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Nitzer Ebb’s ‘Basic Pain Procedure’ reissued on CD, cassette with bonus 1983 live set

Nitzer Ebb’s ‘Basic Pain Procedure’ reissued on CD, cassette with bonus 1983 live set

Pylon Records this month will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Nitzer Ebb’s original Basic Pain Procedure demo tape by releasing it on CD for the first time ever — and reissuing it in its original cassette form — and packaging the eight-song set with a rare live recording from 1983.

Video: Tommy Stinson joins Wilco to cover The Replacements’ ‘Color Me Impressed’

Video: Tommy Stinson joins Wilco to cover The Replacements’ ‘Color Me Impressed’

On Friday at its Solid Sound festival in Massachusetts, Wilco played a 27-song all-request set that featured exactly one Wilco song… and 26 covers by artists ranging from Television and Bob Dylan to even Daft Punk — not to mention The Replacements’ “Color Me Impressed” with Tommy Stinson.

Reunited Violent Femmes to play New York City’s Central Park in September

Reunited Violent Femmes to play New York City’s Central Park in September

The Violent Femmes are taking a somewhat low-key approach to their recent reunion, having followed up their appearance at Coachella this past April with only a few more scheduled, mostly festival-type shows. But the band has just announced a concert in New York’s Central Park.

Now playing on a jukebox near you: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ ‘Best of ’80s College Rock’

Now playing on a jukebox near you: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ ‘Best of ’80s College Rock’

Next time you find yourself at a fine establishment featuring one of AMI Entertainment’s digital jukeboxes, be sure to check out the “Best of ’80s College Rock” playlist the company asked Slicing Up Eyeballs to help compile, featuring dozens of great tracks from Kate Bush, Hüsker Dü, The Cure and more

New releases: ‘Scared to Get Happy,’ Lloyd Cole, Poltergeist, Jane’s Addiction, Midge Ure

New releases: ‘Scared to Get Happy,’ Lloyd Cole, Poltergeist, Jane’s Addiction, Midge Ure

This week’s new releases include the ‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ box set, new albums from Lloyd Cole and Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant, live albums from Jane’s Addiction and Midge Ure, a new Three O’Clock compilation and Teardrop Explodes, Devo and Primitives reissues.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (6/23/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (6/23/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Joy Division, Fields of the Nephilim, Southern Death Cult, 1000 Homo DJs, Gary Numan, Japan, Theatre of Hate, Sad Lovers and Giants, Comsat Angels, The Smiths, Galaxie 500, The The and much, much more.

The Week in Rock: June 16-22, 2013

The Week in Rock: June 16-22, 2013

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about Depeche Mode, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bob Mould, Morrissey, 4AD, Blondie, Siouxsie and more — plus our interview with Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant.

‘Barbed Wire Kisses’: New Jesus and Mary Chain biography due next year

‘Barbed Wire Kisses’: New Jesus and Mary Chain biography due next year

The story of The Jesus and Mary Chain — famous for 15-minute concerts and marrying squalling guitar noise with sweet ’60s pop on their iconic 1985 debut Psychocandy — will be told in “Barbed Wire Kisses: The Jesus and Mary Chain Story,” an biography due in October.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Guest host Bob Mould performs with Lou Barlow — 1994

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Guest host Bob Mould performs with Lou Barlow — 1994

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we take a rare trip into the mid-’90s to present footage from the Sept. 4, 1994, episode, which was guest-hosted by Bob Mould the same week he released Sugar’s second and final album, File Under: Easy Listening. The two perform together for the first time.

Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Crocodiles’ to be reissued in expanded ‘hardback’ 2LP set

Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Crocodiles’ to be reissued in expanded ‘hardback’ 2LP set

Less than three months after it was reissued on red vinyl for Record Store Day, Echo & The Bunnymen’s 1980 debut album Crocodiles is getting another vinyl reissue, this time on 180-gram audiophile vinyl in an expanded 2LP “Hardback Book Edition” that will feature the original album plus 10 bonus tracks.

Hey, gearheads: Take a tour of Depeche Mode’s ‘Delta Machine’ stage setup

Hey, gearheads: Take a tour of Depeche Mode’s ‘Delta Machine’ stage setup

If you’re into the more technical aspects of a how a band like Depeche Mode pulls off big arena shows, here’s a video tour of the band’s stage setup on the Delta Machine Tour, with a look at the keyboard arrays employed by Andy Fletcher and touring member Peter Gordeno, as well as Martin Gore’s guitar rig.

‘Morrissey 25: Live’ concert DVD to receive ‘worldwide cinema release’ in August

‘Morrissey 25: Live’ concert DVD to receive ‘worldwide cinema release’ in August

Morrissey has formally announced that his concert film “Morrissey 25: Live,” filmed at Hollywood High last March, will receive a “worldwide cinema release” in August to mark his 25th year as a solo artist. The film also will be released on DVD — Moz’s first such release in nine years.

‘Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD’ to explore history, legacy of iconic indie label

‘Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD’ to explore history, legacy of iconic indie label

Legendary independent record label 4AD — home in the ’80s and ’90s to the Pixies, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Throwing Muses and so many more — will be the subject an exhaustive history this fall with the publication of Martin Aston’s new book “Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD.”