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New releases: Duran Duran, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, John Foxx, Aztec Camera

New releases: Duran Duran, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, John Foxx, Aztec Camera

This week’s new releases include the belated physical release of Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now,’ new albums from The Human League and John Foxx, The Pet Shop Boys’ ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ ballet score, a Soundgarden live album and a new Aztec Camera best-of.

Video: Bob Geldof performs ‘How I Roll’ on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’

A couple days before making headlines at South By Southwest by declaring America and its music “exhausted,” former Boomtown Rats leader Bob Geldof dropped by ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ to promote his new album ‘How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell.’

Teaser: The Cure's Robert Smith and The Japanese Popstars, 'Take Forever'

Teaser: The Cure’s Robert Smith and The Japanese Popstars, ‘Take Forever’

Following his smash turn guesting with Crystal Castles last year, Robert Smith of The Cure tries his hand at electronic music again, this time lending his distinctive vocals to Northern Ireland dance act The Japanese Popstars for their track ‘Take Forever.’ Hear a teaser here.

The Dead Milkmen today release 'The King in Yellow,' band's first new album in 15 years

The Dead Milkmen today release ‘The King in Yellow,’ band’s first new album in 15 years

The Dead Milkmen released their first new album in more than 15 years this morning, announcing on their website that not only is the recently announced ‘The King in Yellow’ now finished, the 17-track album is immediately available for purchase as a digital download.

Video: The Human League, 'Never Let Me Go' — off 'Credo,' first album in decade

Video: The Human League, ‘Never Let Me Go’ — off ‘Credo,’ first album in decade

Synthpop vets The Human League — leader Philip Oakey and singers Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley — deliver their first album in a decade next week, and to promote it, they’ve just released the second single off the disc, album opener “Never Let Me Go.”

Video: Neil Tennant on Pet Shop Boys’ new ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ ballet

With the Pet Shop Boys’ ballet ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ now in previews — it officially premieres Tuesday at London’s Sadler’s Wells dance house — the duo’s Neil Tennant sat down with the Associated Press to discuss scoring the Hans Christian Andersen adaptation.

Video: Erasure’s Andy Bell performs with Claudia Brücken of Propaganda in London

Last week, Erasure frontman Andy Bell was just one of several guests to take the stage at a special retrospective concert in London staged by Propaganda singer Claudia Brücken in conjunction with the recent release of her new best-of ‘Combined.’