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Milestones: Ian McCulloch is 52 today; watch full Echo & The Bunnymen show from 1984

To commemorate Ian McCulloch’s 52nd birthday today, here’s a full, 53-minute Echo & The Bunnymen live performance filmed in Madrid and broadcast on Spanish TV on Sept. 4, 1984.

Stream: Peter Murphy, ‘I Spit Roses’ — new single inspired by Bauhaus break-up

Back in March, we brought you a stream of ‘I Spit Roses,’ the first new single in more than six years from Peter Murphy.

Video: Human League's 'Don't You Want Me' covered by Rocky Votolato, Matt Pond PA

Video: Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’ covered by Rocky Votolato, Matt Pond PA

The latest installment of the AV Club’s ‘Undercover’ series finds Rocky Votolato and the members of Matt Pond PA doing a stripped-down take on The Human League’s 1981 synthpop classic ‘Don’t You Want Me.’ Check out the video here.

Free MP3: The Primitives, 'Need All the Help I Can Get,' off 'Never Kill a Secret' EP

Free MP3: The Primitives, ‘Need All the Help I Can Get,’ off ‘Never Kill a Secret’ EP

The Primitives recently released ‘Never Kill a Secret,’ its first new recordings in 20 years, and now the U.K. band’s label is offering up a free track from that four-song EP: ‘Need All that Help I Can Get.’

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 22, first aired 5/3/11

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Depeche Mode, KMFDM and Peter Hook, plus favorites from Paul Westerberg, Heaven 17, Kraftwerk, Lloyd Cole and The Lucy Show.

R.E.M. 'Lifes Rich Pageant' 25th anniversary reissue to include 19 unreleased demos

R.E.M. ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ 25th anniversary reissue to include 19 unreleased demos

R.E.M. continue their reissue series this July with a 25th anniversary edition of ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ that will feature a newly remastered version of the 1986 album and a bonus CD featuring 19 unreleased demos that include a never-before-released song.

Vintage Video: Watch The Replacements open for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1989

Vintage Video: Watch The Replacements open for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1989

For our latest installment of Vintage Video, here’s the full 40-minute set of The Replacements opening for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the Orange County Speedway in Middletown, NY, on Aug. 18, 1989.

Full-album stream: The Cars, ‘Move Like This’

It’s been a long wait — some 24 years, in fact — but the surviving members of The Cars are back with a new album, ‘Move Like This,’ and RollingStone.com has an exclusive stream in advance of next week’s release.

X sets 7-date tour of California this June

X sets 7-date tour of California this June

The original lineup of Los Angeles roots-punk legends X will — John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake — will mount a seven-date tour up and down the California coast this June that the group has dubbed the ‘Boardwalk Beach Party.’

Milestones: New Order's 'Power, Corruption & Lies' album released 28 years ago today

Milestones: New Order’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ album released 28 years ago today

The classic second album from New Order — 1983’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ — was released exactly 28 years ago today, and to commemorate that release, here’s an equally classic five-song performance by the band filmed 18 months later, on Aug. 25, 1984, in the BBC Basement Studio.

New releases: The Slits, The Beautiful South on the BBC; new KMFDM; The Beat on vinyl

New releases: The Slits, The Beautiful South on the BBC; new KMFDM; The Beat on vinyl

This week’s new releases include a new compilation of The Slits’ BBC sessions; a brand-new KMFDM studio album; a 3CD/1DVD box set of The Beautiful South’s BBC appearances; and an audiophile vinyl reissue of The Beat’s ‘Special Beat Service.’

Video: Peter Hook covers Joy Division's 'Pictures in My Mind,' 'Atmosphere'

Video: Peter Hook covers Joy Division’s ‘Pictures in My Mind,’ ‘Atmosphere’

Peter Hook today released official music videos for his new version of Joy Division’s unfinished ‘Pictures in My Mind’ and a new re-recording of the ‘Atmosphere’ featuring onetime Happy Mondays singer Rowetta handling lead vocals.

Morrissey mourns Poly Styrene, whines about 'Very Best Of,' reports new album finished

Morrissey mourns Poly Styrene, whines about ‘Very Best Of,’ reports new album finished

Morrissey this weekend released a new written statement that manages to decry the ‘royal dreading,’ mourn the death of Poly Styrene, complain about his chart position and reveal the completion of his follow-up to 2009’s ‘Years of Refusal.’