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The Wedding Present chronicles 2005 tour of North America on new 'Drive' DVD

The Wedding Present chronicles 2005 tour of North America on new ‘Drive’ DVD

The Wedding Present’s 2005 tour of North America in support of that year’s ‘Take Fountain’ album is the subject of a new 139-minute concert film called ‘Drive’ that will be released on DVD in the U.S. next week and in the U.K. later this year.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 32, first aired 7/19/11

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 32, first aired 7/19/11

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Paul Weller, Billy Bragg and Meat Puppets, plus old favorites by Love Tractor, Camper Van Beethoven, The Sisters of Mercy, Galaxie 500, Midnight Oil and The Chameleons.

Video: The Feelies cover R.E.M.'s 'Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)' in Cambridge, Mass.

Video: The Feelies cover R.E.M.’s ‘Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)’ in Cambridge, Mass.

The members of R.E.M. have made no secret about how influenced they were by The Feelies’ 1980 debut ‘Crazy Rhythms,’ and in this May clip, we see the reunited band salute their admirers with a high-energy run through ‘Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)’ off 1982′s ‘Chronic Town’ EP.

Meat Puppets, The Vaselines cover Nirvana for Spin's free 'Nevermind' tribute album

Meat Puppets, The Vaselines cover Nirvana for Spin’s free ‘Nevermind’ tribute album

With its massive 20th anniversary reissue approaching in September, Nirvana’s landmark 1991 album ‘Nevermind’ receives a track-by-track remake courtesy of Spin, which is offering a free download of the project via the magazine’s Facebook page.

Stream: Paul Weller, 'Starlite' — new single

Stream: Paul Weller, ‘Starlite’ — new single

Modfather Paul Weller unexpectedly announced a new non-album single on Monday, a dancey tune called ‘Starlite’ that can be streamed here and will be available next month as both an iTunes download bundle and a 12-inch single.

Milestones: Lollapalooza debuted 20 years ago today; watch MTV '120 Minutes' coverage

Milestones: Lollapalooza debuted 20 years ago today; watch MTV ‘120 Minutes’ coverage

Twenty years ago today, the Perry Farrell-spawned Lollapalooza festival — which, in retrospect, joins Nevermind as perhaps the best historical encapsulation of ‘the year punk broke’ — made its debut in the sun-baked Arizona desert with performances by Nine Inch Nails, Living Colour, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Jane’s Addiction.

Andy Partridge prepping 'nice new vinyl cut' of XTC's 'Drums and Wires' for reissue

Andy Partridge prepping ‘nice new vinyl cut’ of XTC’s ‘Drums and Wires’ for reissue

The classic third album from XTC — 1979’s ‘Drums and Wires’ — appears to be next in line to receive an audiophile vinyl pressing following last year’s ‘Skylarking’ reissue, which was ‘corrected’ and re-released ‘as it was intended to sound, but never has.’