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The Week in Rock: Sept. 22-28, 2013

The Week in Rock: Sept. 22-28, 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 The Replacements, Peter Hook, Ramones, Public Image Ltd.’s John Lydon, Pixies, Elvis Costello and The Roots, Erasure, The Pogues, Peter Murphy and much more.

Video: Moby joins Peter Hook on trio of Joy Division songs at Seattle concert

Video: Moby joins Peter Hook on trio of Joy Division songs at Seattle concert

Peter Hook’s current U.S. tour — on which he’s performing New Order’s first two albums each night — may be just about over, but fans at Wednesday night’s show in Seattle got a special treat: electronic music whiz Moby hopped on stage during the encore to sing three Joy Division classics.

Ramones' first 6 albums collected in new 'The Sire Years 1976-1981’ box set

Ramones’ first 6 albums collected in new ‘The Sire Years 1976-1981’ box set

Ramones fans who never got around to picking up the band’s key early albums on CD will have an easy way to do that later this month when Rhino Records releases a new box set collecting the band’s first six records, including Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL's John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL’s John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

On this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we bring you one of John Lydon’s many infamous appearances on the program. Here’s 9 minutes of footage from a 1987 spot on “120 Minutes,” as the Public Image Ltd. frontman’s ‘s wry personality comes into sharp contrast with Kevin Seal’s absurdist take on hosting.

Time's running out: Just one day left to vote for your favorite albums of 1987

Time’s running out: Just one day left to vote for your favorite albums of 1987

There is just over a day left to vote for your 10 favorite albums of 1987, part of our year-long Best of the ’80s poll in which we’re asking Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers to name their favorite albums of each year of the decade, concluding, come December, with a poll to determine the best records of the entire 1980s.

Video: Pixies tear into new song 'What Goes Boom' on 'Later... with Jools Holland'

Video: Pixies tear into new song ‘What Goes Boom’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

The resurgent Pixies made their second TV appearance in a week last night, this time plugging in on the BBC’s “Later… with Jools Holland” to tear through new song “What Goes Boom” off the band’s just-released EP-1 in advance of tonight’s appearance at the iTunes Festival in London.

Video: Elvis Costello and The Roots turn 'I Want You' into a 13-minute slow burn

Video: Elvis Costello and The Roots turn ‘I Want You’ into a 13-minute slow burn

We posted some audience video out of the one-off Elvis Costello and The Roots show in Brooklyn last week, but now comes something far better: Pro-shot footage from the Roots-affiliated okayplayer of Costello, ?uestlove and Co. playing a sizzling, 13-minute version of Costello’s Blood & Chocolate classic “I Want You.”