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OMD sets April release for 'English Electric,' reveals tracklist, 'Decimal' teaser video

OMD sets April release for ‘English Electric,’ reveals tracklist, ‘Decimal’ teaser video

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark this morning announced they will release ‘English Electric’ — their second post-reunion album and 12th studio set overall — this April, and both revealed the record’s tracklist and released a short animated teaser video set to the quasi-instrumental track “Decimal.”

Video: Johnny Marr, 'Upstarts' — first official single off 'The Messenger'

Video: Johnny Marr, ‘Upstarts’ — first official single off ‘The Messenger’

Although he’s already premiered a couple tracks and released a video, Johnny Marr today debuted the video for the first official single from his upcoming solo album The Messenger, a David Barnes-directed performance clip for the song “Upstarts” that you can check out right here.

Stream: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 'Jubilee Street' — 2nd track off 'Push the Sky Away'

Stream: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, ‘Jubilee Street’ — 2nd track off ‘Push the Sky Away’

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds today premiered the second track off their upcoming 15th studio album, a nearly 7-minute slow burn called “Jubilee Street” that builds into a huge climax. You can hear the track via the official lyric video posted here. The track follows lead single “We No Who U R” off ‘Push the Sky Away.’

Video: R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Mike Mills go back to 'Rockville' with Ed Kowalczyk of Live

Video: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Mike Mills go back to ‘Rockville’ with Ed Kowalczyk of Live

The first weekend of Peter Buck’s three-weekend Todos Santos Music Festival in Baja California, Mexico, wrapped up Saturday night with what was essentially a reunion of latter-day R.E.M. minus Michael Stipe as bassist Mike Mills joined Buck and his steadfast R.E.M. sidemen Scott McCaughey and Bill Rieflin onstage.

Electronic's self-titled debut to be reissued as 2CD special edition with 8 unreleased tracks

Electronic’s self-titled debut to be reissued as 2CD special edition with 8 unreleased tracks

The 1991 self-titled debut from indie supergroup Electronic — featuring New Order frontman Bernard Sumner and guitarist Johnny Marr of The Smiths, with the occasional assist from Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant — will be reissued this spring in a 2CD special edition featuring eight previously unreleased bonus tracks.

New releases: New Order, The Replacements, Talk Talk, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Pretenders

New releases: New Order, The Replacements, Talk Talk, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Pretenders

This week’s new releases include New Order’s collection of previously unreleased tracks from 2005 (‘Lost Sirens’), the reunion/charity EP from The Replacements (‘Songs for Slim’), two compilations from Talk Talk, an audiophile reissue from The Pretenders and a live DVD from Einstürzende Neubauten.

Auction for 250 copies of The Replacements' 'Songs For Slim' reunion EP starts Tuesday

Auction for 250 copies of The Replacements’ ‘Songs For Slim’ reunion EP starts Tuesday

The auction of 250 autographed copies of The Replacements’ much-buzzed Songs for Slim benefit/reunion EP — billed as the first new release from the ‘Mats since 1990’s All Shook Down — kicks off Tuesday morning and will run for 10 days, after which the EP’s five tracks will be commercially released as digital downloads.

The Week in Rock: Jan. 6-12, 2013

The Week in Rock: Jan. 6-12, 2013

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about David Bowie, The Replacements, Thurston Moore, The Specials, Living Colour, Morrissey, Echo & The Bunnymen and more — plus a new contest to win classic New Order vinyl.

Stream: New Order's 'Lost Sirens' — 8 tracks from band's 2005 recording sessions

Stream: New Order’s ‘Lost Sirens’ — 8 tracks from band’s 2005 recording sessions

In addition to our contest to win five classic New Order albums on vinyl, we can now bring you — via RollingStone.com —a full stream of the band’s forthcoming ‘Lost Sirens’ mini-album, a collection of eight previously unreleased tracks and mixes from the sessions for 2005′s ‘Waiting For the Sirens’ Call.’

Contest: Win all 5 of New Order's classic '80s albums on vinyl from Rhino Records

Contest: Win all 5 of New Order’s classic ’80s albums on vinyl from Rhino Records

To celebrate next week’s release of New Order’s ‘Lost Sirens’ mini-album — which will be issued digitally here in the U.S. beginning Tuesday — Rhino Records has gone analog, hooking us up with a set of all five of the band’s classic ’80s albums on vinyl to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

The Specials announce U.S. tour, South By Southwest dates as Neville Staple leaves band

The Specials announce U.S. tour, South By Southwest dates as Neville Staple leaves band

The Specials finally are making good on a promise to tour the U.S., today announcing they’ll play two dates at the South By Southwest festival in March as part of the first leg of a larger North American visit — but the shows will not feature co-vocalist Neville Staple, who is leaving the band due to “ill health.”

Living Colour rolls out North American dates for 'Vivid' 25th anniversary tour

Living Colour rolls out North American dates for ‘Vivid’ 25th anniversary tour

As we reported last week, genre-straddling hard-rock act Living Colour will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album ‘Vivid’ with a new reissue and a tour centered around the 1988 album — and the band has now begun rolling out North American dates on that planned spring trek.

Thurston Moore's Chelsea Light Moving sets debut LP, U.S. tour — premieres new track

Thurston Moore’s Chelsea Light Moving sets debut LP, U.S. tour — premieres new track

Once and future(?) Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore will release the self-titled debut album from his new band Chelsea Light Moving on March 5, Matador Records announced this morning, and will follow that release with a 20-date U.S. tour that has a conspicuous South By Southwest-sized gap in the schedule.