Midnight Oil’s ‘Beds are Burning’ re-recorded as all-star climate-change anthem
Midnight Oil’s classic 1987 hit “Beds are Burning” — originally about Aboriginal land rights in Australia — is being turned into an all-star, new-millennium […]
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Al Jourgensen goes pop? Ex-Ministry frontman threatens to make ’80s synthpop album
With Ministry now over and a bunch of ringers currently out on the road as the Revolting Cocks, industrial godfather Al Jourgensen is threatening to […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers join KISS, Stooges as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees
The 2010 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced this morning, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers joining the likes […]
Robyn Hitchcock releasing ‘I Often Dream of Trains in New York’ live CD/DVD this fall
Oddball troubadour Robyn Hitchcock will commemorate last year’s I Often Dream of Trains tour this fall by releasing a new live CD/DVD package devoted to […]
Searching for: MTV’s ‘120 Minutes: Left of the Dial’ radio show promo CDs
Loyal Slicing Up Eyeballs reader Chris Cummins — the guest blogger who wrote last month’s excellent “Remembering MTV’s ‘120 Minutes’” post for USA Today’s Pop […]
John Peel box set to feature unreleased session tracks by The Cure, Elvis Costello
The late John Peel — the legendary BBC DJ who turned generations of music fans on to new and obscure bands during his nearly 40-year career — will be celebrated this fall with a 4CD, 73-track box set called Kats Karavan: The History of the John Peel Show that features 21 never-before-released recordings.
Paul Westerberg releasing ‘PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys’ EP tomorrow
With little advance fanfare, Paul Westerberg on Tuesday will release a brand-new six-song EP with the stream-of-consciousness title of PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat […]
