Archive for October, 2009

[tweetmeme]German avant garde/industrial act Einstürzende Neubauten marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall next month with the release of “Elektrokohle (Von Wegen),” a concert film documenting the band’s first foray into East Berlin on Dec. 21, 1989.
The month after the wall began to come down, Neubauten played two concerts in one [...]

[tweetmeme]The expanded 2CD reissue of This Is Big Audio Dynamite — the 1985 debut from Mick Jones’ post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite — that was supposed to come out in September is now scheduled to be released Feb. 16, according to Sony/Legacy.
Formed following Jones’ expulsion from the Clash, Big Audio Dynamite was notable for its [...]

[tweetmeme]Growing up in Southern California, Halloween meant one thing for music nerds in the mid-to-late ’80s and early ’90s: Oingo Boingo’s epic “Dia de los Muertos” concerts in Los Angeles and San Diego.
Danny Elfman and Co.’s run of multi-night Halloween stands at Irivne Meadows from 1986 to 1991 were the stuff of legend (after taking [...]

[tweetmeme]Legendary L.A. punk act X will celebrate the holidays this year by releasing a Christmas single — just like Ministry’s Al Jourgensen! — and performing four festive California concerts in late December.
The band’s original lineup — John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake — convened in August in Los Angeles to record a [...]

[tweetmeme]L.A. punk vets Social Distortion wrapped up their two-night stint opening for Pearl Jam in Philadelphia last night, with the latter band’s Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready joining Mike Ness and Co. for Social D. standard “Ball and Chain.” (See video below).
Ness and guitarist Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham returned the favor during the main set, [...]

[tweetmeme]If you missed U2’s live YouTube webcast from the Rose Bowl on Sunday night, the band has kindly archived the whole 2-hour-and-20-minute concert — and is even allowing it to be embedded, as it is above. Not sure how long they’ll leave it up, especially considering it was filmed for DVD release.
Highlights: The return [...]

Three nights after collapsing on stage and being rushed to the hospital, Morrissey resumed his fall European tour tonight at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall — a concert that already had been postponed for health reasons back in May.
According to British media and fan accounts, Moz took to the stage to a rapturous ovation, quipped, [...]

Former Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart will hit the road next month for a 17-date North American tour in support of the just-released Hot Wax, his first solo album in a decade.
Hart will open the tour Nov. 5 in Des Moines, Iowa, and crisscross the country — hitting Montreal and Quebec, too — through the [...]

Being a Depeche Mode collector can be a serious financial burden, as longtime fans no doubt can attest: Over the years, the synthpop giants have released mountains of remix-stuffed vinyl and CD singles.
Yet this past summer, when DM released “Peace” — the second single from Sounds Of The Universe — something was missing: a 12-inch [...]

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday.
ARTIST: U2
RELEASE: The Unforgettable Fire
BACKSTORY: This 25th anniversary reissue comes in four versions, and the expanded sets feature previously unheard songs “Disappearing Act” and “Yoshino Blossom,” which the band recorded in 1983 with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
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As U2 played the final notes of “Moment of Surrender” to close its Rose Bowl webcast tonight, the band’s management unveiled the second North American leg of its colossal 360° Tour: 12 concerts in U.S. and Canadian stadiums next June and July.
The band will open the 2010 portion of its global tour June 6 in [...]

Morrissey was released from a British hospital today after suffering breathing difficulties and collapsing on stage just one song into his concert Saturday night in Swindon — and at least one of his upcoming performances has been postponed.
The BBC reports that a spokeswoman for Great Western Hospital said the 50-year-old singer was kept overnight as [...]