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Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays on Factory Records 10-inch for Record Store Day

Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays on Factory Records 10-inch for Record Store Day

Rhino Records will follow up its 2010 Record Store Day limited-edition Factory Records sampler with a second 10-inch label sampler for this year’s event: a 4-track EP that will feature one song each from Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and The Durutti Column, according to Wax Poetic.

The Cure's 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' to receive red-vinyl reissue for Record Store Day

The Cure’s ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’ to receive red-vinyl reissue for Record Store Day

The Cure has been no stranger to special Record Store Day releases — last year saw an expanded Entreat, plus reissues of the band’s first six albums in the U.K. — and this year’s no different, with an individually numbered, red-vinyl reissue of 1987’s ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’ due out next month.

New releases: Replacements, Trent Reznor, Robyn Hitchcock, Thurston Moore, TMBG

New releases: Replacements, Trent Reznor, Robyn Hitchcock, Thurston Moore, TMBG

This week’s new releases include the ‘Songs For Slim’ reunion EP from The Replacements, new studio albums from Robyn Hitchcock, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, They Might Be Giants, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Lloyd Cole and Cluster founder Hans-Joachim Roedelius.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/3/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/3/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Shriekback, Gary Numan, Moev, The Gun Club, Bauhaus, Lords of Acid, The Smiths, Front 242, Fad Gadget, The Bolshoi, Alien Sex Fiend and much more.

Peter Murphy to play all-Bauhaus concerts in U.S. to mark band's 35th anniversary

Peter Murphy to play all-Bauhaus concerts in U.S. to mark band’s 35th anniversary

It’s yet to be officially announced, but Peter Murphy will return to the U.S. this spring for what appears to be a full tour called “Peter Murphy Celebrates 35 Years of Bauhaus,” which will find the band’s former frontman performing concerts comprised solely of Bauhaus material.

The Week in Rock: Feb. 24-March 2, 2013

The Week in Rock: Feb. 24-March 2, 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 David Bowie, The Breeders, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, The Three O’Clock, Nine Inch Nails, The Three O’Clock, Steve Kilbey, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Wild Swans and more.

The Breeders' 'Last Splash' 7-disc vinyl box set to feature live album, demos, BBC sessions

The Breeders’ ‘Last Splash’ 7-disc vinyl box set to feature live album, demos, BBC sessions

The 20th anniversary reissue of the The Breeders’ ‘Last Splash’ will come in a mammoth 7-disc vinyl box set that features the original record, a live album recorded in Stockholm, a collection of previously unreleased demos, non-album tracks and BBC session cuts, and four individual EPs repressed on 10-inch platters.