Sub Pop issuing new Vaselines retrospective
One of those bands whose fans — namely a certain Kurt Cobain — are better-known than the group itself, Scotland’s recently reunited Vaselines will receive […]
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Meat Puppets set spring tour to coincide with new CD, ‘Sewn Together’
Now three years into their second reunion, the Kirkwood brothers this week announced a new spate of Meat Puppets dates to coincide with the May […]
Morrissey on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’
Video: Morrissey performs “Black Cloud” on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” 3/23/09 PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS: Morrissey’s ‘Years of Refusal’ tour marred by cancellations, […]
Elvis Costello reteams with T Bone Burnett for ‘Secret’ new Americana record
Angry older man Elvis Costello follows up 2008’s quick-turn Momofuku by reteaming with T Bone Burnett, who worked with the rocker on 1986’s King of […]
In stores Tuesday: Pet Shop Boys import, new KMFDM, Dukes of Stratosphear reissues
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Pet Shop Boys ALBUM: Yes BACKSTORY: PSB’s 10th studio album […]
Jane’s Addiction, Nine Inch Nails offer free Trent Reznor-produced EP for download
Continuing its new retro-’80s bent, the recently re-reunited Jane’s Addiction on Friday issued its first new recordings since 1990’s Ritual de lo Habitual to feature […]
Through his art, John Squire firmly denies reports of a Stone Roses reunion
Guitarist John Squire has firmly laid rumors of an impending Stone Roses reunion to rest via his medium of choice these days: art. On a […]
Kim Deal covers Bob Marley for new Breeders ‘Fate to Fatal’ EP
News surfaced this week that The Breeders — the side project Pixies bassist Kim Deal launched in 1988 — will self-release a four-track EP called […]
No reunion: Ian Brown shoots down report of Stone Roses anniversary tour
The same day London’s Daily Mirror reported that the Stone Roses would reunite for “at least 21 gigs” in the UK this summer — as […]
In stores Tuesday: The Damned reissues, Joy Division live LP
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: The Damned ALBUM: Phantasmagoria, Anything FORMAT: CD BACKSTORY: Expanded and […]
Report: Stone Roses to reunite, mark 20th anniversary of debut album
London’s Daily Mirror — not exactly a bastion of hard-nosed rock journalism — reports in tomorrow’s editions that the legendary Stone Roses will reunite for […]
Video: The Cure at NME’s ‘Big Gig’
Earlier this month, The Cure received NME’s annual “Godlike Geniuses” award and headlined the Brit mag’s annual “Big Gig.” Part of the band’s two-hour set […]
Johnny Marr interviews Pet Shop Boys
Today’s London Observer features an interview of the Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe by Johnny Marr, who’s played on a number of […]
