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Vintage Video: Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor lip syncs ‘Down In It’ on ‘Dance Party USA’

Vintage Video: Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor lip syncs ‘Down In It’ on ‘Dance Party USA’

This is a particularly hilarious bit of footage that’s just surfaced: Check out a pony-tailed Trent Reznor leading Nine Inch Nails (and dancing like a madman) through a lip-synched performance of debut single ‘Down In It’ on the wonderfully dated ‘Dance Party USA.’

The Cure’s ‘Entreat Plus’ live album to receive double-vinyl U.S. release on Record Store Day

The Cure’s ‘Entreat Plus’ live album to receive double-vinyl U.S. release on Record Store Day

More than a year after it was first announced, it appears the double-vinyl release of The Cure’s expanded ‘Entreat Plus’ live album finally will see a U.S. release on Record Store Day — although it’s not an exclusive RSD release, meaning it could be available at non-participating or non-indie stores and will be sold online.

Video: Lee Ranaldo, ‘Angles’ — second clip from ‘Between the Times and the Tides’

Video: Lee Ranaldo, ‘Angles’ — second clip from ‘Between the Times and the Tides’

With his excellent new solo album ‘Between the Times and the Tides’ now out, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo today released a second music video to promote the record, this time for the track ‘Angles.’ The clip, directed by Ranaldo’s wife Leah Singer, premiered today at Vulture and can be seen here.

Video: VCMG’s ‘Ssss’ trailer — mutant toast, but no Vince Clarke or Martin Gore

Video: VCMG’s ‘Ssss’ trailer — mutant toast, but no Vince Clarke or Martin Gore

The debut album from techno duo VCMG — aka former Depeche Mode bandmates Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore, working together again for the first time in 30 years — has been out a couple weeks now, but Mute Records is just now debuting an odd 70-second trailer for the 10-track ‘Ssss.’

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 65, first aired 3/27/12

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Killing Joke, Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, The Cult and Mission of Burma, plus old favorites from Love and Rockets, XTC, Wall of Voodoo, Rank and File, Oingo Boingo and Sugar. Oh, and Nancy Sinatra, too.

Dreams So Real — featured in ‘Athens, GA: Inside/Out’ — reunites, streams demo

Dreams So Real — featured in ‘Athens, GA: Inside/Out’ — reunites, streams demo

Dreams So Real — featured in the landmark rock doc ‘Athens, GA: Inside/Out’ and whose debut single and album were produced by R.E.M.’s Peter Buck — are reuniting for a pair of rare concerts next month, and are whetting fans’ appetites by streaming a previously unreleased early-’90s demo.

Stream: The Cult, ‘For the Animals’ — first single off upcoming ‘Choice of Weapon’

Stream: The Cult, ‘For the Animals’ — first single off upcoming ‘Choice of Weapon’

The release of The Cult’s first new album in five years is still two months away, but the band this week gave fans a second taste of the record in the guise of ‘For the Animals,’ the first official single from the 10-track ‘Choice of Weapon.’ You can stream the full track here.

Video: Killing Joke, ‘In Cythera’ — plus stream 5-minute ‘MMXII’ album ‘taster’

Video: Killing Joke, ‘In Cythera’ — plus stream 5-minute ‘MMXII’ album ‘taster’

The original lineup of Killing Joke — Jaz Coleman, Kevin “Geordie” Walker, Martin “Youth” Glover and Paul Ferguson — next week will release the band’s 15th studio album, ‘MMXII,’ and are preceding it with a new music video for the record’s first official single, ‘In Cythera.’

Mission of Burma releasing ‘Unsound’ in July — stream first track ‘Dust Devil’

Mission of Burma releasing ‘Unsound’ in July — stream first track ‘Dust Devil’

Boston post-punk masters Mission of Burma this summer will release ‘Unsound,’ their fourth post-reunion album (that’s three more records than they put out during their original run in the ’80s), and this week premiered the first track from that effort, called ‘Dust Devil.’

Record Store Day 2012: The Cure, Morrissey, PiL, Devo, The Fall, Kate Bush, The Clash

Record Store Day 2012: The Cure, Morrissey, PiL, Devo, The Fall, Kate Bush, The Clash

This year’s installment of Record Store Day will feature releases in the U.S. and/or U.K. from The Cure, Public Image Ltd., Morrissey, Kate Bush, The Wedding Present, Simple Minds, The Fall, The Clash, David Bowie, The Sex Pistols, Ryan Adams covering Bob Mould, The Cult, Devo, Dinosaur Jr and more.

Soundgarden previews ‘Live to Rise,’ first new music in 15 years — from ‘The Avengers’

Soundgarden previews ‘Live to Rise,’ first new music in 15 years — from ‘The Avengers’

Having toured sporadically and released a new best-of, the reunited Soundgarden has now hit the recording studio, and today debuted 22 whole seconds of its first new song in 15 years: ‘Live to Rise,’ a sludgy rocker that will feature in this summer’s comic book blockbuster ‘The Avengers.’

Video: Belle and Sebastian covers The Primitives’ ‘Crash’ for ‘Late Night Tales’ disc

Video: Belle and Sebastian covers The Primitives’ ‘Crash’ for ‘Late Night Tales’ disc

Last month we brought you a stream of Belle and Sebastian’s somewhat languid cover of The Primitives’ jangle-pop classic ‘Crash,’ recorded for the Scottish band’s ‘Late Night Tales’ mix CD — and now comes the music video, featuring animated, Lego-like reproductions of B&S.

New releases: The Smiths reissues, plus Ministry, Nick Cave’s Grinderman, Paul Weller

New releases: The Smiths reissues, plus Ministry, Nick Cave’s Grinderman, Paul Weller

This week’s new releases include individual reissues of each album in The Smiths’ catalog, plus MInistry’s first new album in five years (‘Relapse’), the U.K. release of Grinderman’s new remix album (‘Grinderman 2 RMX’) and the U.S. release of Paul Weller’s just-released solo album ‘Sonik Kicks.’