Category: Tracklist

The The releases ‘Moonbug’ soundtrack album, re-starts ‘Radio Cineola’ podcasts

The The releases ‘Moonbug’ soundtrack album, re-starts ‘Radio Cineola’ podcasts

After a decade of inactivity, The The is back with its second album in just two years, another film score, this time for the documentary ‘Moonbug,’ about photographer Steve Pyke’s journey to document America’s space pioneers, bandleader Matt Johnson announced today on the group’s newly revamped website.

Stream: The Stranglers, ‘Time Was Once On My Side’ — off forthcoming album ‘Giants’

Stream: The Stranglers, ‘Time Was Once On My Side’ — off forthcoming album ‘Giants’

The Stranglers — singer-bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, drummer Jet Black and keyboard player Dave Greenfield, plus former Toy Dolls guitarist Baz Warne — next week will release ‘Giants,’ their 17th studio album and first in six years, and are previewing the disc by streaming the single ‘Time Was Once On My Side.’

The Primitives releasing ‘Echoes & Rhymes’ — a ‘concept covers album’ — in April

The Primitives releasing ‘Echoes & Rhymes’ — a ‘concept covers album’ — in April

The Primitives today announced the release of their first full-length record in 21 years, a 14-track ‘concept covers album’ called ‘Echoes and Rhymes’ that will ‘revisit songs from semi-obscure bands from the ’60s with women lead singers’ in a variety of sonic styles.

Stream 4 tracks from Erasure’s ‘Tomorrow’s World: Live at the Roundhouse’ 2CD set

Stream 4 tracks from Erasure’s ‘Tomorrow’s World: Live at the Roundhouse’ 2CD set

Erasure recently began taking orders for a new 2CD, 21-track concert album ‘Tomorrow’s World: Live at the Roundhouse,’ and the group is previewing four of the set’s tracks: “Fill Us With Fire” and “A Whole Lotta Love Run Riot,” both off last year’s ‘Tomorrow’s World’ LP, and the classics “Blue Savannah” and “Chorus.”

Public Image Ltd. sets May 28 release for ‘This is PiL,’ unveils EP tracklisting

Public Image Ltd. sets May 28 release for ‘This is PiL,’ unveils EP tracklisting

John Lydon’s resurrected Public Image Ltd. today announced a May 28 release date for ‘This is PiL,’ the post-punk act’s first new album in 20 years, and also unveiled the tracklist for the four-song Record Store Day EP that’s culled from the new record and which will hit shops a full month earlier.

Despite Elvis Costello’s ire, box set rises in price — but discount editions due in April

Despite Elvis Costello’s ire, box set rises in price — but discount editions due in April

The Elvis Costello box set that the singer himself railed against last fall has actually increased in price over the intervening months — Amazon.com now lists it at $280, up from $260 — but, as promised, fans soon will be able to spend $257.35 less for a slimmed-down repackaging of the set.

4AD compiles Colourbox’s 1982-86 output on 4-disc box set, featuring mixes, BBC session

4AD compiles Colourbox’s 1982-86 output on 4-disc box set, featuring mixes, BBC session

4AD this spring will commemorate the 30th anniversary of genre-bending electronic pioneers Colourbox by collecting the group’s full studio output in a four-disc, 59-track box set that includes the free mini-album given away along with initial pressing of the group’s 1985 debut, plus 12-inch mixes and a BBC session.

World Party’s ‘Arkeology’ — 5-disc box set with 70 unreleased tracks — out April 10

World Party’s ‘Arkeology’ — 5-disc box set with 70 unreleased tracks — out April 10

The five-disc World Party box set announced last month will be released April 10 and comprised entirely of previously unreleased material: 70 never-before-heard tracks including new songs and an ‘unheard history of rare studio gems, live sessions, concert recordings, radio interviews, covers, demos and B-sides.’

Dalis Car ‘InGladAloneness’ EP — featuring Peter Murphy, Mick Karn — out in April

Dalis Car ‘InGladAloneness’ EP — featuring Peter Murphy, Mick Karn — out in April

More than a year after the death of former Japan bassist Mick Karn, fans finally will get a chance to hear the ‘Dalis Car’ EP he recorded with Peter Murphy in the fall of 2010, a five-track collection that represents the briefly reunited duo’s first work together since their lone album, ‘The Waking Hour,’ came out in 1984.

Video: Erasure, ‘Fill Us With Fire’ — third single off ‘Tomorrow’s World’

Video: Erasure, ‘Fill Us With Fire’ — third single off ‘Tomorrow’s World’

Erasure has set a March 12 release date for the third single off last year’s ‘Tomorrow’s Word’: ‘Fill Us With Fire,’ which will be released in the U.K. as an eight-track CD single and elsewhere as a digital download package. The single features ‘Shot to the Heart,’ previously available as an iTunes bonus track.

Killing Joke to release new album ‘2012′ in April — stream first single ‘Rapture’

Killing Joke to release new album ‘2012′ in April — stream first single ‘Rapture’

The original lineup of Killing Joke — Jaz Coleman, Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker, Martin ‘Youth’ Glover and Paul Ferguson — this morning announced the release of the legendary postpunk band’s 15th studio album, the aptly titled ‘2012,’ which will be released April 2 — and is preceded by the track ‘Rapture,’ which you can stream here.

The Human League reissuing ‘Dare,’ playing 35th anniversary shows in U.K. this year

The Human League reissuing ‘Dare,’ playing 35th anniversary shows in U.K. this year

The Human League — set to release an expanded 2CD edition of its 1981 synthpop classic ‘Dare’ this March — this week announced XXXV: The 2012 Tour, a 14-date U.K. trek planned for this November and December that will commemorate the 35th anniversary of the band’s formation in Sheffield, England.

Free MP3: The Cult, ‘Lucifer’ — first track off new album ‘Choice of Weapon,’ due in May

Free MP3: The Cult, ‘Lucifer’ — first track off new album ‘Choice of Weapon,’ due in May

The Cult roars back into action this May with a brand-new, 10-track album called ‘Choice of Weapon,’ co-produced by ‘Sonic Temple’ veteran Bob Rock and preceded by the rocker ‘Lucifer’ — which is available here as a free MP3 download. It’s the group’s ninth album overall and first in five years.