Category: New Releases

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from U.K. post-punk groups Gang of Four (‘What Happens Next’) and The Pop Group (‘Citizen Zombie’), plus a five-disc box set from The Sound that collects three studio albums, an EP, a live record and a disc of early tracks.

New releases: The Pretenders, Kate Pierson, Colin Hay, The Juliana Hatfield Three, Texas

New releases: The Pretenders, Kate Pierson, Colin Hay, The Juliana Hatfield Three, Texas

This week’s new releases include a slew of reissues from The Pretenders, which are also being collected into a single box set, plus new albums from The B-52s’ Kate Pierson, Men at Work’s Colin Hay and The Juliana Hatfield Three, plus a new collection from Texas of re-recorded favorites.

New releases: Devo’s ‘Hardcore Live!’ on CD, DVD and Blu-ray, plus Dinosaur Jr live vinyl

New releases: Devo’s ‘Hardcore Live!’ on CD, DVD and Blu-ray, plus Dinosaur Jr live vinyl

This week’s new releases include a live set from Devo called ‘Hardcore Live!’ that will be available on CD, DVD and Blu-ray, and digitally as well. Also out this week: a limited-edition vinyl repress of Dinosaur Jr’s ‘Bug: Live at the 9:30 Club’ on red vinyl. An even more limited splatter-colored LP already has sold out.

New releases: The Church, OMD, Art of Noise. The Go-Betweens, Stiff Little Fingers

New releases: The Church, OMD, Art of Noise. The Go-Betweens, Stiff Little Fingers

This week’s new releases include the belated U.S. issue of the new studio album from The Church (“Further/Deeper”), plus a reissue of OMD’s “Junk Culture,” a new Art of Noise compilation, a CD/LP box set of The Go-Betweens’ early work, plus a Stiff Little Fingers live album.

New releases: Bjork, The Charlatans, The Primitives, Guided By Voices

New releases: Bjork, The Charlatans, The Primitives, Guided By Voices

This week’s new release round-up includes the rush-released new studio album from ex-Sugarcubes frontwoman Bjork, plus the new Charlatans’ studio album, an expanded 2CD reissue of The Primitives’ “Galore,” and vinyl reissues of Guided By Voices’ “Bee Thousand” and “King Shit & The Golden Boys.”

New releases: The Waterboys, Jellyfish, Pixies, Rollins Band, Information Society

New releases: The Waterboys, Jellyfish, Pixies, Rollins Band, Information Society

This week’s new releases include a brand-new studio album from Mike Scott and The Waterboys, plus expanded CD reissues of Jellyfish’s two studio albums, as well as vinyl reissues of classic albums from the Pixies (‘Doolittle’), Rollins Band (‘Weight’) and Information Society (‘Information Society’).

New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Alison Moyet, Sparks, Bryan Ferry

New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Alison Moyet, Sparks, Bryan Ferry

This week’s new releases include a new 18-song compilation from Siouxsie and the Banshees, the U.S release of Alison Moyet’s new alive album, a 40th anniversary vinyl reissue of Sparks’ “Kimono in My House ” album, and the vinyl release of Bryan Ferry’s new record “Avonmore.”

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher, ‘Hard To See Trouble Coming’

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher, ‘Hard To See Trouble Coming’

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. This week’s lone new release: The new studio album from Camper Van Beethoven bassist Victor Krummenacher. It’s called “Hard to See Trouble Coming.”

New releases: Trip Shakespeare, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Melvins, The Misfits

New releases: Trip Shakespeare, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Melvins, The Misfits

This week’s new releases include a pair of bonus-laden CD reissues from Trip Shakespeare, plus vinyl re-releases from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (From Her to Eternity, Firstborn is Dead, Kicking Against the Pricks, Your Funeral… My Trial), The Misfits and The Melvins.

New releases: R.E.M., mod revival box set, Cracker, The Jam, Belly, The Lemonheads

New releases: R.E.M., mod revival box set, Cracker, The Jam, Belly, The Lemonheads

This week’s new release include a box set of R.E.M.’s IRS-era singles on 7-inch, plus the “Millions Like Us” mod revival box set, vinyl reissues from Belly and The Lemonheads, a reissue of The Jam’s “Setting Son” and a new double-album from Camper Van Beethoven offshoot Cracker.

New releases: Pixies, Ministry, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Yo La Tengo, Love and Rockets

New releases: Pixies, Ministry, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Yo La Tengo, Love and Rockets

This week’s new releases include expanded reissues of the Pixies’ “Doolittle” and Yo La Tengo’s “Painful,” a box set of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry recordings from 1982 to 1987, a vinyl reissue of MInistry’s “Twelve Inch Singles,” a collection of Boris Blank’s output and a Blondie vinyl box set.

New releases: R.E.M., Echo & The Bunnymen, The House of Love, Soundgarden

New releases: R.E.M., Echo & The Bunnymen, The House of Love, Soundgarden

This week’s new releases include a 6DVD set of MTV footage from R.E.M., plus new live albums from Echo & The Bunnymen and The House of Love, as well a new rarities collection from Soundgarden that was compiled by guitarist Kim Thayill and is available in single and three-disc sets.

New releases: Depeche Mode, The Cure, David Bowie, Nick Cave, The Jam, Fugazi, Bryan Ferry

New releases: Depeche Mode, The Cure, David Bowie, Nick Cave, The Jam, Fugazi, Bryan Ferry

This week’s new releases include a new live album and DVD from Depeche Mode, a Paul McCartney cover by The Cure, a new best-of from David Bowie, Nick Cave’s “20,000 Days on Earth” film, new albums from Bryan Ferry and Einstürzende Neubauten, and a collection of 1988 demos from Fugazi.