Tag: The Chameleons

New releases: Mark Mulcahy, Julian Cope, The Chameleons, Steve Kilbey, Primal Scream, The Fall

New releases: Mark Mulcahy, Julian Cope, The Chameleons, Steve Kilbey, Primal Scream, The Fall

This week’s new releases include brand new studio albums from Miracle Legion’s Mark Mulcahy, Julian Cope, Steve Kilbey of The Church and Primal Scream, plus an expanded reissue and new rarities compilation from The Chameleons and a live vinyl release from The Fall.

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with 'Tony Fletcher' EP

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with ‘Tony Fletcher’ EP

The Chameleons next week will reissue their fourth album — 2001’s post-reunion Why Call It Anything — in an expanded 2CD set paired with a live album, as well as release a brand new compilation called Dreams in Celluloid that will package demos and early studio takes with the rare Tony Fletcher EP.

Vintage Video: The Chameleons in London, 1984 — watch full 100-minute concert

Vintage Video: The Chameleons in London, 1984 — watch full 100-minute concert

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we travel back to London on Nov. 9, 1984, to watch Mark Burgess lead his classic post-punk act The Chameleons through a 13-song, 100-performance at the Camden Palace, focusing on material from 1983’s Script of the Bridge and its follow-up.

The Week in Rock: June 3-9, 2012

The Week in Rock: June 3-9, 2012

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines include news about The Cure, The Stone Roses, Pixies, The Cult, The Mission, Killing Joke, Bob Mould, Meat Puppets, Budgie, Morrissey, Dinosaur Jr, Madness, Sonic Youth, Peter Gabriel and PiL — plus our latest Auto Reverse mixtape for your downloading pleasure.

Video: ChameleonsVox plays 50-minute set at Primavera Sound — full webcast

Video: ChameleonsVox plays 50-minute set at Primavera Sound — full webcast

Last weekend’s Cure-headlined Primavera Sound 2012 festival in Barcelona also saw an appearance by ChameleonsVox — the band featuring frontman Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — and we can now bring you a capture of the full webcast of the band’s 50-minute set.

Haçienda at 30: Watch New Order, Smiths, Stone Roses, Chameleons at Manchester club

Haçienda at 30: Watch New Order, Smiths, Stone Roses, Chameleons at Manchester club

Thirty years ago tonight, The Haçienda — the famed Manchester nightclub opened by Factory Records, New Order and Tony Wilson — opened its doors to the public. Check out clips of New Order playing there, plus full sets from The Smiths, The Stone Roses and The Chameleons.