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Tears For Fears' 'The Hurting' box set: Remixes, B-sides, radios sessions, live DVD

Tears For Fears’ ‘The Hurting’ box set: Remixes, B-sides, radios sessions, live DVD

Tears For Fears’ landmark debut album The Hurting is due for a 30th anniversary reissue later this year, and now comes the details: The deluxe four-disc box set will include the original album, a disc of remixes and B-sides, a collection of BBC radio sessions and the long-out-of-print “In My Mind’s Eye” concert film on DVD.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie of The Creatures — 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie of The Creatures — 1990

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we flash back to 1990 — a better time for Siouxsie Sioux and her then-husband/drummer, Budgie, who, in addition to playing in the Banshees, together formed side project The Creatures. This clip features footage of the duo being interviewed by Dave Kendall.

Top 100 Albums of 1985: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s — Part 6

Top 100 Albums of 1985: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s — Part 6

The 1985 poll received more than 45,000 votes with close to 300 different albums garnering votes, both via the ballot and write-ins. This time around, each of the albums slotted in the Top 10 landed more than 1,000 votes, with the records that made the Top 3 each scoring more than 2,000 apiece.

Stream: Kitchens of Distinction, 'Japan to Jupiter' — first single off reunion album 'Folly'

Stream: Kitchens of Distinction, ‘Japan to Jupiter’ — first single off reunion album ‘Folly’

Kitchens of Distinction on Wednesday formally announced the release this fall of their first new album in 19 years, then proceeded to debut the first track off that collection — “Japan to Jupiter” — on Steve Lamacq’s show on BBC’s 6 Music. Below, check out the full track via YouTube uploader Sandpaper Duvet.

Sinead O'Connor announces 14-date 'American Kindness' tour this November

Sinead O’Connor announces 14-date ‘American Kindness’ tour this November

Sinead O’Connor will return to North America this fall for a 14-date tour in support of her 2012 album How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?, a trek she’s dubbing the “American Kindness” tour that will bring her to New York, California, Chicago and Ontario, Canada — with three-night stands in New York City and Chicago.

Stream: Gary Numan, 'I Am Dust' — off 'Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)'

Stream: Gary Numan, ‘I Am Dust’ — off ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’

Gary Numan this week debuted the first single off his long-in-the-works album Splinter — his first studio album in seven years, which has now received an added parenthetical (Songs From a Broken Mind) to its title — in advance of his upcoming U.S tour and dates with Nine Inch Nails.

The House of Love's Creation Records debut to be reissued as 5LP box set

The House of Love’s Creation Records debut to be reissued as 5LP box set

The House of Love’s Creation Records debut — the second of three eponymous releases from the U.K. indie band — will be reissued this November in a limited-edition box set featuring 50 tracks spread over five LPs pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl, Optic Nerve announced this week.