Tag: Ministry

Ministry to release pro-Occupy single ‘99 Percenters' in advance of 'Relapse'

Ministry to release pro-Occupy single ‘99 Percenters’ in advance of ‘Relapse’

Al Jourgensen’s newly reformed Ministry will release its first original music in four years later this week in the form of the pro-Occupy Wall Street single ’99 Percenters,’ which will go on sale digitally on Friday and then be streamed from the industrial juggernaut’s Facebook page beginning Christmas Day.

New releases: This Mortal Coil box set, plus Wayne Hussey, Brian Eno, Chris Connelly

New releases: This Mortal Coil box set, plus Wayne Hussey, Brian Eno, Chris Connelly

This week’s new releases include a new HD, career-spanning box set from This Mortal Coil, plus new albums from The Mission’s Wayne Hussey and former Ministry member Chris Connelly, plus a new Brian Eno EP.

The Week in Rock: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2011

The Week in Rock: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2011

Here’s this week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs news round-up, including posts about New Order, The Cure, Morrissey, Big Country, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Ministry — plus our interview with Peter Murphy

Video: Ministry's 'The Making of Relapse' — in the studio with Al Jourgensen and Co.

Video: Ministry’s ‘The Making of Relapse’ — in the studio with Al Jourgensen and Co.

Al Jourgensen not only has reactivated Ministry for a new album and tour next summer, but he’s decided to chronicle the recording of the ‘Relapse’ record with a series of short ‘webisodes,’ the first of which can be watched here. The album is due out in spring, with a limited number of U.S. dates next summer.

The Week in Rock: Sept. 4-10, 2011

The Week in Rock: Sept. 4-10, 2011

Welcome to Slicing Up Eyeballs’ new weekly feature: the Week in Rock, which, as its name implies, rounds up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past, uh, week. Basically, it’s one-stop shopping for any readers who might have been too busy during the week to keep tabs on all the headlines.

New releases: Icehouse best-of, Ministry's 'Psalm 69' on vinyl, Freeez reissue

New releases: Icehouse best-of, Ministry’s ‘Psalm 69’ on vinyl, Freeez reissue

This week’s new releases include the ‘White Heat’ best-of from Australia’s Icehouse, plus a vinyl reissue of Ministry’s ‘Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs’ and the first-ever CD release of ‘Gonna Get You,’ the second album from Freeez.