Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This edition includes items about New Order, Peter Hook playing New Order, Peter Buck, Paul Westerberg, Midnight Oil, The Lemonheads, The House of Love, Kitchens of Distinction, Peter Murphy, Erasure, Inspiral Carpets, Adam Ant and more.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 2012
Video: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck debuts solo band Richard M. Nixon in Seattle — watch full set
FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 2012
Free MP3: Paul Westerberg, ‘My Road Now’ — first new song in 2 years
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Lou Reed hosts early episode, interviews Suzanne Vega — 1986
Free MP3: Midnight Oil, ‘Read About It’ (Live from Canberra) — recorded at 2009 reunion
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 2012
The Lemonheads reissuing first 3 albums in 2013
‘Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements’ coming to DVD this fall
Peter Hook to play New Order’s ‘Movement,’ ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ live in 2013
Free MP3: Pete Fij & Terry Bickers (House of Love), ‘I Don’t Give a Shit About You’
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2012
Kitchens of Distinction’s Patrick Fitzgerald, Julian Swales reunite for new album
Stream: Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson debut new band
R.E.M.’s Peter Buck on upcoming vinyl-only solo debut: ‘It’s not gonna be in Walmart’
TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2012
Video: Peter Murphy duets with Stan Lee on ‘That Old Black Magic’ at Comikaze kick-off
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 88, first aired 9/18/12
Inspiral Carpets to reissue debut album ‘Life,’ perform it on U.K. tour next spring
Erasure to release ‘Complete Tomorrow’s World’ box set with videos, unreleased mixes
MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 2012
Ryan Adams producing Lemonheads album that goes ‘back to the punker sounds’
Video: Adam Ant opens first U.S. tour in 16 years with Los Angeles concert (Setlist)
Bernard Sumner: New Order to begin work on ‘electronic synth album’ early next year
Video: Tom Tom Club, ‘Downtown Rockers’ — with Debbie Harry, Richard Hell cameos
New releases: Dinosaur Jr, Ian McCulloch, Aztec Camera, Aimee Mann, Paul Weller
SUNDAY, SEPT. 16, 2012
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 9/16/12
Soundgarden reveals cover art, teaser video for ‘King Animal’ — first album in 16 years
Stream: Vince Clarke and Ane Brun cover Depeche Mode’s ‘Fly on the Windscreen’
