Tag: The Church

The Church to celebrate 30th anniversary of 'Starfish' on fall North American tour

The Church to celebrate 30th anniversary of ‘Starfish’ on fall North American tour

The Church is plotting a return to North America this October with a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of Starfish, the band’s fifth album — which, in 1988, broke the Aussie rockers in the United States, thanks to radio and MTV hits “Under the Milky Way” and “Reptile.” See full dates here.

The Church's Steve Kilbey playing 'weird' places across western U.S. with Amanda Kramer

The Church’s Steve Kilbey playing ‘weird’ places across western U.S. with Amanda Kramer

The Church’s Steve Kilbey is embarking on a month-long tour of the western U.S. this week with pianist Amanda Kramer, performing at offbeat venues (“I’m coming to some strange, weird, small place near you,” he says) and promising a wide swath of material from across his career. See full dates here.

Vintage Video: The Church shines in rare early pro-shot concert footage from 1982

Vintage Video: The Church shines in rare early pro-shot concert footage from 1982

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present some very rare, very high-quality early concert footage of The Church — 50-plus minutes of the band performing at what’s believed to be Hodern Pavilion in its hometown of Sydney, Australia, in 1982. Watch the full set right here.

Robert Smith taps My Bloody Valentine, NIN, Psychedelic Furs, Kristin Hersh for Meltdown

Robert Smith taps My Bloody Valentine, NIN, Psychedelic Furs, Kristin Hersh for Meltdown

London’s Meltdown festival today revealed the first round of acts selected by The Cure’s Robert Smith for this year’s series of concerts, a roster that includes My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, The Psychedelic Furs, Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses, and The Church. Full details right here.

Watch: The Church dusts off songs new and old for 25-minute KEXP live set and interview

Watch: The Church dusts off songs new and old for 25-minute KEXP live set and interview

Back in September, The Church stopped by the studios of Seattle’s KEXP radio ahead of its show that night at the Neptune Theater to perform a 25-minute set and interview. The radio station has just posted that footage online, and, as you can see here, the band performs two songs off its new album Man Woman Life Death Infinity.

Watch: The Church conjure 'hallucinogenic poolside scene' for 'Undersea' video

Watch: The Church conjure ‘hallucinogenic poolside scene’ for ‘Undersea’ video

The Church this week released the music video for “Undersea,” the first single off the band’s just-released 26th studio album, Man Woman Life Death Infinity. The video for the 3-minute single, directed by Eden Mulholland, can be seen in its entirety here.

This week's new releases: The Replacements, The Church, The Blow Monkeys, a-ha

This week’s new releases: The Replacements, The Church, The Blow Monkeys, a-ha

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s haul includes releases from The Replacements, The Church, The Blow Monkeys, a-ha and The Selecter.