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Video: Erasure plays 'My Heart... So Blue' in 1986 — off 'Wonderland' reissue (unreleased)

Video: Erasure plays ‘My Heart… So Blue’ in 1986 — off ‘Wonderland’ reissue (unreleased)

To preview its upcoming expanded reissue of 1986’s ‘Wonderland,’ Erasure has posted a live video of the duo performing ‘My Heart… So Blue’ from the set’s bonus DVD, which features a previously unreleased concert filmed in Sweden in 1986.

Video: Weezer's cover of The Cars' 'You Might Think' — from 'Cars 2' soundtrack

Video: Weezer’s cover of The Cars’ ‘You Might Think’ — from ‘Cars 2’ soundtrack

With the film opening Friday, Weezer today debuted a video for its (quite faithful) cover of The Cars’ 1984 hit ‘You Might Think,’ which appears on the soundtrack to the Disney/Pixar soon-to-be-smash ‘Cars 2.’

Video: Bad Religion plays 'Wrong Way Kids,' 'Generator' on 'Guitar Center Sessions'

Video: Bad Religion plays ‘Wrong Way Kids,’ ‘Generator’ on ‘Guitar Center Sessions’

The latest episode of DirecTV’s performance and Q&A show ‘Guitar Center Sessions’ spotlights West Coast punk survivors Bad Religion — and you can you can preview the installment with video of the band performing ‘Wrong Way Kids’ off last year’s ‘The Dissent of Man’ and the title track to 1992’s ‘Generator.’

Nirvana's 'Nevermind' to receive 4CD/1DVD 20th anniversary reissue this fall

Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ to receive 4CD/1DVD 20th anniversary reissue this fall

Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ — the album that closed the door on the college-rock era and shot so-called alternative music straight into the mainstream — will receive a mammoth 4CD/1DVD 20th anniversary reissue featuring unreleased tracks, BBC recordings, B-sides and a full concert on DVD.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 28, first aired 6/21/11

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Morrissey, a fresh live cut from Echo & The Bunnymen, old faves by INXS, Gene Loves Jezebel and Violent Femmes — plus The Afghan Whigs covering The Clash and The Cure covering Depeche Mode.

Video: Peter Murphy, 'I Spit Roses'

Video: Peter Murphy, ‘I Spit Roses’

The new video for ‘I Spit Roses’ by director Justin Coloma finds Peter Murphy — who’s done time as and-screen vampire — made up like some sort of pirate as he makes his way through the nautically themed story.

Video: Edwyn Collins, 'A Girl Like You' — recorded live for Daytrotter in Austin

Video: Edwyn Collins, ‘A Girl Like You’ — recorded live for Daytrotter in Austin

Last March while in Austin, Texas, for the South By Southwest music festival, former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins popped into Big Orange Recording to knock out a five-song live session for Daytrotter — which was posted Monday and is available as a free download.