Category: Video

'120 Minutes' Rewind: The Sugarcubes go under the '120 X-Ray' — 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Sugarcubes go under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1989

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this Dave Kendall-hosted “120 X-Ray” segment on Icelandic export The Sugarcubes from 1989, a 3 1/2-minute clip that finds Bjork, fellow vocalist Einar Orn and drummer Siggy Baldursson discussing their just-released sophomore album Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!

Morrissey performs The Smiths' 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish' for first time ever

Morrissey performs The Smiths’ ‘I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish’ for first time ever

Morrissey’s tour opener in Portland, Ore., this week featured at least one major setlist surprise: the singer’s first-ever live performance of “I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish,” the second single off The Smiths’ posthumously released final album Strangeways, Here We Come. Watch that performance here.

Vintage Video: Love and Rockets bridge old and new in 1996 set at Chilean festival

Vintage Video: Love and Rockets bridge old and new in 1996 set at Chilean festival

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present one of the more rare YouTube finds: video footage of a full performance by Love and Rockets. This is a nine-song festival set filmed in Santiago, Chile, in 1996 as the band was touring in support of that year’s Sweet F.A. album — and previewing material that would end up on Lift.

Morrissey announces U.K. arena tour, plays new single on 'The Graham Norton Show'

Morrissey announces U.K. arena tour, plays new single on ‘The Graham Norton Show’

As he prepares to embark on his U.S. tour next week, Morrissey has now announced a tour of arenas and larger venues in the U.K. and Ireland early next year in support of his forthcoming album Low in High School. The trek opens in Aberdeen on Feb. 16 and wraps up with London concerts on March 7 and 9.

Watch: Wheelchair-bound Mark E. Smith leads The Fall in live return following health scare

Watch: Wheelchair-bound Mark E. Smith leads The Fall in live return following health scare

Two months after Mark E. Smith’s health forced the postponement of the first U.S. concerts by The Fall in more than a decade, the irascible frontman brought his long-running band back to the stage in the U.K. last week — strapped into a wheelchair, but still delivering his trademark vocal blast. See video of that performance here.

Watch: Violent Femmes make 'American Music' with BBQ grill in KEXP live set

Watch: Violent Femmes make ‘American Music’ with BBQ grill in KEXP live set

This past August, as their co-headlining tour with Echo & The Bunnymen reached its end, the Violent Femmes stopped by Seattle radio station KEXP to perform a 22-minute set for listeners, which now has been posted in full video glory for the rest of us to see. Watch it right here.