The Everybody: Pixies’ Joey Santiago, David Lovering let fans remix debut album ‘Avatar’
Tweet Perhaps tired of waiting for a chance to record a new Pixies album, guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering have formed a new […]
Year: 2009
New releases: Public Image Ltd., The Clash reissues, plus Pet Shop Boys ‘Christmas’ EP
Tweet Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. ARTIST: Public Image Ltd. RELEASES: Metal Box, Plastic Box BACKSTORY: Virgin […]
Ex-Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell to post ‘Disintegration’ memories on Dec. 28
Tweet After a bit of waffling, former Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell has decided that he will, in fact, publish his thoughts and recollections on the […]
Video: Ministry’s Al Jourgensen sings ‘It’s Always Christmas Time’ for Paul Raven
Tweet As threatened, ex-Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen has released a Christmas song with guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite in memory of late Killing Joke/Ministry bassist Paul […]
Paul Westerberg inks publishing deal with Bug Music for solo work, Replacements catalog
Tweet Paul Westerberg this week signed a new deal with Bug Music Publishing — which bills itself as the “largest independent contemporary music publisher in […]
Video: Elvis Costello and U2’s Bono, The Edge mash up ‘Pump It Up’ and ‘Get On Your Boots’
Tweet The second season of Elvis Costello’s excellent rock ‘n’ talk show “Spectacle” premiered this week on the Sundance Channel with a pair of very […]
Quick Spins: The Chills, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, The Primitives, The Cure
Tweet This Thursday, Radio New Zealand will broadcast part of a concert staged last June by reformed indie heroes The Chills to celebrate the 25th […]
Elvis Costello’s ‘Live at Hollywood High,’ 2nd ‘Costello Show’ release, due in January
Tweet As promised, the second release in Elvis Costello’s newly launched The Costello Show series of live archival releases will chronicle the singer’s historic June […]
Sonic Youth planning new studio album, ‘Daydream Nation’ live DVD in 2010
Tweet The members of Sonic Youth will be looking forward and backward in 2010, guitarist Lee Ranaldo says, as the band plans to both record […]
Video: Morrissey performs ‘Don’t Make Fun of Daddy’s Voice’ on ‘Lopez Tonight’
Tweet Apparently having regained his voice, the oft-ailing Morrissey dropped by the new “Lopez Tonight” late-night talk show last night to perform “Don’t Make Fun […]
Duran Duran reissuing self-titled debut, ‘Seven and the Ragged Tiger’ in 2CD/1DVD editions
Duran Duran will follow up this fall’s expanded edition of Rio with new multi-disc reissues of the band’s self-titled 1981 debut and 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger, both due out in March.
Video: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic sings ‘I Bleed’ with 3/4ths of Pixies at Winston Calling benefit
Tweet Last night in Los Angeles, Black Francis hosted a benefit concert called Winston Calling that featured appearances by most of the Pixies — Kim […]
Bruce Allen of The Suburbs, 1955-2009
Tweet Minneapolis this week lost a key figure in that city’s now-legendary ’80s underground rock scene: guitarist Bruce C. Allen of New Wave act The […]
