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New releases: Jane’s Addiction live DVD, Stone Roses best-of, Claudia Brücken reissue

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This week’s new releases include ‘Live Voodoo,’ a concert DVD/Blu-ray from Jane’s Addiction; ‘Collection,’ a new 16-track compilation from The Stone Roses; a 2CD reissue of ‘Love: And a Million Other Things,’ the only solo album by Propaganda’s Claudia Brücken; and ‘Neon Mirage,’ a new CD from Wall of Voodoo’s Stan Ridgway.

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New releases: Pixies live Blu-ray, a-ha ‘25: The Very Best Of,’ new Chrissie Hynde

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This week’s new releases include ‘Acoustic & Electric Live,’ a new concert Blu-ray from the Pixies; ‘25: The Very Best Of,’ a new 2CD compilation from a-ha; and ‘Fidelity!,’ the debut from Chrissie Hynde’s new project JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys.

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New CDs: INXS ‘Platinum’ best-of, Ministry ‘Molé’ mixes, Ian Astbury fronts Boris

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This week’s new releases include ‘Platinum: Greatest Hits,’ the physical edition of a new INXS best-of released online earlier this year; ‘MiXXXes of the Molé,’ a full-album remix of Ministry’s ‘Houses of the Molé’; and ‘BXI,’ an EP by Boris and The Cult’s Ian Astbury.

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New releases: Killing Joke and Freebass EPs, single from Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith

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This week’s new releases include a pair of EPs from Killing Joke and the Peter Hook-led Freebass that already were issued online earlier this year, plus a new digital single from Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith.

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New CDs: Squeeze’s ‘Spot the Difference,’ The Charlatans’ ‘Some Friendly’ live

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This week’s new CD releases include ‘Spot the Difference,’ a new 14-track best-of from Squeeze featuring faithful re-recordings of the band’s best-loved hits, and ‘Some Friendly and Greatest Hits at the Roundhouse,’ a 3CD live set from The Charlatans.

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New releases: Specials live DVD, Gary Numan vinyl box set, Dean & Britta’s Warhol CD

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This week’s new releases include the U.S. version of The Specials’ ‘30th Anniversary Tour’ live DVD; Gary Numan and Tubeway Army’s 4LP ‘78/79 Box Set’; and Dean & Britta’s ‘13 Most Beautiful… Songs For Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests,’ featuring ex-Galaxie 500 frontman Dean Wareham.

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New releases: Propaganda’s ‘A Secret Wish’ reissue, Art of Noise best-of, Devo blue vinyl

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This week’s new releases include a pair of 2CD sets from famed synthpop label ZTT Records (an expanded reissue of Propaganda’s ‘A Secret Wish’ and the Art of Noise comp ‘Influence’), as well as a blue-vinyl issue of Devo’s new ‘Something for Everybody’ and the debut from The High Confessions, featuring Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley and Chris Connelly (Ministry, Revolting Cocks).

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New CDs: R.E.M., Concrete Blonde, Teardrop Explodes reissues, plus new Crowded House

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This week’s new releases include expanded reissues from R.E.M. (’Fables of the Reconstruction’), Concrete Blonde (’Bloodletting’), The Teardrop Explodes (’Kilimanjaro’) and That Petrol Emotion (’Babble’), plus a new compilation from My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (’Sinister Whisperz’) and the belated U.S. release of Crowded House’s new album ‘Intriguer.’

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New releases: a-ha, Wire expanded reissues, plus Trent Reznor’s How to Destroy Angels

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This week’s new releases include expanded reissues of a-ha’s ‘Hunting High and Low’ and ‘Scoundrel Days,’ plus Wire’s reunion album ‘Send,’ plus the CD edition of Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor’s debut as How to Destroy Angels.

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New releases: Mission UK comp, Cocteau Twins vinyl box set, Madness reissues

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This week’s new releases include ‘Dum Dum Bullet,’ a posthumous compilation from The Mission UK featuring rare B-sides, demos and unreleased material; ‘Box Set 1,’ an audiophile vinyl set from the Cocteau Twins; and expanded reissues of Madness’ ‘The Rise & Fall’ and ‘Keep Moving.’

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New releases: Laurie Anderson, Front Line Assembly; plus Spandau Ballet reissues

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This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Laurie Anderson (’Homeland’) and Front Line Assembly (’Improvised Electronic Device’), plus expanded reissues from Spandau Ballet (’True,’ ‘Parade’) and A Flock of Seagulls (’Listen’).

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This week’s new CDs: Crowded House, Devo, Suzanne Vega; Dream Syndicate reissue

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This week’s new releases include the U.K. edition of ‘Intriguer,’ Crowded House’s second post-reunion album; ‘Something for Everybody,’ Devo’s first new album in 20 years; ‘Close-Up Vol. 1: Love Songs,’ a disc of Suzanne Vega re-recordings; and the reissue of The Dream Syndicate’s ‘Medicine Show.’

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The Germs "Live at the Starwood (12/3/1980)"