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New releases: Sisters of Mercy 'First and Last and Always' on vinyl, Icicle Works 3CD reissue

New releases: Sisters of Mercy ‘First and Last and Always’ on vinyl, Icicle Works 3CD reissue

Just two new releases on the radar this week: The Sisters of Mercy’s ‘First and Last and Always’ is reissued by Mobile Fidelity on audiophile vinyl, and The Icicle Works’ ‘Blind’ is reissued in a 3CD set by Cherry Red.

Milestones: Mick Jones is 56 today; watch full 'London Calling'-era concert by The Clash

Milestones: Mick Jones is 56 today; watch full ‘London Calling’-era concert by The Clash

Today we mark the 56th birthday of punk legend Mick Jones — leader of the newly reactivated Big Audio Dynamite — with a look back at that other band he was in, with a full 1980 concert by The Clash. Watch it here.

Video: Watch U2’s full Glastonbury set

Video: Watch U2’s full Glastonbury set

Although they’d hinted they had something special up their sleeves for their debut slot at the venerable Glastonbury festival, U2 instead played what was mostly a truncated and rearranged version of their current 360° Tour set last night. See it here in HD.

Video: Watch Morrissey's full Glastonbury set

Video: Watch Morrissey’s full Glastonbury set

Greeting the crowd with ‘Hello Glasto… fancy seeing me here,’ Morrissey took to the main stage at Glastonbury tonight to perform a 16-song set that mixed songs old and brand-new, with a generous heaping of classics from The Smiths thrown in.

Video: Elvis Costello covers 'Purple Rain'

Video: Elvis Costello covers ‘Purple Rain’

No stranger to dropping unexpected covers into his sets, Elvis Costello currently is in the midst of his revived ‘Spinning Songbook’ tour and is treating fans at many of the trek’s stops to a show-stopping blast through Prince’s 1984 epic ‘Purple Rain.’

Video: Bob Mould plays 'If I Can't Change Your Mind' with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon

Video: Bob Mould plays ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’ with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon

Sure, it was no Sugar reunion, but it was nice to see Bob Mould and The Roots jam through ‘Copper Blue’ stand-out ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’ on last night’s ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ — even if it was only a minute long.

Video: Thurston Moore plays 'Circulation,' 'Blood Never Lies' on Jimmy Fallon

Video: Thurston Moore plays ‘Circulation,’ ‘Blood Never Lies’ on Jimmy Fallon

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore dropped by ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ last night to play a couple songs off his new solo album ‘Demolished Thoughts.’ Check out ‘Circulation’ and the web-only ‘Blood Never Lies.’