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Mick Jones’ Carbon/Silicon gives away ‘Carbon Bubble’ album as free MP3 download

Mick Jones’ Carbon/Silicon gives away ‘Carbon Bubble’ album as free MP3 download

Tweet Carbon/Silicon — the band fronted by The Clash’s Mick Jones and Tony James of Generation X — continues its tradition of offering fans free […]

Roger O’Donnell to share memories, photos of recording The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’

Roger O’Donnell to share memories, photos of recording The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’

Tweet Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist for The Cure, plans to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Disintegration by offering up his written recollections of that landmark […]

Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant cancels debut U.S. concerts over immigration issues

Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant cancels debut U.S. concerts over immigration issues

Tweet Visa problems have scuttled the debut American concerts by New Order spinoff Bad Lieutenant — including two dates opening for the Pixies in New […]

Public Image Ltd. reissuing ‘Metal Box’ on CD, plus out-of-print ‘Plastic Box’ compilation

Public Image Ltd. reissuing ‘Metal Box’ on CD, plus out-of-print ‘Plastic Box’ compilation

Tweet Virgin Records will commemorate the reunion of John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd. this December by releasing a newly remastered edition of the postpunk band’s […]

New releases: Pixies’ ‘Minotaur’ box, Robyn Hitchcock live CD, Wall of Voodoo reissue

New releases: Pixies’ ‘Minotaur’ box, Robyn Hitchcock live CD, Wall of Voodoo reissue

Tweet Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. ARTIST: Pixies RELEASE: Minotaur BACKSTORY: Featuring newly created artwork, this, er, […]

Depeche Mode to release ‘Fragile Tension,’ ‘Hole to Feed’ as double A-side single

Depeche Mode to release ‘Fragile Tension,’ ‘Hole to Feed’ as double A-side single

Tweet Depeche Mode next month will release the third single from this year’s Sounds Of The Universe — a double A-side featuring “Fragile Tension” and […]

Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry and Peter Murphy to co-headline world tour next year

Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry and Peter Murphy to co-headline world tour next year

Tweet Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry has completed work on Ark, his first solo album in a decade, and plans to support the record with […]

Video: Morrissey storms off stage after getting hit in head by drink at Liverpool’s Echo Arena

Tweet Morrissey’s reputation as the world’s most unreliable concert draw remains solidly intact, thanks to incoming reports he walked offstage just one-and-a-half songs into tonight’s […]

Video: Pixies play ‘Here Comes Your Man’ on ‘Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’

Video: Pixies play ‘Here Comes Your Man’ on ‘Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’

Tweet As promised, the Pixies appeared on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” last night to perform the closest thing the band ever had to […]

Pet Shop Boys cover Coldplay’s ‘Viva la Vida,’ Madness’ ‘My Girl’ on new ‘Christmas’ EP

Pet Shop Boys cover Coldplay’s ‘Viva la Vida,’ Madness’ ‘My Girl’ on new ‘Christmas’ EP

Tweet The Pet Shop Boys this week announced plans to release a Christmas-themed EP — simply entitled Christmas — in December that will include covers […]

Video: Bad Lieutenant plays New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ in Paris

Tweet Here’s a clip of Bad Lieutenant — aka  Bernard Sumner and a couple other guys on acoustic guitars — running through the New Order […]

The Chameleons reissuing 1985’s ‘What Does Anything Mean? Basically’ with 10 bonus demos

The Chameleons reissuing 1985’s ‘What Does Anything Mean? Basically’ with 10 bonus demos

Tweet Influential U.K. post-punk act The Chameleons are reissuing their  out-of-print 1985 sophomore album What Does Anything Mean? Basically this fall in an expanded 2CD […]

Free download: Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ tour live EP

Free download: Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ tour live EP

Tweet Midway through the band’s concert in Los Angeles tonight, the Pixies slipped fans a treat via Twitter and Facebook: a free, four-song downloadable live […]