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 INXS, James and Echo & The Bunnymen, R.E.M., The Sisters of Mercy, The Pogues, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Mission of Burma, Johnny Marr, Midnight Oil, Sugar, Morrissey and more.
SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 2012
James enlists Echo & The Bunnymen for U.K. tour for ‘Gathering Sound’ box set
Slicing Up Eyeballs on Pop Candy: INXS, ‘Star Wars’ PSAs, 8 great podcasts, ‘Fringe’
FRIDAY, NOV. 16, 2012
R.E.M. releases James Franco-directed video for ‘Blue,’ featuring Lindsay Lohan
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Sisters of Mercy’s Andrew Eldritch talks to Dave Kendall
THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 2012
The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ single getting 25th anniversary reissue
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 2012
Vintage Video: Siouxsie and the Banshees on ‘Rockpalast’ in 1981 — watch full set
Mission of Burma to receive new 2CD best-of ahead of catalog reissue series
TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 2012
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 96, first aired 11/13/12
Video: Johnny Marr, ‘The Messenger’ — first track off Smiths guitarist’s new solo record
Video: ‘The Artist’s Story: Midnight Oil’ — watch full Australian TV documentary
MONDAY, NOV. 12, 2012
‘A Box of Sugar’ collects full recordings of Bob Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü act on vinyl
New releases: Soundgarden, Brian Eno, Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, Sonic Youth
SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2012
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/11/12)
INXS calls it quits onstage in Australia after 35 years
Morrissey reschedules U.S. tour, adds 8 dates, replaces Stooges with Patti Smith in L.A.
Airing of your playlist on strangeways was the highlight Obv