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The Week in Rock: Oct. 20-26, 2013

The Week in Rock: Oct. 20-26, 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 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Darlking Buds, Bob Mould, The Cure, Jona Lewie, The Sugarcubes, Throwing Muses, The Cult, Danny Elfman and more.

The Darling Buds reunite for special one-off concert in London next April

The Darling Buds reunite for special one-off concert in London next April

Long-defunct U.K. indie-pop outfit The Darling Buds will reunite for the second time in 20 years next spring for a one-off concert in London that’s being billed as “Pop Said… Again,” a reference to the group’s 1988 debut Pop Said…, which featured the singles “Shame On You,” “Burst” and “Hit the Ground.”

Premiere: Jona Lewie tells story of 'Kitchen at Parties' for new Stiff Records 7-inch box set

Premiere: Jona Lewie tells story of ‘Kitchen at Parties’ for new Stiff Records 7-inch box set

Among the vinyl exclusives earmarked for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event next month is this beauty: Ten Big Stiffs, a box set compiling 10 recreations of Stiff Records 7-inches — nine classics by the likes of The Plasmatics, Kirsty MacColl, Desmond Dekker and The Untouchables.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Sugarcubes discuss their 'optimistic complaints' — 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Sugarcubes discuss their ‘optimistic complaints’ — 1989

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we revisit a 1989 episode featuring an appearance by three of The Sugarcubes — Bjork, fellow singer Einar Orn and drummer Siggy Baldursson — who discuss their second album, Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week! Check out a short clip of their interview segments.

Throwing Muses debut video for 'Sunray Venus' — off first new album in 10 years

Throwing Muses debut video for ‘Sunray Venus’ — off first new album in 10 years

With the Throwing Muses’ first new record in a decade out in book form in the U.K. next month, the Kristin Hersh-led band today debuted the first music video from the project, an Orrin Anderson-directed animated lyric video for the song “Sunray Venus.” Purgatory/Paradise is being published as a 64-page book,

Vintage Video: Watch The Cure's out-of-print 1984 concert film 'Live in Japan'

Vintage Video: Watch The Cure’s out-of-print 1984 concert film ‘Live in Japan’

With The Cure rumored to be preparing Trilogy/Reflections-like concerts featuring performances of The Top alongside The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, we devote this week’s Vintage Video to a long-lost relic of the Top era: the band’s 90-minute “Live in Japan” concert film.