Tag: Modern English

Linkage: Stone Roses, Johnny Marr, Modern English's Robbie Grey, Mission of Burma

Linkage: Stone Roses, Johnny Marr, Modern English’s Robbie Grey, Mission of Burma

Our latest collection of links includes a report The Stone Roses will release a new album in 2013, plus interviews with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, frontman Robbie Grey of the recently reunited Modern English and members of Mission of Burma, who just released a new album, ‘Unsound.’

Modern English recording new album, playing handful of U.S., U.K. dates this summer

Modern English recording new album, playing handful of U.S., U.K. dates this summer

Tweet Reunited post-punk/New Wave rockers Modern English — who are expected to release their eighth studio album sometime later this year — will perform a short, 7-date run […]

New releases: Public Image Ltd. and Modern English reissues, plus Bauhaus, Buck Satan

New releases: Public Image Ltd. and Modern English reissues, plus Bauhaus, Buck Satan

This week’s new releases include reissues of 10 albums by Public Image Ltd., plus John Lydon’s 1997 solo album, as well as reissue of the first three Modern English albums, a digital-only Bauhaus live album and the long-awaited debut by Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters, aka Ministry’s Al Jourgensen and guests such as Rick Neilsen of Cheap Trick.

The Week in Rock: Oct. 16-22

This week’s headlines on Slicing Up Eyeballs included posts about the reunited New Order, David J, X, The Dead Milkmen, Skinny Puppy and R.E.M., plus our interview with the Pixies’ Joey Santiago, and quite possibly the biggest news of the year: the long-awaited reunion of The Stone Roses.

Video: Modern English at The Abbey in Orlando, Fla., 9/21/11 — full concert

Video: Modern English at The Abbey in Orlando, Fla., 9/21/11 — full concert

Modern English last month mounted a short tour of the southeastern U.S. — mostly within Florida, in fact — and now you can watch one of those concerts in full, thanks to Florida’s True Marketing, which made this 56-minute film of the band’s Sept. 21 performance at The Abbey in Orlando.

Free MP3: Modern English re-records 'I Melt With You' (again), sets short U.S. tour

Free MP3: Modern English re-records ‘I Melt With You’ (again), sets short U.S. tour

Modern English have re-recorded their signature 1982 smash ‘I Melt With You’ for a second time, and are offering the slowed-down, moody version of the track as a free download in advance of a just-announced short tour of the southeastern United States next month.