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New releases: R.E.M., Devo, The Mission, Paul Heaton, Neville Staple, The Cramps

New releases: R.E.M., Devo, The Mission, Paul Heaton, Neville Staple, The Cramps

This week’s releases include a pair of titles from R.E.M. (the band’s 1991 and 2001 “Unplugged” sessions, plus a digital rarities set), a collection of Devo demos, a new best-of from The MIssion, a new album from Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot of The Beautiful South, a Cramps vinyl reissue and more.

Slicing Up Eyeballs app available for iPhone/iPad and Android phones

Slicing Up Eyeballs app available for iPhone/iPad and Android phones

Put a some Eyeballs in your phone: Yes, Slicing Up Eyeballs is available in app form, for both iPhones and iPads, and Android devices. It’s the easiest way to stay on top of the latest album and reissue news, tour dates, streaming music and video content both new and delightfully vintage.

Echo & The Bunnymen reschedule U.K. tour over Ian McCulloch's throat infection

Echo & The Bunnymen reschedule U.K. tour over Ian McCulloch’s throat infection

Echo & The Bunnymen today rescheduled most of the remainder of the band’s U.K. tour as frontman Ian McCulloch recovers from a throat infection, announcing several makeup dates in June and early July following the release of the band’s new album Meteorites.

Paul Weller adds Midwestern U.S. dates between Riot Fest appearances

Paul Weller adds Midwestern U.S. dates between Riot Fest appearances

Paul Weller’s already been announced as performing at two of the three Cure-headlined Riot Fests this September — Toronto and Chicago, but not Denver — and now the modfather has announced four dates in the Midwestern U.S. to fill the gap between those two festival appearances.

The Cure to headline Riot Fest in Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September

The Cure to headline Riot Fest in Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September

The Cure’s penchant for topping festival bills continues as Robert Smith and Co. were announced this evening as the headliners of all three Riot Fests — set for Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September — joining the band’s appearance at Bottle Rock in Napa Valley, Calif., this month.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 155, aired 5/13/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 155, aired 5/13/14

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught this week’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave requests for future shows.

The Jesus and Mary Chain to perform 'Psychocandy' at 3 U.K. concerts this fall

The Jesus and Mary Chain to perform ‘Psychocandy’ at 3 U.K. concerts this fall

The Jesus and Mary Chain is set to perform its landmark 1985 debut Psychocandy in its entirety at three U.K. concerts this November ahead of the record’s 30th anniversary next year, the NME is reporting today. The shows will be the band’s first in the U.K. since 2008.

Morrissey releases video for spoken-word version of 'World Peace Is None Of Your Business'

Morrissey releases video for spoken-word version of ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’

The opening track and lead single off Morrissey’s forthcoming album World Peace is None of Your Business has just gone on sale via iTunes and other digital retailers, and accompanying the track in the iTunes Music Store is a video of Moz performing a solemn, spoken-word rendition of the song.

Check out Daniel Ash's electro makeover of Love and Rockets' 1989 hit 'So Alive'

Check out Daniel Ash’s electro makeover of Love and Rockets’ 1989 hit ‘So Alive’

Daniel Ash has treated fans to the first taste of his forthcoming album Stripped, which will feature re-recorded selections from his catalog with Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and Tones on Tail. And the first track to emerge is Ash’s new electro take on Love and Rockets’ 1989 hit single “So Alive.”

Peter Murphy debuts 'I Am My Own Name' — second new track off 'Lion'

Peter Murphy debuts ‘I Am My Own Name’ — second new track off ‘Lion’

With the release of his 10th solo album Lion now just three weeks away, Peter Murphy is offering up a second track from the forthcoming record: “I Am My Own Name,” an ominous slow-builder that pays off in a big way. You can stream the full track via the music video posted here.

New releases: Blondie 40th anniversary set, plus Swans, The Beat, Talking Heads

New releases: Blondie 40th anniversary set, plus Swans, The Beat, Talking Heads

This week’s new releases include a 3-disc Blondie set featuring a new album, re-recorded greatest hits and a live DVD, plus a brand-new studio album from Michael Gira’s Swans (‘To Be Kind’), a 4CD box set by The Beat (‘The Complete Studio Recordings’), and a live Talking Head radio broadcast.

Morrissey to release new single 'World Peace is None of Your Business' this week

Morrissey to release new single ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’ this week

With Morrissey’s tour under way, despite a bit of a bumpy start, it’s time for some new music — and it appears we’ll hear the title track off Moz’s upcoming album World Peace is None of Your Business when it’s released Tuesday as a single in the U.K. The song has has popped up on Amazon.co.uk as a digital single.

The Replacements once again enlist Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong for festival set

The Replacements once again enlist Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong for festival set

It’s beginning to look like The Replacements have a new member: Tonight in Atlanta, the band once again enlisted Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, who first joined the band at the second weekend of Coachella last month, and now followed that up by appearing with the ‘Mats at the Shaky Knees Music Festival.