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.
New releases: Pixies live Blu-ray, a-ha ‘25: The Very Best Of,’ new Chrissie Hynde
Beggars Archive prepping This Mortal Coil box set, plus CD, vinyl and Blu-ray reissues
Beggars Archive is readying a major This Mortal Coil re-release campaign, featuring a new 4CD box set, individual vinyl and CD reissues of the 4AD collective’s three studio albums, and a hi-def Blu-ray release that collects all of the band’s records and music videos on a single disc.
Stephen Street discusses work with The Smiths, Morrissey on ‘Sound Opinions’
Record producer and engineer Stephen Street — who worked on three albums by The Smiths before producing and co-writing Morrissey’s solo debut ‘Viva Hate’ — will be the guest on this week’s episode of the ‘Sound Opinions’ radio program, billed as ‘the world’s only rock ‘n’ roll talk show.’
Pet Shop Boys scoring ‘Most Incredible Thing’ ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen
Synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys this weekend announced they’ve teamed up with choreographer Javier de Frutos to develop a full-length ballet based on the Hans Christian Andersen story ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ that’s set to premiere at London’s Sadler’s Wells dance house next March.
Pixies ‘Acoustic & Electric Live’ Blu-ray to combine ‘Newport,’ ‘Paradise’ DVDs
The Pixies will reissue two post-reunion concert DVDs — ‘Acoustic: Live in Newport’ and ‘Live at the Paradise in Boston’ — on a single Blu-ray disc this summer, bringing together 63 songs over three separate concerts spanning more than 20 years.
Public Image Ltd. cancels German tour over ‘production scheduling problems’
The reconstituted Public Image Ltd. today canceled the entire mid-August German leg of its ongoing reunion tour over ‘production scheduling problems,’ and said it has no plans to rebook the six scrapped concerts.
Pixies planning concerts in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile this October
The Pixies continue to map out a busy 2010, with newly announced plans to follow up the band’s second round of U.S. ‘Doolittle’ concerts with a string of Latin American shows this October in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Pixies’ Black Francis lining up ‘Bluefinger’ rock opera, new B-sides album, solo tour
The Houston, Texas-based Catastrophic Theatre is working with Pixies frontman Black Francis to adapt his 2007 solo album ‘Bluefinger’ — a concept record about the life and death of Dutch rocker and painter Herman Brood — into a rock opera set to debut this fall.
Bonnaroo video: Kings of Leon cover the Pixies, Tori Amos takes on The Cure
Watch the Kings of Leon cover the Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’ and Tori Amos take on The Cure’s ‘Love Song’ during their Friday night sets at the just-completed Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.
Pixies cancel first-ever Israel concert after last week’s deadly Gaza flotilla raid
The Pixies today canceled their first-ever concert in Israel this week, and while the band didn’t give a specific reason, the move follows last week’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and similar cancellations by Gorillaz and Elvis Costello.
Pixies bringing ‘Doolittle’ 20th anniversary tour back to U.S. for 11 dates in September
Having already played more than 40 concerts on their wildly successful ‘Doolittle’ 20th anniversary tour, the Pixies will bring the show back to the U.S. for an 11-date run in September, hitting cities the band skipped last fall.
Audio: Hear full Primavera Sound sets by Wire, Gary Numan, Marc Almond via WFMU
New Jersey-based radio station WFMU is once again streaming full sets from the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain, today and Saturday, with performance on tap from Wire, Gary Numan, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond and Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera, among others.












