Tag: INXS

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.

Video: Beck’s Record Club, with Os Mutantes and Liars, covers INXS’ ‘Devil Inside’

It’s time once again to check in with Beck’s online Record Club, which today posted the third track from its cover of INXS’ 1987 album ‘Kick’: ‘Devil Inside,’ the album’s second smash single.

Video: Beck’s Record Club, with St. Vincent and Liars, covers INXS’ ‘New Sensation’

Beck and his Record Club crew, featuring members of St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes, cover ‘New Sensation,’ the second track off INXS’ 1987 blockbuster ‘Kick.’ The ad-hoc group gives the hit single a dreamy, acoustic makeover, complete with violin and vocals from St. Vincent’s Annie Clark and Liars’ Angus Andrew.

Video: Beck's Record Club covers INXS' 'Guns in the Sky' as part of 'Kick' project

Video: Beck’s Record Club covers INXS’ ‘Guns in the Sky’ as part of ‘Kick’ project

The ever-quirky Beck today revealed the fourth album to be covered — and the first foray into the ’80s — by his online project Record Club: the 1987 smash ‘Kick’ by INXS, which he’ll perform track-by-track with St. Vincent, Liars and Brazilian legends Os Mutantes.

'Hot Tub Time Machine' soundtrack features New Order, Replacements, Echo & Bunnymen

‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ soundtrack features New Order, Replacements, Echo & Bunnymen

Out March 23, the soundtrack to ‘Hot Tube Time Machine’ features such ’80s film staples as Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Bring On the Dancing Horses’ and New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle,’ plus tracks by The Replacements (‘I Will Dare’), INXS (‘What You Need’) and The English Beat (‘Save it For Later’).