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The Jesus and Mary Chain's 11LP 'Complete Vinyl Collection' to feature live album, rarities

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 11LP ‘Complete Vinyl Collection’ to feature live album, rarities

Demon Music Group will mark the 30th anniversary of The Jesus and Mary Chain with The Complete Vinyl Collection, a deluxe box set featuring 11 LPs that includes all six of the band’s studio albums, plus a 2LP set of BBC sessions, a live album and a “fan-selected B-sides and rarities LP.”

Video: Gary Numan cranks up the guitars in 30-minute KEXP set at Bumbershoot

Video: Gary Numan cranks up the guitars in 30-minute KEXP set at Bumbershoot

KEXP continues to post stellar video filmed at its Bumbershoot Music Lounge during the Seattle music festival, this time coming up with a 30-minute set from Gary Numan. As you can see here, Numan plugs in for a trio of songs from his new album, plus a couple tracks from the early 2000s and his classic “Cars.”

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Dead Milkmen crack jokes with Kevin Seal, play live  — 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Dead Milkmen crack jokes with Kevin Seal, play live — 1989

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we revisit an August 1989 episode featuring an appearance by The Dead Milkmen, who cracked wise with host Kevin Seal, read some fan mail on air and stuck around to perform a couple tunes. Check out a 15-minute reel of the band’s hosting segments, plus 2 live songs.

Stream: Kitchens of Distinction, 'Photographing Rain' — off forthcoming album 'Folly'

Stream: Kitchens of Distinction, ‘Photographing Rain’ — off forthcoming album ‘Folly’

If you’ve been waiting nearly 20 years for a new album from Kitchens of Distinction, what’s a couple more weeks? The reunited dreampop trio’s Folly had been scheduled for release this week, but thanks to a “manufacturing blip,” it’s been pushed back to Oct. 14 in the U.K., with a U.S. release on Nov. 5.

Morrissey's 480-page 'Autobiography' to be published Oct. 17 in Europe

Morrissey’s 480-page ‘Autobiography’ to be published Oct. 17 in Europe

After much handwringing, it’s official: Morrissey’s autobiography — cleverly titled “Autobiography” — will be published Oct. 17 in the U.K. and Europe by Penguin Classics, the publisher has confirmed, announcing that the 480-page paperback will cover the singer’s “life from his birth until the present day.”

The Fall to release 6-song 'The Remainderer' EP as bridge to new album due in 2014

The Fall to release 6-song ‘The Remainderer’ EP as bridge to new album due in 2014

Mark E. Smith’s iconic and ever-morphing post-punk act The Fall next month will release a six-song EP of new material on CD and 10-inch vinyl that Cherry Red Records says is intended as “a bridging point” between the band’s last album Re-Mit and the its next record, due to be released by the label in 2014.

Vintage Video: Watch The Cult's 'Live at the Lyceum' out-of-print 1984 concert film

Vintage Video: Watch The Cult’s ‘Live at the Lyceum’ out-of-print 1984 concert film

After a few weeks off, we’re back with a new installment of what’s supposed to be the weekly Vintage Video feature, this time presenting the The Cult’s long-out-of-print, VHS-only concert film “Dreamtime: Live at the Lyceum,” filmed May 20, 1984, at the London venue and released later that year.