Category: Digital Music

Stream: Depeche Mode, ‘Never Let Me Down Again (Eric Prydz Remix),’ off ‘Remixes 2’

Depeche Mode today posted the 7-minute ‘Never Let Me Down Again (Eric Prydz Remix),’ off the upcoming ‘Remixes 2: 81-11.’ Stream it here in its entirety.

Stream: Robyn Hitchcock’s brand-new ‘Light Blue Afternoon,’ off ‘Tromsø, Kaptein’

Stream: Robyn Hitchcock’s brand-new ‘Light Blue Afternoon,’ off ‘Tromsø, Kaptein’

Robyn Hitchcock is set to release a new album called ‘Tromsø, Kaptein’ — possibly as early as next week — on the Norwegian label Hype City Recordings, and the label has made one of the tracks, ‘Light Blue Afternoon,’ available for streaming.

Stream: Jane’s Addiction, ‘End to the Lies,’ off Dave Sitek-produced ‘Great Escape Artist’

Stream: Jane’s Addiction, ‘End to the Lies,’ off Dave Sitek-produced ‘Great Escape Artist’

With Jane’s Addiction in South America for this weekend’s inaugural Lollapalooza Chile, frontman Perry Farrell took to the airwaves to debut ‘End to the Lies,’ a track off the band’s forthcoming album ‘The Great Escape Artist.’

Stream: The Feelies, ‘Way Down,’ off ‘Here Before’ — first new album in 20 years

Stream: The Feelies, ‘Way Down,’ off ‘Here Before’ — first new album in 20 years

With their first new album in 20 years — the 13-track ‘Here Before’ — due out in less than two weeks, reunited college-rock heroes The Feelies are previewing a second track from the much-anticipated disc: ‘Way Down.’ Hear it here.

Stream: Depeche Mode, ‘Personal Jesus (Alex Metric Remix),’ off ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’

Check out Depeche Mode’s new ‘Personal Jesus (Alec Metric Remix),’ which will appear on the ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ compilation that’s due out June 7.

Sample: Kate Bush Auto-Tunes 1989’s ‘Deeper Understanding’ for ‘Director’s Cut’ single

Sample: Kate Bush Auto-Tunes 1989’s ‘Deeper Understanding’ for ‘Director’s Cut’ single

The first tease of Kate Bush’s upcoming ‘Director’s Cut’ album — which revisits tracks from ‘The Sensual World’ and ‘The Red Shoes’ — has surfaced online: a 30-second sample of the new version of ‘Deeper Understanding’ that finds Bush’s incomparable vocals run through Auto-Tune on the chorus.

Free MP3: Thurston Moore, ‘Benediction’

The folks at Matador Records are offering up the first official taste of ‘Demolished Thoughts’ — the forthcoming Beck-produced solo record from Sonic Youth leader Thurston Moore — in the form of a free MP3 of the album’s ‘Benediction.’

Stream: Peter Murphy, ‘I Spit Roses,’ first single off upcoming ‘Ninth’ album

Stream: Peter Murphy, ‘I Spit Roses,’ first single off upcoming ‘Ninth’ album

Peter Murphy today released his first new single in more than six years: ‘I Spit Roses’ — which can be streamed here and is a track that will be featured on the former Bauhaus leader’s upcoming album ‘Ninth,’ which is due out in June.

Teaser: The Cure’s Robert Smith and The Japanese Popstars, ‘Take Forever’

Teaser: The Cure’s Robert Smith and The Japanese Popstars, ‘Take Forever’

Following his smash turn guesting with Crystal Castles last year, Robert Smith of The Cure tries his hand at electronic music again, this time lending his distinctive vocals to Northern Ireland dance act The Japanese Popstars for their track ‘Take Forever.’ Hear a teaser here.

Stream: J Mascis, ‘Several Shades of Why’

A week before the disc arrives in stores, the folks at Sub Pop Records have begun streaming ‘Several Shades of Why,’ the first-ever solo studio album from Dinosaur Jr guitar god J Mascis. Hear the whole thing right here.

Stream: George Michael covers New Order’s ‘True Faith’ for Comic Relief. Literally

Stream: George Michael covers New Order’s ‘True Faith’ for Comic Relief. Literally

Last week’s news that troubled pop star George Michael would be covering New Order’s late-’80s smash ‘True Faith’ as a charity single for Comic Relief was met with the appropriate derision — which turns out to be totally appropriate, now that we can hear the Auto-Tuned bastardization that the ex-Wham! singer has churned out.

Depeche Mode demos: ‘Photographic,’ ‘Radio News,’ ‘Ice Machine’ clips surface online

Depeche Mode demos: ‘Photographic,’ ‘Radio News,’ ‘Ice Machine’ clips surface online

Real or fake? Depeche Mode fans are debating a trio of 30- and 40-second samples — including one that may be a never-before-released track — that surfaced online yesterday and purportedly come from a 1980 demo tape. Hear those samples here.

Free MP3: Eleventh Dream Day, ‘Satellite’

To help promote ‘Riot Now!,’ the upcoming 10th studio album from Chicago’s Eleventh Dream Day, indie mainstay Thrill Jockey Records is offering up a free download of the track ‘Satellite.’