Category: Album News

Johnny Marr debuts new song ‘Spirit Power & Soul’ off upcoming ‘Fever Dreams Pt. 1’ EP

Johnny Marr debuts new song ‘Spirit Power & Soul’ off upcoming ‘Fever Dreams Pt. 1’ EP

Johnny Marr returned this week with new music, debuting “Spirit Power & Soul” off his upcoming 4-song EP Fever Dreams Pt. 1. You can hear the song via the video below, and the EP — out Oct. 15 — is available for preorder digitally and as on limited-edition silver vinyl. Check out the song right here.

XTC’s Andy Partridge to launch ‘My Failed Songwriting Career’ series with 4-song EP

XTC’s Andy Partridge to launch ‘My Failed Songwriting Career’ series with 4-song EP

XTC’s Andy Partridge next month will release the debut installment of his new My Failed Songwriting Career series, collections of songs he wrote for other artists in the wake of the band’s dissolution following the Apple Venus albums more than 20 years ago. Full details right here.

Guy Chadwick unveils new House of Love lineup, parts ways with Terry Bickers

Guy Chadwick unveils new House of Love lineup, parts ways with Terry Bickers

House of Love frontman Guy Chadwick this past week unveiled a brand-new lineup of the band, announcing he’d parted ways with original members Terry Bickers and Pete Evans, as well as Matt Jury, who’d been on board since the group reunited in 2003. Full details right here.

Chrissie Hynde releases album of Bob Dylan covers recorded while on lockdown

Chrissie Hynde releases album of Bob Dylan covers recorded while on lockdown

Chrissie Hynde on Friday digitally released Standing in the Doorway, a new album of nine Bob Dylan covers that she recorded while on COVID-19 lockdown last year, exchanging musical files with Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne via text message. Stream the full album right here.

Bob Mould announces fall tour with trio and solo-electric dates, plus 8LP live box set

Bob Mould announces fall tour with trio and solo-electric dates, plus 8LP live box set

Bob Mould will return to the road later this year for a 23-date tour that’ll find him performing the first run of shows with his eponymous trio with the remainder being solo-electric performances, all under the banner of “Distortion and Blue Hearts!” Full details, including tour dates, right here.

The The announces ‘Comeback Special’ live album and film — watch ‘Sweet Bird of Truth’

The The announces ‘Comeback Special’ live album and film — watch ‘Sweet Bird of Truth’

This fall, The The will release The Comeback Special: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, a multiformat live album and Tim Pope-directed concert film documenting Matt Johnson’s reactivation of the band for a 2018 reunion tour, its first in 16 years. Check out the performance of “Sweet Bird of Truth” from the film.

The House of Love nears completion of new album, begins rescheduling rare U.S. tour

The House of Love nears completion of new album, begins rescheduling rare U.S. tour

The House of Love is nearing completion of a new studio album — featuring the working title A State of Grace — and has begun rescheduling dates on the band’s exceedingly rare North American tour, which was scuttled, like so much else, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Full details right here.

My Bloody Valentine prep vinyl reissues, announce plans to record 2 new albums

My Bloody Valentine prep vinyl reissues, announce plans to record 2 new albums

As promised, shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine delivered some news today, announcing that the band’s “full catalog” is now streaming, and vinyl reissues of 1988’s Isn’t Anything, 1991’s Loveless, 2013’s m b v will be released in May. Full details right here.

Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell team up for new album ‘Burn’ — hear new song

Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell team up for new album ‘Burn’ — hear new song

Dead Can Dance co-founder Lisa Gerrard will release a new album with Jules Maxwell, who has toured with the band as a keyboard player, this May, and are previewing their first record together with the single “Noyalain (Burn),” which you can hear right here via its music video.

Paul Weller returns with ‘Fat Pop (Volume 1)’ — hear synthy new single ‘Cosmic Fringes’

Paul Weller returns with ‘Fat Pop (Volume 1)’ — hear synthy new single ‘Cosmic Fringes’

His tour scrapped by COVID-19, Paul Weller spent lockdown working on his 16th solo album, and will release the results — the 11-track Fat Pop (Volume 1) — in May, less than a year after the arrival of his last full-length record, last summer’s On Sunset.  Check out the first single, “Cosmic Fringes,” right here.

Dinosaur Jr announces new album and 2021-2022 tour dates — hear single ‘I Ran Away’

Dinosaur Jr announces new album and 2021-2022 tour dates — hear single ‘I Ran Away’

Dinosaur Jr returns next month with its fifth post-reunion album and 12th overall, the 12-song, pandemic-delayed Sweep It Into Space, which the trio will support with a 42-date North American tour that starts in September and will wrap up next February. Full details and tour dates right here.

James announces new album ‘All the Colours Of You’ — hear 2020-inspired title track

James announces new album ‘All the Colours Of You’ — hear 2020-inspired title track

Manchester stalwarts James will return with their 16th studio album — and first in three years — this June with the release of All the Colours of You, an 11-track set that was partially recorded before COVID-19, but which features a title track inspired by the pandemic’s lockdowns and the concurrent racial justice movement.

New Order live album and film ‘Education Entertainment Recreation’ to capture 2018 gig

New Order live album and film ‘Education Entertainment Recreation’ to capture 2018 gig

New Order this May will release a new live album — the band’s fifth in the last decade — that was recorded at London’s Alexandra Palace in what was their only U.K. live show of 2018, a career-spanning set that included performances of several Joy Division songs. Full details including tracklist right here.