Tag: Rain Parade

New releases: The Cure, Kristin Hersh, Rain Parade, The Folk Implosion

New releases: The Cure, Kristin Hersh, Rain Parade, The Folk Implosion

This week’s new releases include a vinyl reissue of The Cure’s “Show” live album, plus new records from Kristin Hersh and Rain Parade, and a deluxe Folk Implosion reissue.

Rain Parade to release “Last Rays of a Dying Sun” — first new album in 38 years — this spring

Rain Parade to release “Last Rays of a Dying Sun” — first new album in 38 years — this spring

Rain Parade, one of the leading lights of the Paisley Underground scene in 1980s Los Angeles, this spring will release Last Rays of a Dying Sun.

New releases: The Cult, Pixies, INXS, Robyn Hitchcock & Andy Partridge, Rain Parade

New releases: The Cult, Pixies, INXS, Robyn Hitchcock & Andy Partridge, Rain Parade

This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. May also include some other titles released in recent weeks but not previously featured. Releases from The Cult, Pixies, INXS, Rain Parade and more.

New releases: Paisley Underground all-stars, plus ‘Lost 80s,’ X, U2, Wire Train, Josef K

New releases: Paisley Underground all-stars, plus ‘Lost 80s,’ X, U2, Wire Train, Josef K

This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. Since we missed last week’s round-up, a few that just came out last Friday, too. Includes new/reissued releases from X, U2, Wire Train and more.

Bangles, Three O’Clock, Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade team up for California shows

Bangles, Three O’Clock, Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade team up for California shows

After nearly 30 years, a full-blown reunion of the Paisley Underground will take place this December in California as four of the scene’s key acts — headliners The Bangles, plus the newly reunited The Three O’Clock, The Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade — team up for at least two concerts in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Contest: Win vinyl test pressing of Mazzy Star’s new album ‘Seasons of Your Day’

Contest: Win vinyl test pressing of Mazzy Star’s new album ‘Seasons of Your Day’

The reunited Mazzy Star — David Roback of Rain Parade and Opal plus singer Hope Sandoval — next week will release Seasons of Your Day, their first new album in 17 years, and distribution company INgrooves has hooked us up with a purple test pressing of the album to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

Stream: Mazzy Star, ‘Seasons of Your Day’ — first new album in 17 years

Stream: Mazzy Star, ‘Seasons of Your Day’ — first new album in 17 years

Mazzy Star — the reunited dream-pop duo featuring David Roback of Rain Parade and Opal plus singer Hope Sandoval — next week will release Seasons of Your Day, the group’s first new album in 17 years, but you can listen to the whole record right now as we’ve got it streaming below via KCRW.

Mazzy Star announces North American tour in support of first new album in 17 years

Mazzy Star announces North American tour in support of first new album in 17 years

Mazzy Star — the reunited dream-pop duo that David Roback of Rain Parade and Opal formed in the late ’80s with then-future Jesus and Mary Chain collaborator Hope Sandoval — this week announced a 14-date North American tour this fall in support of Seasons of Your Day, the group’s first new album in 17 years.

Video: Rain Parade returns after 25 years for Bobby Sutliff benefit concert in Atlanta

Video: Rain Parade returns after 25 years for Bobby Sutliff benefit concert in Atlanta

Paisley Underground mainstays Rain Parade have reunited after 25 years, performing Saturday night at The Earl in Atlanta during a benefit concert to raise money to help Bobby Sutliff, singer/guitarist/songwriter for ’80s contemporaries The Windbreakers, who was seriously injured in a car accident last summer.

Rain Parade reuniting for first time in 25 years to benefit The Windbreakers’ Bobby Sutliff

Rain Parade reuniting for first time in 25 years to benefit The Windbreakers’ Bobby Sutliff

Celebrated Paisley Underground act Rain Parade will reunite onstage in Atlanta early next year for the first time in more than two decades to play a benefit concert for Bobby Sutliff, singer/guitarist/songwriter for ’80s contemporaries The Windbreakers, who was seriously injured in a car accident over the summer.

New releases: David Bowie live, reissues from The Other Two, Beat Farmers, Rain Parade

New releases: David Bowie live, reissues from The Other Two, Beat Farmers, Rain Parade

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. This week sees new releases from David Bowie, The Other Two, The Beat Farmers, Hurrah!, Big Country and Rain Parade.

New releases: Rain Parade’s ‘Crashing Dream,’ Lucy Show’s ‘…undone’ on CD for first time

New releases: Rain Parade’s ‘Crashing Dream,’ Lucy Show’s ‘…undone’ on CD for first time

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