s new album ’50 Words for Snow’ — a 65-minute collection featuring ‘seven brand new tracks set against a background of falling snow’ — but you can now stream the full record in advance of its release via NPR Music.

Stream: R.E.M., 'Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011’

Stream: R.E.M., ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011’

There’s still more than a week before R.E.M.’s career-capping best-of is released, but, thanks to the folks NPR, you can now stream the full 40-song ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ — which, for fans, means 37 songs you know and love plus those three new tracks.

Free MP3: Superchunk covers The Misfits' 'Where Eagles Dare' for Halloween

Free MP3: Superchunk covers The Misfits’ ‘Where Eagles Dare’ for Halloween

Indie-rock heroes Superchunk, ‘in the tradition of doing something we did last year,’ have posted a brand-new cover of The Misfits’ ‘Where Eagles Dare,’ which originally appeared as the B-side to the horror-punk band’s 1979 single ‘Night of the Living Dead.’

Stream: Full U2 'Achtung Baby' tribute album  'AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered' from Q magazine

Stream: Full U2 ‘Achtung Baby’ tribute album ‘AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered’ from Q magazine

A few tracks from Q magazine’s tribute to U2′s ‘Achtung Baby’ dribbled out in advance of the issue’s arrival this week, but we’re now finally able to present the full set — featuring Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Jack White, The Killers, Garbage and U2 itself (in remixed form) — thanks to YouTube uploader ToneNoir.