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Video: The Primitives, ‘Lose the Reason’ — brand-new single out today

Video: The Primitives, ‘Lose the Reason’ — brand-new single out today

The Primitives today released a new single — it’s out digitally now in the U.K., and will be followed by a limited-edition 7-inch in the U.S. and Europe next month — called “Lose the Reason,” and you can hear the track right now via its just-debuted music video. The song arrives in the U.S. on 7-inch on March 4.

Stream: Poltergeist, ‘Cathedral’ — off debut album from Echo & The Bunnymen spinoff

Stream: Poltergeist, ‘Cathedral’ — off debut album from Echo & The Bunnymen spinoff

Echo & The Bunnymen spinoff Poltergeist — an instrumental trio that reunites guitarist Will Sergeant with former bassist and founding member Les Pattinson — today debuted one of the tracks off the band’s upcoming debut album Your Mind Is A Box (Let Us Fill It With Wonder). Check out “Cathedral” via the player here.

Stream: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Chelsea Light Moving’ — debut from Thurston Moore’s new band

Stream: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Chelsea Light Moving’ — debut from Thurston Moore’s new band

It’s still two weeks until once and future(?) Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore releases the self-titled debut album from his new band Chelsea Light Moving, but you can go ahead and listen to the whole thing now after it premiered late last night on NPR Music. Check out the full stream via the player here.

Video: Primal Scream, ‘2013’ — creepy clip for first single off upcoming ‘More Light’

Video: Primal Scream, ‘2013’ — creepy clip for first single off upcoming ‘More Light’

Primal Scream today debuted the first single off the band’s upcoming 10th studio album ‘More Light,’ a sax-fueled rocker called “2013” that comes with a pretty creepy video — which you can see here — that features pinned moths, tied-up people and masked make-out sessions. The full album is due out May 6 in the U.K.

Free MP3: Alison Moyet, ‘Changeling’ — first track off upcoming album ‘the minutes’

Free MP3: Alison Moyet, ‘Changeling’ — first track off upcoming album ‘the minutes’

Former Yazoo frontwoman Alison Moyet today announced that her upcoming eighth solo album will be called the minutes, and then proceeded to debut the first track off the largely electronic collection — a song called “Changeling,” which can be downloaded for free via the widget below in exchange for an e-mail address.

New releases: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Brilliant Corners, Mighty Mighty, Mudhoney

New releases: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Brilliant Corners, Mighty Mighty, Mudhoney

This week’s new releases include the much-anticipated new studio album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (‘Push the Sky Away’), plus Cherry Red Records is releasing 2CD best-ofs for UK indie-pop acts The Brilliant Corners and Mighty Mighty, and Mudhoney is treated to a new DVD documentary.

Stream: Johnny Marr, ‘The Messenger’ — ex-Smiths guitarist’s new solo album

Stream: Johnny Marr, ‘The Messenger’ — ex-Smiths guitarist’s new solo album

It’s still more than a week before legendary former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr releases his new solo album ‘The Messenger,’ but you don’t have to wait any longer to hear the record — a full stream of the 12-track album premiered tonight via Rolling Stone, and you can hear it via the link included here.

The Week in Rock: Feb. 10-16, 2013

The Week in Rock: Feb. 10-16, 2013

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about The Dream Syndicate, Morrissey, Danny Elfman, MIracle Legion, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, The Ocean Blue, Johnny Marr, Michael Stipe, Big Country, OMD and more.

Morrissey cancels 3 more shows, apologizes and promises to be ‘fit as a ferret for San Diego’

Morrissey cancels 3 more shows, apologizes and promises to be ‘fit as a ferret for San Diego’

Morrissey today announced that his doctors have ordered additional rest, forcing the postponement of three more concerts late next week as he continues to undergo treatment for a bleeding ulcer and Barrett’s esophagus. He apologized for the cancellations, and promised to resume touring in San Diego.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: ‘120 X-Ray’ segment on Miracle Legion — March 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: ‘120 X-Ray’ segment on Miracle Legion — March 1989

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we’ve landed on a just-uploaded “120 X Ray” segment chronically under-appreciated college-rock heroes Miracle Legion, a band that host Dave Kendall refers to as “one of the hardest working but still unrecognized bands in alternative music.”

Danny Elfman to sing publicly for first time since Oingo Boingo’s 1995 farewell

Danny Elfman to sing publicly for first time since Oingo Boingo’s 1995 farewell

Danny Elfman will take the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall this October for a cinematic career overview entitled “Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton” that will find him doing something he hasn’t done since Oingo Boingo’s farewell concert on Halloween night 1995: singing in public.

Video: Depeche Mode, ‘Heaven’ — second clip for ‘Delta Machine’ lead single

Video: Depeche Mode, ‘Heaven’ — second clip for ‘Delta Machine’ lead single

Depeche Mode today premiered a second music video for its new single “Heaven,” a stripped-down, black-and-white, in-the-studio clip that debuted on NPR Music. Check it out here (and watch the original video again, too). The track is the first single released from the upcoming Delta Machine, which is due out March 26.

Vintage Video: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions in Munich, 1985 — watch full 40-minute set

Vintage Video: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions in Munich, 1985 — watch full 40-minute set

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we flash back to 1985 for this great German TV broadcast of a 40-minute performance in Munich by Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, filmed about five months after the band’s classic debut ‘Rattlesnakes’ was released (footage via Manu Guinarte).