Archive for November, 2009

[tweetmeme]Eilzabeth Fraser, the reclusive former frontwoman of the Cocteau Twins, recently broke her silence about the fabled dreampop act’s aborted 2005 reunion in what’s being billed as her first interview since the band split in 1998.
The lengthy piece, posted Thursday on The Guardian’s Web site, is designed to promote another first: “Moses,” Fraser’s first-ever solo [...]

[tweetmeme]Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets.

ARTIST: Morrissey
RELEASES: The 7″ Singles ‘88-’91, The 7″ Singles ‘91-’95
BACKSTORY: These 10- and 9-record box sets — which Morrissey would prefer you not buy — collect reissued 7-inch singles spanning the ex-Smith’s initial solo foray in 1988 through his post-Vauxhall and I recordings [...]

[tweetmeme]The long-delayed CD reissues of My Bloody Valentine’s two classic studio albums — both newly remastered by the band’s reclusive aural mastermind, Kevin Shields — are now scheduled to be released in the U.K. in early January. Barring any further delays, of course.
Originally due out in June 2008, the remastered versions of 1988’s Isn’t Anything [...]

The wait is over for Nitzer Ebb fans: The first new studio album in nearly 15 years from the reunited electronic/industrial act quietly went on sale at major U.S. digital music outlets in the past few days, even though an official worldwide release isn’t planned until January.

[tweetmeme]John Lydon confirmed this week that he hopes to mount a more extensive Public Image Ltd. reunion tour next year, and may even record new music with the band, which is set to perform live for the first time in 17 years during a seven-date U.K. tour next month.
The occasional Sex Pistol sat for a [...]

[tweetmeme]The enigmatic Matt Johnson appears to be on the verge of releasing the first new The The album in a decade: a score to the forthcoming serial-killer flick “Tony,” which the band’s website this week announced will be out in January.
Of course, Johnson — presumably living large off of his M&M’s fortune — has a [...]

[tweetmeme]Post-punk legends Mission of Burma hit Austin, Texas, a few weeks ago to play the Fun Fun Fun Fest, and while they were in town, the band dropped by the studios of WOXY.com — newly relocated from Cincinnati — to record a few tracks at the station for broadcast.
Three of those songs — “After the [...]

[tweetmeme]For music fans of a certain stripe, Christmas — and its Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping splurges — is a great time of year: It’s when you get the people you love to buy you those pricey multi-disc box sets you couldn’t quite cough up for yourself during the year. Here at Slicing Up [...]

[tweetmeme]Nearly three weeks after playing Doolittle’s “Here Comes Your Man” on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” the Pixies brought their U.S. tour to New York and stopped by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to perform that album’s opener, “Debaser” (shown above), on last night’s broadcast, and “Hey” for the show’s Web site after it [...]

[tweetmeme]Depeche Mode songwriter Martin L. Gore reportedly has been subpoenaed by a litigious video gamer who’s suing the makers of the online behemoth “World of Warcraft” and wants the famously downbeat musician to testify about being “sad, lonely and alienated.”
According to Game Spot, Erik Estavillo filed the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard on Tuesday in Santa [...]

[tweetmeme]Looking for Christmas gift ideas for the Pixies fan and footwear enthusiast in your life? Get ‘em Vans’ black-and-white “Death to the Pixies” shoes, which slap the band’s iconic ’80s T-shirt design — featuring a naked Black Francis hunched over, giving a thumbs-down — onto a pair of skate shoes.
While these fetching sneakers aren’t exactly [...]

[tweetmeme]Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets.
ARTIST: Rain Parade
RELEASE: Crashing Dream
BACKSTORY: One of the leading lights of Los Angeles’ mid-’80s Paisley Underground scene — the band’s co-founder, David Roback, would gain greater fame in Mazzy Star — sees its third album, originally released in 1985, issued on CD for [...]