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Love and Rockets tribute album to feature Black Francis, The Flaming Lips

Love and Rockets tribute album to feature Black Francis, The Flaming Lips

Black Francis, The Flaming Lips and The Dandy Warhols are among the acts paying tribute to seminal neo-psychedelic/post-goth trio Love and Rockets on the forthcoming […]

Pet Shop Boys unleash month-long Pandemonium Tour on North America

Pet Shop Boys unleash month-long Pandemonium Tour on North America

The Pet Shop Boys this morning announced a North American leg to the duo’s Pandemonium Tour, a trek that’ll see the group hitting 15 cities […]

Morrissey vows to restart Tour of Refusal, announces ‘Swords’ b-sides album

Morrissey vows to restart Tour of Refusal, announces ‘Swords’ b-sides album

Addressing his fans directly for the first time about his illness-plagued Tour of Refusal, Morrissey yesterday released a statement vowing to restart the European leg […]

In stores this week: Faith No More best-of, new CDs from Elvis Costello, Simple Minds

In stores this week: Faith No More best-of, new CDs from Elvis Costello, Simple Minds

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Faith No More RELEASE: The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest […]

Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’ tops WOXY’s 20th annual Modern Rock 500 countdown

Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’ tops WOXY’s 20th annual Modern Rock 500 countdown

Online radio outlet WOXY’s 20th annual Modern Rock 500 wrapped up this week by crowning a new champion: the Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?,” which […]

Simple Minds release 16th album ‘Graffiti Soul,’ bonus covers disc

Simple Minds release 16th album ‘Graffiti Soul,’ bonus covers disc

This week saw the release of Simple Minds’ first new record in four years and 16th studio album overall — a collection that could have […]

Video: Pixies, Vaughan Oliver talk about creation of upcoming ‘Minotaur’ box set

Video: Pixies, Vaughan Oliver talk about creation of upcoming ‘Minotaur’ box set

The  Pixies have released a second short film previewing their upcoming — and pricey — box set Minotaur, this time delving into the creative process behind […]

The Cure’s Robert Smith counts down Top 30 songs of the ’80s on Sirius XM

The Cure’s Robert Smith counts down Top 30 songs of the ’80s on Sirius XM

Last weekend’s “4 for The Cure Memorial Weekend” special on Sirius XM’s classic-alternative station 1st Wave featured an unannounced and unexpected bonus: Robert Smith counting […]

Health issues force Depeche Mode, Morrissey to cancel more concerts

Health issues force Depeche Mode, Morrissey to cancel more concerts

The increasingly trouble-prone Depeche Mode and Morrissey tours continue to shed dates left and right, although the former act now promises to resume its trek […]

In stores this week: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Killing Joke box sets

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Siouxsie and the Banshees RELEASE: At the BBC BACKSTORY: This […]

WOXY Vintage airing 20th annual Modern Rock 500 this week

WOXY Vintage airing 20th annual Modern Rock 500 this week

Beloved Web-based radio outlet WOXY this morning kicked off the 20th installment of its Modern Rock 500, a countdown of the last 25 years’ worth […]

Morrissey reschedules canceled UK concerts… then cancels another concert

Morrissey reschedules canceled UK concerts… then cancels another concert

Buying a ticket to see Morrissey on his current  Tour of Refusal is becoming an increasingly risky endeavor, as the illness-plagued singer continues to cancel […]

Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy covers John Lennon, announces U.S. summer tour

Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy covers John Lennon, announces U.S. summer tour

With a new album in the works, former Bauhaus frontman and current Chase bank pitchman Peter Murphy has lined up a U.S. club tour that […]