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Watch: Peter Murphy duets with comic book legend Stan Lee on 'That Old Black Magic'

Watch: Peter Murphy duets with comic book legend Stan Lee on ‘That Old Black Magic’

Last Friday night, Peter Murphy played a one-off concert in Los Angeles — an event dubbed “Stan Lee’s In Parties” — to help kick off the weekened-long Comikaze comic-book, sci-fi and fantasy fest. It was a fairly standard set from Murphy… except for the opening number, which found Murphy dueting with Lee on “That Old Black Magic.”

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 88, first aired 9/18/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 88, first aired 9/18/12

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured Max Q, Oingo Boingo, Microdisney, The Birthday Party, Sonic Youth, The Chameleons, Sex Pistols, Tom Tom Club, Adam Ant, Ian McCulloch and more. And if you missed tonight’s episode, it’ll rebroadcast at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific on Friday at strangewaysradio.com.

The House of Love's Creation Records debut to be reissued in 3CD set with demos, rarities

The House of Love’s Creation Records debut to be reissued in 3CD set with demos, rarities

The House of Love’s self-titled debut album on Creation Records — the second of three eponymous releases from the U.K. indie band — is set to be reissued this fall in an expanded 3CD set, with the original 10-track album supplemented by 40 bonus tracks, including non-album singles, B-sides and 19 previously unreleased demos.

Inspiral Carpets to reissue debut album 'Life,' perform it on U.K. tour next spring

Inspiral Carpets to reissue debut album ‘Life,’ perform it on U.K. tour next spring

Madchester veterans Inspiral Carpets — who reunited last year with their original, ’80s-era lead singer, Stephen Holt — today announced plans to reissue their 1990 debut album ‘Life’ and perform the record in its entirety, along with “the hits,” on a 10-date tour of the U.K. next March, the band announced on Facebook today.

Erasure to release 'Complete Tomorrow's World' box set with videos, unreleased mixes

Erasure to release ‘Complete Tomorrow’s World’ box set with videos, unreleased mixes

Erasure on Friday will announced and put on sale a limited-edition collectors’ box set called ‘The Complete Tomorrow’s World,’ a release that caps off the promotion cycle of the band’s 2011 album by collecting commercially unavailable tracks and mixes, plus all of the promotional videos made for the record’s singles.

Ryan Adams producing Lemonheads reunion album that goes 'back to the punker sounds'

Ryan Adams producing Lemonheads reunion album that goes ‘back to the punker sounds’

Alt-country rocker Ryan Adams took to Twitter tonight to announce he’s producing — and playing drums on — a new album by The Lemonheads, with not only Juliana Hatfield returning to play bass, but with Evan Dando being joined by the band’s co-founder and original co-songwriter, Ben Deily of Varsity Drag, who left in 1989.

Video: Adam Ant opens first U.S. tour in 16 years with Los Angeles concert (Setlist)

Video: Adam Ant opens first U.S. tour in 16 years with Los Angeles concert (Setlist)

Fans had to wait an extra seven months after his February tour was rescheduled, but Adam Ant finally opened his first U.S. tour in 16 years last week, performing a hit-filled, 28-song set at Los Angeles’ Mayan Theatre on Thursday night. We’ve lined up 18 clips from the show for your viewing pleasure.