Sonic Youth releasing acoustic ‘Gossip Girl’ version of 1986’s ‘Starpower’
Not only will Sonic Youth do a highly improbable guest turn on teen soap “Gossip Girl” next week, but the band also is releasing […]
Recent Dark Wave Playlists
Video: Love and Rockets’ Daniel Ash interviewed by artist Shepard Fairey
Missed this when it was first came out, but it’s still worth sharing: In August, Love and Rockets’ Daniel Ash sat down with celebrated street […]
Pixies selling live CDs, downloads, ‘USB bracelets’ of European ‘Doolittle’ concerts
The Pixies are commemorating this fall’s Doolittle 20th anniversary tour by releasing limited-edition, professionally recorded live CDs, digital downloads and “USB bracelets” of its concerts […]
The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus ‘In Orange’ on DVD
The Cure will reissue its 1989 masterwork Disintegration in an expanded and remastered 3CD edition next spring, Robert Smith announced today, the first salvo in what appears to be a flood of new archival releases from the legendary band — including the first-ever DVD release of 1987’s long-out-of-print “In Orange” concert film.
Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant playing Chicago, New York; full U.S. tour in 2010
Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s just-launched New Order spinoff, will make it U.S. debut this fall with headlining concerts in New York and Chicago — in […]
New releases: Kraftwerk reissues, new CDs from Mission of Burma, Lou Barlow
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Kraftwerk RELEASES: Autobahn, Radio-Activity, Trans Europe Express, […]
Video: U2 and Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday cover David Bowie’s ‘The Jean Genie’
Stadium headliners U2 did something pretty unusual last night: Bono and Co. served as a backing band for longtime friend Gavin Friday at the Irish […]
