Tag: Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' 'Collected Recordings 1983-1989' getting vinyl release

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ ‘Collected Recordings 1983-1989’ getting vinyl release

The definitive Lloyd Cole and the Commotions box set Collected Recordings 1983-1989 — which pulls together the Commotions’ three albums, as well as bonus collections of B-sides, remixes,  outtakes, demos and rarities — will receive its first-ever vinyl release later this month.

Watch Lloyd Cole play solo-acoustic set for Seattle's KEXP — plus new U.S. tour dates

Watch Lloyd Cole play solo-acoustic set for Seattle’s KEXP — plus new U.S. tour dates

Lloyd Cole opened his U.S. tour in Seattle earlier this month, and, while he was there, the singer-songwriter stopped by radio station KEXP to play a five-song, 20-minute solo-acoustic set that saw him perform a pair of songs off last year’s Standards and three tracks from Rattlesnakes.

Vintage Video: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions in Munich, 1985 — watch full 40-minute set

Vintage Video: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions in Munich, 1985 — watch full 40-minute set

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we flash back to 1985 for this great German TV broadcast of a 40-minute performance in Munich by Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, filmed about five months after the band’s classic debut ‘Rattlesnakes’ was released (footage via Manu Guinarte).

Milestones: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' 'Rattlesnakes' released 26 years ago today

Milestones: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ ‘Rattlesnakes’ released 26 years ago today

Twenty-six years ago today, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions released their debut album ‘Rattlesnakes,’ a 10-track indie-pop masterpiece. In this recently filmed Portuguese clip, Cole offers his thoughts on the 1984 album.

New releases: Lloyd Cole's 'Rattlesnakes' reissued, Depeche Mode double A-side single

New releases: Lloyd Cole’s ‘Rattlesnakes’ reissued, Depeche Mode double A-side single

Tweet Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. ARTIST: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions RELEASE: Rattlesnakes: Deluxe Edition BACKSTORY: […]