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Milestones: Morrissey is 52 today; watch a complete 'Kill Uncle' concert from 1991

Milestones: Morrissey is 52 today; watch a complete ‘Kill Uncle’ concert from 1991

It’s Morrissey’s birthday today — he’s 52 — and to celebrate, here’s a full, 20-song ‘Kill Uncle’-era concert filmed at London’s Hammersmith Odeon on Oct. 4, 1991, and later broadcast on Japanese TV — hence the subtitles.

Milestones: Kevin Shields is 48 today; watch My Bloody Valentine concert from 1989

Milestones: Kevin Shields is 48 today; watch My Bloody Valentine concert from 1989

We interrupt our ongoing MBV Watch feature to mark the birthday of Kevin Shields — he’s 48 today — by presenting this full 14-song, 53-minute ‘Isn’t Anything’-era My Bloody Valentine concert filmed at the University of London Union on Feb. 16, 1989.

Free MP3: Depeche Mode, ‘Master and Servant’ (RSS Mix) — brand-new remix

As the build-up continues toward Depeche Mode’s release of ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ next month, FACT Magazine today premiered the brand new ‘Master and Servant’ (RSS Mix) — a remix that, unless the tracklist has changed, does not actually appear on the new album.

Einstürzende Neubauten reissuing 2000's 'Silence is Sexy,' touring Europe

Einstürzende Neubauten reissuing 2000’s ‘Silence is Sexy,’ touring Europe

Einstürzende Neubauten next week will reissue its 2000 album ‘Silence is Sexy’ — an ‘unexpected exploration of silence’ that the group proclaims is ‘the most complex work of the Neubauten’ — before embarking on a short European tour.

Stream: Peter Murphy, 'Memory Go'

Stream: Peter Murphy, ‘Memory Go’

The release of ex-Bauhaus leader Peter Murphy’s new solo album ‘Ninth’ is still nearly three weeks away, but the folks at Nettwerk Music have dropped a fourth preview cut from the record: the rocker ‘Memory Go.’

Blondie sets 'Panic of Girls' release dates, debuts video for first single 'Mother'

Blondie sets ‘Panic of Girls’ release dates, debuts video for first single ‘Mother’

Blondie — anchored by original members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke — will release their long-in-the-works ninth studio album ‘Panic of Girls’ in the U.K. next month and in the U.S. in September, and are previewing the release with a new video for lead-off single ‘Mother.’

Stream: New Order, 'Hellbent' — new track on 'Total: From Joy Division to New Order'

Stream: New Order, ‘Hellbent’ — new track on ‘Total: From Joy Division to New Order’

Just days after news broke of the upcoming compilation ‘Total: From Joy Division to New Order,’ the set’s lone unreleased track — a latter-day New Order outtake called ‘Hellbent’ — has leaked after being played on Irish radio.