Tag: INXS

New CDs: INXS 'Platinum' best-of, Ministry 'Molé' mixes, Ian Astbury fronts Boris

New CDs: INXS ‘Platinum’ best-of, Ministry ‘Molé’ mixes, Ian Astbury fronts Boris

This week’s new releases include ‘Platinum: Greatest Hits,’ the physical edition of a new INXS best-of released online earlier this year; ‘MiXXXes of the Molé,’ a full-album remix of Ministry’s ‘Houses of the Molé’; and ‘BXI,’ an EP by Boris and The Cult’s Ian Astbury.

Audio: Hear Ben Harper join INXS for new recording of 1987's 'Never Tear Us Apart'

Audio: Hear Ben Harper join INXS for new recording of 1987’s ‘Never Tear Us Apart’

INXS tonight debuted the first track off their upcoming album of re-imagined hits, a new arrangement of ‘Kick’ smash ‘Never Tear Us Apart’ with Ben Harper filling in on lead vocals for the late Michael Hutchence.

Video: Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore helps Beck cover Yanni's 'Live at the Acropolis'

Video: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore helps Beck cover Yanni’s ‘Live at the Acropolis’

Beck’s Record Club — this time featuring Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and post-rock combo Tortoise — tonight unveiled the next album it will cover song-by-song: Yanni’s ‘Live at the Acropolis.’

Video: Beck’s Record Club wraps up full-album cover of INXS’ ‘Kick’ with ‘Tiny Daggers’

And here it is: ‘Tiny Daggers,’ the final installment from Beck and his Record Club cohorts — St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes — as they complete their cover of INXS’ 1987 hit album ‘Kick.’

Video: Beck’s Record Club, with St. Vincent and Liars, covers INXS’ ‘Calling All Nations’

This week Beck and his Record Club gang tackle one of the lesser-known tracks on INXS’ ‘Kick,’ ‘Calling All Nations,’ offering up a nice, mellow jam with St. Vincent’s Annie Clark once again taking the mic.

Video: Beck’s Record Club, featuring Liars and St. Vincent, covers title track of INXS’ ‘Kick’

This week, Beck and his Record Club crew — St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes — checks in with the title track of INXS’ ‘Kick,’ delivering one of the more rocking covers of the project.

Video: Beck’s Record Club, with Liars and St. Vincent, covers INXS’ ‘Mystify’ off ‘Kick’

This week, Beck and his Record Club cohorts — St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes — cover INXS’ ‘Mystify,’ the fifth and final single, in the U.K. at least, from 1987’s ‘Kick.’

Video: Beck’s Record Club, with Liars and St. Vincent, covers INXS’ ‘Wild Life’ off ‘Kick’

And now on to Side 2: Beck and his Record Club gang — St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes — return today with the latest installment in their full-album cover of INXS’ 1987 hit ‘Kick’: ‘Wild Life.’

Video: Beck covers ‘The Loved One’ off INXS’ ‘Kick’ in latest Record Club installment

Beck’s back with track 6 — ‘The Loved One,’ a cover of an old ’60s tune by Australian band The Loved Ones — in his Record Club’s ongoing full-album cover of INXS’ 1987 hit ‘Kick.’

Video: Beck’s Record Club, featuring Liars and St. Vincent, covers INXS’ ‘Mediate’

The latest weekly installment in Beck’s Record Club’s full-album cover of INXS 1987 smash ‘Kick’ is a bit late, but here it is nonetheless: ‘Mediate,’ the sorta spoken-word thing that’s appended to ‘Need You Tonight’ on the album and in the band’s hit music video.

INXS re-enlists 'Rock Star' winner J.D. Fortune for summer gig at Australian auto race

INXS re-enlists ‘Rock Star’ winner J.D. Fortune for summer gig at Australian auto race

The on-again, off-again relationship between INXS and frontman/reality show winner J.D. Fortune continues as the band this week announced the singer “will again join” the rockers for a major outdoor concert at the Sucrogen Townsville 400 auto race this summer in Queensland, Australia.

INXS releases 'Platinum: Greatest Hits,' new 42-track digital best-of, double live album

INXS releases ‘Platinum: Greatest Hits,’ new 42-track digital best-of, double live album

The remaining members of INXS this week released a new 16-track digital-only best-of called ‘Platinum: Greatest Hits’ that will appeal to diehard fans mostly for the ample bonus it comes with: ‘Seriously Live,’ a 26-song double live album that spans the band’s 30-year career.

Video: Beck’s Record Club, with St. Vincent and Liars, covers INXS’ ‘Need You Tonight’

It’s week four of Beck’s Record Club’s full-album cover of the INXS smash ‘Kick,’ which means it’s time for the disc’s monster hit: ‘Need You Tonight.’ For this cut, Beck and his cohorts — St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes — give the No. 1 hit a dark, slinky makeover, relying mainly on bass and live electronic percussion, and only touching on the song’s signature guitar riff briefly.