Category: Video

Video: Jane's Addiction plays 'Jane Says' on DirecTV's 'Guitar Center Sessions'

Video: Jane’s Addiction plays ‘Jane Says’ on DirecTV’s ‘Guitar Center Sessions’

The second episode of DirecTV’s new performance and discussion show ‘Guitar Center Sessions’ — capturing the short-lived Jane’s Addiction lineup with Duff McKagan — premieres next weekend, and the series has posted this video of the band doing an unplugged ‘Jane Says’ as a preview.

Ocean Blue rarity 'City Traffic' surfaces as band works on first new album in a decade

Ocean Blue rarity ‘City Traffic’ surfaces as band works on first new album in a decade

A crisp studio recording of The Ocean’s Blue’s ‘City Traffic,’ a never-before-released concert favorite by the late-’80s/early-’90s jangle-pop outfit, surfaced on YouTube this summer accompanied by a homemade music video.

Milestones: Steve Kilbey is 56 today; watch The Church live on Italian TV in 1988

Today we mark the 56th birthday of Steve Kilbey — writer, artist, solo musician and, of course, lead singer and bassist for Australian rock act The Church for the past three decades. To commemorate the occasion, we present these vintage clips of The Church playing live on Italian TV in 1988.

Video: Watch R.E.M. record handclaps, weird noises in Nashville studio for next album

Video: Watch R.E.M. record handclaps, weird noises in Nashville studio for next album

R.E.M. tonight posted a minute-long video of the band’s recent recording sessions in Nashville, showing, in typically enigmatic fashion, Michael Stipe playing high-pitched noises off some kind of contraption while the rest of the band and assorted personnel record a round of handclaps — after which Peter Buck asks, ‘Should we double track it?’

Video: Waterboys play 'Fisherman's Blues' live on Irish radio at Electric Picnic festival

Video: Waterboys play ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ live on Irish radio at Electric Picnic festival

Watch the Waterboys performing their 1988 classic ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ live in Irish radio station RTÉ 2fm’s mobile studio at the Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival last weekend, where Mike Scott & Co. shared the bill with Roxy Music, Bad Lieutenant and Public Image Ltd., among other bands.

Milestones: House of Love's Terry Bickers is 45 today; watch 'Destroy the Heart' from 1989

Milestones: House of Love’s Terry Bickers is 45 today; watch ‘Destroy the Heart’ from 1989

In honor of House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers’ 45th birthday today, we share this ‘Snub TV’ clip from 1989 that features a ripping take on fourth single ‘Destroy the Heart’ and a gentle ‘Man to Child,’ off the band’s 1988 self-titled debut, with an interview with frontman Guy Chadwick sandwiched in between.

Midge Ure reissuing 'The Gift,' 'Answers to Nothing' with B-sides, unreleased tracks

Midge Ure reissuing ‘The Gift,’ ‘Answers to Nothing’ with B-sides, unreleased tracks

The first two solo albums by former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure — 1985’s ‘The Gift’ and 1988’s ‘Answers to Nothing’ — are set to be reissued next month in expanded 2CD editions, each featuring digitally remastered versions of the original albums and a full contingent of B-sides, mixes and live tracks, some of which are previously unreleased.