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Watch: Rose McGowan stars in video for Luna's cover of The Cure's 'Fire in Cairo'

Watch: Rose McGowan stars in video for Luna’s cover of The Cure’s ‘Fire in Cairo’

Luna — Dean Wareham’s reunited post-Galaxie 500 dreampop act — today debuted a Rose McGowan-starring video for its new cover of The Cure’s “Fire in Cairo,” which will appear on its new covers album A Sentimental Education, due out next month. Watch it here.

New releases: Peter Buck, Alex Chilton, The Fall, Nick Lowe, Devo, Mock Turtles, Sex Pistols

New releases: Peter Buck, Alex Chilton, The Fall, Nick Lowe, Devo, Mock Turtles, Sex Pistols

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s releases include titles from R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, The Fall, Alex Chilton, Devo, Sex Pistols and more.

‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’ to screen in Los Angeles this fall

‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’ to screen in Los Angeles this fall

The documentary about Wax Trax! Records shop and record label — which received its first public airing this past April in Chicago — will be screened this November in Los Angeles at an event featuring current and former members of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Revolting Cocks, Ministry and Front 242.

Q&A: Hifi Sean on life after The Soup Dragons and the quest to make the perfect 7-inch

Q&A: Hifi Sean on life after The Soup Dragons and the quest to make the perfect 7-inch

Emerging from the C86 indie-pop scene, The Soup Dragons hit the charts in the early ’90s with their dance-rock cover of the Rolling Stones’ “I’m Free” and their own “Divine Thing” — an evolution in sound that would only hint at what was to come from frontman Sean Dickson.

Heaven 17 to play first-ever U.S. concerts late next month in New York, California

Heaven 17 to play first-ever U.S. concerts late next month in New York, California

Heaven 17 has long been more of a studio entity than a live vehicle. The group, which formed in 1980, didn’t perform live until 1997. And now, 36 years after the release of their debut Penthouse and Pavement, Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory finally will bring H17 to America for a pair of long-awaited concerts next month.

Watch: OMD covers David Bowie's classic anthem 'Heroes' live on BBC Radio 2

Watch: OMD covers David Bowie’s classic anthem ‘Heroes’ live on BBC Radio 2

As they build up to the release of their new album in a few weeks, Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark stopped by BBC Radio 2’s “Chris Evans Breakfast Show” on Friday to perform four songs — including a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes.” Watch it here.

Crowded House's Neil Finn to livestream recording of new solo album 'Out of Silence'

Crowded House’s Neil Finn to livestream recording of new solo album ‘Out of Silence’

Crowded House frontman Neil Finn is working on his upcoming new solo record Out of Silence in full view of his fans, livestreaming his in-studio performances each Friday this month — culminating, on Aug. 25, with the full recording of the album live on the internet. Watch footage of the recording sessions here.

Listen: The Waterboys, 'Payo Payo Chin' — second single off upcoming double LP

Listen: The Waterboys, ‘Payo Payo Chin’ — second single off upcoming double LP

The Waterboys have offered up the second taste of the band’s upcoming double albumin the form of “Payo Payo Chin,”another example of bandleader Mike Scott’s promise to employ more modern production values and styles in his new music. Stream the new song right here.

Listen: The Smiths, 'I Know It's Over' — unreleased live take from Los Angeles 1986

Listen: The Smiths, ‘I Know It’s Over’ — unreleased live take from Los Angeles 1986

It’s week three of the roll-out of unreleased live versions of songs off The Smiths’ The Queen is Dead, which means it’s time for “I Know It’s Over.” So here’s a nearly 8-minute version of the fan favorite recorded Aug. 25, 1986, at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Hear it right here.

Listen: Paul Weller spreads his sonic wings on new 'Mother Ethiopia' collaborations

Listen: Paul Weller spreads his sonic wings on new ‘Mother Ethiopia’ collaborations

Paul Weller’s  latest album, A Kind Revolution, has been out for just three months, but the former Jam and Style Council frontman is already dabbling in new musical territory, with the surprise release over the weekend of the three-part Afrobeat-flavored single “Mother Ethiopia.” Stream all three versions here.

'Gary Crowley’s Punk and New Wave' box set compiles 77 lesser-known gems from '77-'82

‘Gary Crowley’s Punk and New Wave’ box set compiles 77 lesser-known gems from ’77-’82

Demon Music Group next month will release a Nuggets-inspired 3CD box set compiled by longtime British radio host Gary Crowley that collects 77 tracks from 1977 to 1982, including “many rare, one-off singles which were very much in keeping with the DIY spirit of the times.”

New releases: KMFDM returns with 'Hell Yeah,' plus Style Council vinyl reissues

New releases: KMFDM returns with ‘Hell Yeah,’ plus Style Council vinyl reissues

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s titles include KMFDM’s new album ‘Hell Yeah’ and two vinyl reissues from Paul Weller’s Style Council.

Listen: Paul Westerberg sings the praises of morning coffee on new rocker 'Come Hither'

Listen: Paul Westerberg sings the praises of morning coffee on new rocker ‘Come Hither’

Leave it to Paul Westerberg to go off-schedule: After a string of Saturday song drops via his anonymous Soundcloud account, the former Replacement snuck out this week’s new song early, releasing “Come Hither,” a rollicking ode to morning coffee, last Wednesday. Stream it right here.