Category: Single News

R.E.M.'s Peter Buck to release 'monkey concept single,' re-press solo debut

R.E.M.’s Peter Buck to release ‘monkey concept single,’ re-press solo debut

Peter Buck plans to release something he’s calling a new “monkey concept single” in the coming weeks on vinyl label Mississippi Records as well as re-press his 2012 solo debut — but without the song “LVMF,” because he only cleared its profane Sonny Boy Williamson sample for the album’s first 2,000 copies.

Kim Deal releases second limited-edition 7-inch in new 'Solo Series' — MP3s, too

Kim Deal releases second limited-edition 7-inch in new ‘Solo Series’ — MP3s, too

She may be busy with her Breeders reunion and Last Splash box set, but Kim Deal’s still got time to churn out new music — the latest being the second installment of her new “Solo Series” 7-inches, a two-song single that’s now available digitally and can be pre-ordered on vinyl.

Stream: Edwyn Collins & The Heartbreaks' Record Store Day 7-inch single

Stream: Edwyn Collins & The Heartbreaks’ Record Store Day 7-inch single

Ex-Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins re-teams with The Heartbreaks for a 7-inch single to be released in the U.K. for Record Store Day this Saturday — and you can stream both tracks. Side A is a new song by Collins and the band while the B side is a new version of the Orange Juice’s “Untitled Melody.”

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.”

Video: The Primitives, 'Lose the Reason' — brand-new single out today

Video: The Primitives, ‘Lose the Reason’ — brand-new single out today

The Primitives today released a new single — it’s out digitally now in the U.K., and will be followed by a limited-edition 7-inch in the U.S. and Europe next month — called “Lose the Reason,” and you can hear the track right now via its just-debuted music video. The song arrives in the U.S. on 7-inch on March 4.

Duran Duran preps blue 'Is There Something I Should Know?' 7-inch for Record Store Day

Duran Duran preps blue ‘Is There Something I Should Know?’ 7-inch for Record Store Day

Duran Duran today announced it will mark the 30th anniversary of the band’s first U.K. No. 1 single — “Is There Something I Should Know?,” released on March 9, 1983 — by reissuing the single as a limited-edition blue-vinyl 7-inch for Record Store Day, which this year falls on April 20.