Category: Reunions

The Suicide Commandos to release 1st new album since 1978 on revived Twin/Tone label

The Suicide Commandos to release 1st new album since 1978 on revived Twin/Tone label

The Suicide Commandos — the pioneering Minneapolis band that paved the way for Hüsker Dü, The Replacements and Soul Asylum — this spring will release the very belated follow-up to their 1978 debut Make a Record, a 13-track album titled Time Bomb that will be issued on the newly reactivated Twin/Tone Records label.

Ride announces 'select run' of North American concerts in July

Ride announces ‘select run’ of North American concerts in July

Reunited shoegazers Ride have followed up the release of their first new music in more than two decades with plans to perform a “select run” of North American dates in July, a five-concert trek that sees the band playing Toronto, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

Midnight Oil may move some North American shows to larger venues after tour sells out

Midnight Oil may move some North American shows to larger venues after tour sells out

Following last week’s quick sellout of the North American leg of Midnight Oil’s reunion tour, the band today announced that discussions are underway to “possibly shift some North American shows to larger rooms,” as well as add more dates in Australia and elsewhere in the world.

Listen: Ride, ‘Home is a Feeling’ — shoegaze legends debut 2nd new track this week

Listen: Ride, ‘Home is a Feeling’ — shoegaze legends debut 2nd new track this week

Seminal shoegaze act Ride went 21 years without releasing new music, but after debuting “Charm Assault” this week, the wait for more was just 24 hours. The band has now shared a second new track, the meditative “Home is a Feeling,” which you can hear here.

Listen: Ride, 'Charm Assault' — shoegaze legends' first new music in 20 years

Listen: Ride, ‘Charm Assault’ — shoegaze legends’ first new music in 20 years

Reunited shoegaze legends Ride today debuted their first new music in 21 years, releasing the song “Charm Assault” that presumably is a taste of the band’s as-yet-announced fifth studio album, which is expected out sometime this summer. The new song is produced by Erol Alkan and mixed by Alan Moulder.

Dream Syndicate's 1st new album in 29 years to feature Kendra Smith singing 'perfect coda'

Dream Syndicate’s 1st new album in 29 years to feature Kendra Smith singing ‘perfect coda’

The Dream Syndicate plans to release its first new album in 29 years, a collection that bandleader Steve Wynn has revealed will feature a guest vocal by founding bassist Kendra Smith — who has sat out the ongoing reunion, but agreed to appear on a song Wynn calls “the perfect coda to the record.”