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'Barbed Wire Kisses': New Jesus and Mary Chain biography due next year

‘Barbed Wire Kisses’: New Jesus and Mary Chain biography due next year

The story of The Jesus and Mary Chain — famous for 15-minute concerts and marrying squalling guitar noise with sweet ’60s pop on their iconic 1985 debut Psychocandy — will be told in “Barbed Wire Kisses: The Jesus and Mary Chain Story,” an biography due in October.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Guest host Bob Mould performs with Lou Barlow — 1994

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Guest host Bob Mould performs with Lou Barlow — 1994

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we take a rare trip into the mid-’90s to present footage from the Sept. 4, 1994, episode, which was guest-hosted by Bob Mould the same week he released Sugar’s second and final album, File Under: Easy Listening. The two perform together for the first time.

Echo & The Bunnymen's 'Crocodiles' to be reissued in expanded 'hardback' 2LP set

Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Crocodiles’ to be reissued in expanded ‘hardback’ 2LP set

Less than three months after it was reissued on red vinyl for Record Store Day, Echo & The Bunnymen’s 1980 debut album Crocodiles is getting another vinyl reissue, this time on 180-gram audiophile vinyl in an expanded 2LP “Hardback Book Edition” that will feature the original album plus 10 bonus tracks.

Hey, gearheads: Take a tour of Depeche Mode's 'Delta Machine' stage setup

Hey, gearheads: Take a tour of Depeche Mode’s ‘Delta Machine’ stage setup

If you’re into the more technical aspects of a how a band like Depeche Mode pulls off big arena shows, here’s a video tour of the band’s stage setup on the Delta Machine Tour, with a look at the keyboard arrays employed by Andy Fletcher and touring member Peter Gordeno, as well as Martin Gore’s guitar rig.

'Morrissey 25: Live' concert DVD to receive 'worldwide cinema release' in August

‘Morrissey 25: Live’ concert DVD to receive ‘worldwide cinema release’ in August

Morrissey has formally announced that his concert film “Morrissey 25: Live,” filmed at Hollywood High last March, will receive a “worldwide cinema release” in August to mark his 25th year as a solo artist. The film also will be released on DVD — Moz’s first such release in nine years.

'Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD' to explore history, legacy of iconic indie label

‘Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD’ to explore history, legacy of iconic indie label

Legendary independent record label 4AD — home in the ’80s and ’90s to the Pixies, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Throwing Muses and so many more — will be the subject an exhaustive history this fall with the publication of Martin Aston’s new book “Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD.”

Stream: The Dead Milkmen, ‘Welcome to Undertown’ 7-inch single — 3 new songs

Stream: The Dead Milkmen, ‘Welcome to Undertown’ 7-inch single — 3 new songs

The Dead Milkmen return this week with the fourth in their new series of limited-edition 7-inch singles — this one’s called “Welcome to Undertown” — and you can now stream both songs off the vinyl single (the title track and “Streetlamps”) as well as the digital-only bonus track, “The Sun Turns Our Patio Into a Lifeless Hell.”