Echo & The Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Drake-Brockman, 1956-2009
Former Echo & The Bunnymen keyboard player Jake Drake-Brockman — dubbed the “fifth Bunnyman” — was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Isle of […]
Recent Dark Wave Playlists
Quick Spins: Big Audio Dynamite, Bad Lieutenant, The Cult, Sonic Youth
The expanded 2CD reissue of This is Big Audio Dynamite — the 1985 debut from Mick Jones’ post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite, which featured breakout […]
Tracklist for Morrissey’s ‘Swords’ b-sides CD revealed; singer plans Los Angeles concert
The tracklist for Morrissey’s forthcoming b-sides album Swords has surfaced, and the 18-song CD collects all but eight of the bonus tracks from the singles […]
Trent Reznor rearranges Nine Inch Nails’ final concerts, performs with Gary Numan
An apparently recuperating Trent Reznor today rejiggered the final dates of Nine Inch Nails’ sold-out Wave Goodbye farewell club tour after being forced to […]
Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ 20th anniversary tour heads to Australia, New Zealand in 2010
The Pixies’ 20th anniversary Doolittle tour — which hits Europe in October and the United States in November — will extend into 2010, as the […]
Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart issuing ‘Hot Wax’ — first album in a decade — in October
Photo by Neza S.G. Former Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart once again steps out from behind the kit on next month’s Hot Wax, his first […]
Video: R.E.M., ‘Drive’ from forthcoming ‘Live at the Olympia’ bonus DVD
R.E.M. has posted a second preview of its upcoming 39-song, 2CD Live at the Olympia album, a video of the band performing Automatic for the […]
