Tag: INXS

New releases: INXS, The Church, Steve Wynn, New Model Army, The Teardrop Explodes

New releases: INXS, The Church, Steve Wynn, New Model Army, The Teardrop Explodes

This week’s new releases include INXS’s disc of re-recorded hits with all-star vocalists (‘Original Sin’), two reissues from The Church (‘Seance,’ ‘Heyday’), a new studio album from ex-Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn (‘Northern Aggression’), a New Model Army box set (‘Anthology’) and the domestic reissue of The Teardrop Explodes’ ‘Kilimanjaro.’

New releases: Pet Shop Boys, The Jam, INXS, Brian Eno, UB40, The Motels, The Fall

New releases: Pet Shop Boys, The Jam, INXS, Brian Eno, UB40, The Motels, The Fall

This week’s new releases include a brand-new best-of from the Pet Shop Boys, a 2CD reissue of The Jam’s ‘Sound Affects,’ a live DVD from INXS, new studio albums from Brian Eno and Elvis Costello, and reissues from The Fall, UB40 and The Motels.

INXS enlists Ben Harper, Rob Thomas, Tricky to re-record hits for 'Original Sin' best-of

INXS enlists Ben Harper, Rob Thomas, Tricky to re-record hits for ‘Original Sin’ best-of

The surviving members of INXS finally have unveiled the tracklist and release dates for their long-in-the-works ‘Original Sin’ greatest-hits collection, featuring re-recordings of the band’s classics with new vocals by the likes of Ben Harper, Rob Thomas, Tricky and even occasional frontman J.D. Fortune.

Milestones: US Festival kicked off 28 years ago today; watch Ramones’ full set — and more

Twenty eight years ago today, the first of what would turn out to be two multi-day US Festivals — envisioned by their organizer, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, as ‘Woodstock West’ — opened in blistering 110-degree heat at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernadino County, Calif.

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.’