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Video: Redd Kross live in Portland during MusicfestNW — watch full 40-minute set

Video: Redd Kross live in Portland during MusicfestNW — watch full 40-minute set

Last month we posted a great Dinosaur Jr live set from Seattle’s KEXP that was recorded at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, Ore., during MusicfestNW, and here’s another one: a full 10-song, 40-minute set from the reunited Redd Kross, touring in support of their first album in 15 years, ‘Researching the Blues.’

Dead man's party: Watch 3 of Oingo Boingo's epic Halloween concerts from 1987 and 1990

Dead man’s party: Watch 3 of Oingo Boingo’s epic Halloween concerts from 1987 and 1990

For those of us living in Southern California in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Halloween meant one thing: Oingo Boingo’s epic “Dia de los Muertos” concerts in Los Angeles and San Diego. We’ve posted this 1990 show before, but now we’ve got two full sets from 1987 — Oct. 30 and 31 at Irivne Meadows.

Johnny Marr of The Smiths to release solo debut 'The Messenger' in February

Johnny Marr of The Smiths to release solo debut ‘The Messenger’ in February

Since quitting The Smiths in 1987, guitarist Johnny Marr has played with a wide variety of acts, from Talking Heads and The The to Electronic, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and even his own short-lived band, Johnny Marr + The Healers. Early next year, though, he’ll finally release his first proper album under his own name.

Stream: The House of Love, 'Hold On Me' — previously unreleased demo off new reissue

Stream: The House of Love, ‘Hold On Me’ — previously unreleased demo off new reissue

Cherry Red Records continues to build up toward its upcoming 3CD expanded reissue of the self-titled 1988 debut from The House of Love, today offering up a second stream of a previously unreleased demo to be included in the upcoming release. The track was later recorded by frontman Guy Chadwick.

Stream: Dead Milkmen, 'Dark Clouds Gather Over Middlemarch' 7-inch — 3 new songs

Stream: Dead Milkmen, ‘Dark Clouds Gather Over Middlemarch’ 7-inch — 3 new songs

The Dead Milkmen are celebrating Halloween today by debuting three new songs off the first in a new series of 7-inch singles online — but only until midnight. The tracks include “Dark Clouds Gather Over Middlemarch” and “Ronald Reagan Killed the Black Dahlia,” off the 7-inch itself, and a bonus digital track.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 94, first aired 10/30/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 94, first aired 10/30/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour was a special goth/dark wave episode, featuring music by Alien Sex Fiend, Killing Joke, The Danse Society, 1919, Coil, Clan of Xymox, The Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, Ministry, Asylum Party and The Cure. Replay at 2 p.m. EDT Friday.

Video: Bob Mould plays 'Silver Age' track 'Keep Believing' on 'Conan'

Video: Bob Mould plays ‘Silver Age’ track ‘Keep Believing’ on ‘Conan’

Bob Mould was in Los Angeles on Monday ahead of the first of his last two ‘Copper Blue’ shows — after tonight’s L.A. concert and an Austin, Texas, appearance on Friday, he says he’s done playing the Sugar album front-to-back — and squeezed in an appearance on “Conan” to tear through ‘Silver Age’ track “Keep Believing.”