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The House of Love to release CD/DVD set chronicling 2013 live gig in London

The House of Love to release CD/DVD set chronicling 2013 live gig in London

The House of Love will follow up last year’s new studio album She Paints Words In Red with a live CD/DVD package that was recorded at the second of two concerts last November at a 200-seat club in London. Live at the Lexington 13.11.13 is due out Nov. 24 on Cherry Red Records.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 164, aired 9/9/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 164, aired 9/9/14

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught this week’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave requests for future shows.

Watch: The Cure covers The Beatles’ ‘Hello Goodbye’ for Paul McCartney tribute

Watch: The Cure covers The Beatles’ ‘Hello Goodbye’ for Paul McCartney tribute

A long-in-the-works Paul McCartney tribute album finally arrives this November, and the first track to debut from The Art of McCartney is a rather faithful cover of The Beatles’ “Hello Goodbye” performed by The Cure with Sir Paul’s son James McCartney assisting on keyboards.

Johnny Marr unveils 30-date North American tour in support of new album ‘Playland’

Johnny Marr unveils 30-date North American tour in support of new album ‘Playland’

Turns out those Johnny Marr tour dates that were posted to the ex-Smiths guitarist’s Facebook page prematurely last month weren’t wrong, they were just incomplete. Now, though, Marr has confirmed the full 30-date North American tour late this fall in support of Playland.

Tracklists revealed for Siouxsie and the Banshees’ final 4 expanded reissues

Tracklists revealed for Siouxsie and the Banshees’ final 4 expanded reissues

Late last month, Siouxsie and the Banshees confirmed the long-overdue reissue of the final four albums in the band’s catalog, and while tracklists were not announced at the time, they’ve now been revealed as the re-releases have appeared on Amazon UK for pre-order ahead of the Oct. 13 street date.

Simple Minds complete first new album in 5 years, debut new track ‘Blindfolded’

Simple Minds complete first new album in 5 years, debut new track ‘Blindfolded’

Simple Minds have finished recording their first new studio album in five years — and 17th overall — and while details of the record’s release aren’t yet known, the band had debuted a new song that presumably will appear on the forthcoming LP. You can stream that track, “Blindfolded,” right here.

New releases: Morrissey, The Ocean Blue, New Model Army, KMFDM, Paul Weller

New releases: Morrissey, The Ocean Blue, New Model Army, KMFDM, Paul Weller

This week’s new releases include the DVD reissue of the long-out-of-print “Introducing Morrissey” concert film, plus a reissue of The Ocean Blue’s “Waterworks” EP, the new New Model Army studio/live album, a KMFDM concert album and a box set featuring Paul Weller’s first five solo albums.

Decades after ‘SNL’ ban, The Replacements returning to 30 Rock to play ‘Tonight Show’

Decades after ‘SNL’ ban, The Replacements returning to 30 Rock to play ‘Tonight Show’

More than 28 years after being banned from “Saturday Night Live” — reportedly over a drunken and profane performance — The Replacements will return to NBC’s famed 30 Rockefeller Center next week to perform as musical guests on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”

Chrissie Hynde sets 25-date North American tour in support of solo debut ‘Stockholm’

Chrissie Hynde sets 25-date North American tour in support of solo debut ‘Stockholm’

Iconic Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde will embark on a 25-date North American tour this fall in support of her solo debut Stockholm, hitting U.S. cities from coast to coast after departing from Toronto in late October. And yes, she’s going back to Ohio.

XTC’s ‘Drums and Wires’ audiophile reissue to include new 5.1 mix, demos, rehearsal tracks

XTC’s ‘Drums and Wires’ audiophile reissue to include new 5.1 mix, demos, rehearsal tracks

The audiophile reissue of XTC’s classic 1979 album Drums and Wires — with its new 5.1 Surround mix that frontman Andy Partridge last summer boasted is “so good it’s upped my opinion of the album” — finally arrives Oct. 27 on CD and Blu-ray, with the latter format stuffed with bonus material.

New Order signs to Mute, heads back to studio to work on new album

New Order signs to Mute, heads back to studio to work on new album

In a move that once might have seemed unthinkable, New Order — a flagship act of the iconic Factory Records imprint — has signed to the equally legendary Mute label, long home to contemporaries Depeche Mode and Erasure, as the group continues to work on its new album.

Stream/Download: Auto Reverse Mixtape (September 2014) — A Tribute to John Peel

Stream/Download: Auto Reverse Mixtape (September 2014) — A Tribute to John Peel

Well, that last mea culpa, back in May, deserves a mea cupla all of its own. But here we are, four months later. And we’ve finally coughed up a new entry in our Auto Reverse mixtape series. But it’s a good one: A tribute to the late, great BBC DJ and tastemaker John Peel.

New releases: R.E.M.’s ‘Unplugged’ sessions on vinyl, plus The Call, Game Theory

New releases: R.E.M.’s ‘Unplugged’ sessions on vinyl, plus The Call, Game Theory

This week’s new releases include individual 2LP vinyl editions of R.E.M.’s 1991 and 2001 “MTV Unplugged” sessions, plus a CD/DVD live document of last year’s reunion of The Call with BRMC’s Robert Levon Been filling in for his late father, and a reissue of Game Theory’s 1982 debut “Blaze of Glory.”