Tag: Beaster

'A Box of Sugar' collects full recordings of Bob Mould's post-Hüsker Dü act on vinyl

‘A Box of Sugar’ collects full recordings of Bob Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü act on vinyl

It’s been a big year for fans of Bob Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü act Sugar, with competing — and slightly different — sets of CD reissues out in the U.S. and U.K., plus live performances of Copper Blue around the world. Now, the U.K.’s Demon Music Group is compiling the band’s complete recordings in an 8-record audiophile vinyl set.

Contest: Win full set of Sugar's new expanded CD reissues from Merge Records

Contest: Win full set of Sugar’s new expanded CD reissues from Merge Records

With Bob Mould out on tour this fall supporting both his excellent new studio album and celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sugar’s beloved Copper Blue, the fine folks at Merge Records have hooked us up with a full set of the recently released Sugar reissues to award one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

New releases: Sugar, Claudia Brücken, Happy Mondays, Yazoo, Peter Gabriel, Icehouse

New releases: Sugar, Claudia Brücken, Happy Mondays, Yazoo, Peter Gabriel, Icehouse

This week’s new releases include the U.S. reissue of Sugar’s catalog, a live CD/DVD from Propaganda’s Claudia Brücken, a live CD from Happy Mondays, an audiophile vinyl pressing of Yazoo’s ‘Upstairs at Eric’s,’ the U.S. release of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Secret World Live,’ and reissues of Icehouse’s ‘Primitive Man’ and ‘Man of Colours.’

New releases: Dexys, Ministry, David Bowie, Propaganda, Germs, Bob Mould's Sugar

New releases: Dexys, Ministry, David Bowie, Propaganda, Germs, Bob Mould’s Sugar

This week’s new releases include the first new album in 27 years from Dexys Midnight Runners (now named Dexys), plus reissues from David Bowie (‘Ziggy Stardust’), Propaganda (‘Wishful Thinking’), Germs (‘GI’) and Bob Mould’s Sugar (‘Beaster’), as well as a new collection of Ministry remixes and covers.

Merge to reissue Bob Mould's Sugar catalog in U.S. — download 3 free live MP3s

Merge to reissue Bob Mould’s Sugar catalog in U.S. — download 3 free live MP3s

With expanded reissues of Sugar’s catalog — 1992′s landmark ‘Copper Blue,’ the 1993 companion EP ‘Beaster’ and 1994 sophomore album ‘File Under: Easy Listening’ — coming out over the next few weeks in the U.K., Merge Records has announced it will release trimmed-down versions in the U.S. later this summer.

Sugar's 'Copper Blue,' 'Beaster,' 'File Under: Easy Listening' set for multi-disc reissues

Sugar’s ‘Copper Blue,’ ‘Beaster,’ ‘File Under: Easy Listening’ set for multi-disc reissues

The complete studio output of Bob Mould’s acclaimed post-Hüsker Dü trio Sugar — 1992’s landmark ‘Copper Blue,’ the 1993 companion EP ‘Beaster’ and 1994 sophomore album ‘File Under: Easy Listening’ — will be reissued in the U.K. later this spring in expanded multi-disc CD/DVD editions.