Quick Spins: Gary Numan and Trent Reznor, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma
Gary Numan’s appearances at Nine Inch Nails’ final live gigs could lead to a studio collaboration with Trent Reznor, the synthpop pioneer told The […]
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Billy Bragg reunites The Clash’s Mick Jones, Topper Headon to record ‘Jail Guitar Doors’
Former Clash bandmates Mick Jones and Nicky “Topper” Headon recently recorded together for the first time in 27 years as part of a documentary being […]
Ministry’s Al Jourgensen records Christmas song in memory of Killing Joke’s Paul Raven
Is Uncle Al going soft? First ex-Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen lets slip plans to record a pop album, and now he’s announcing he’ll release a […]
New releases: Ian Brown’s ‘My Way,’ Mark Mulcahy tribute, Elvis Costello’s ‘El Mocambo’
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Ian Brown RELEASES: My Way BACKSTORY: The […]
Video: U2 breaks out ‘Ultraviolet (Light My Way)’ for ‘Saturday Night Live’
U2 took a short break from the North American leg of its 360° Tour to return to the “Saturday Night Live” stage last night, performing […]
Nitzer Ebb readies first new album in nearly 15 years, plots fall North American tour
Reunited electronic/industrial duo Nitzer Ebb has completed work on its first album in nearly 15 years and will embark upon a full North American tour […]
Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant to open for the Pixies during New York ‘Doolittle’ concerts
Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s brand-new New Order spinoff, has announced its first-ever live dates this fall in the UK and France, as well as plans […]
Video: Depeche Mode’s new face-licking, make-out clip for ‘Hole to Feed’
Depeche Mode premiered the video for “Hole to Feed” — the third single off of Sounds Of The Universe — on its MySpace page this […]
Rhino Records gutted by layoffs; future of The Cure’s reissue series in doubt?
Tweet Revered catalog label Rhino Records — which put out the Left of the Dial box set and countless classic college-rock reissues by the likes […]
Butthole Surfers’ reunited ’80s lineup heads out on North American tour this fall
The core ’80s lineup of the Butthole Surfers — Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey and Teresa Taylor — embarks on its first extensive North American tour in 20 years tonight with an opening-night concert in Houston.
Pixies add additional ‘Doolittle’ anniversary tour dates in Europe, U.S., Australia
The Pixies are set to open their Doolittle 20th anniversary tour next week in Dublin, and, thanks to crushing demand for tickets, the band over […]
U2 extends 360° Tour into 2010, announces remix CD for U2.com subscribers
With U2’s massive 360° Tour now crossing America, the Irish megaband this morning announced plans to continue the stadium trek into 2010 with a second […]
Midnight Oil’s ‘Beds are Burning’ re-recorded as all-star climate-change anthem
Midnight Oil’s classic 1987 hit “Beds are Burning” — originally about Aboriginal land rights in Australia — is being turned into an all-star, new-millennium anthem […]
