Category: New Releases

New releases: Shaun Ryder’s new greatest hits set, ‘XXX: 30 Years of Bellyaching’

New releases: Shaun Ryder’s new greatest hits set, ‘XXX: 30 Years of Bellyaching’

Not much coming out this week after Christmas, except for an import of the new Shaun Ryder best-of ‘XXX: 30 Years of Bellyaching,’ featuring tracks by Happy Mondays, Black Grape and Gorillaz.

New releases: Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now’ digital, Ride’s ‘Nowhere’ on vinyl

New releases: Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now’ digital, Ride’s ‘Nowhere’ on vinyl

Christmas week is a light one for new releases, with only two notable titles: the digital edition of Duran Duran’s long-awaited ‘All You Need Is Now,’ and a 180-gram vinyl reissue of Ride’s shoegaze classic ‘Nowhere.’

New releases: Bad Religion vinyl box, reissues from Sonic Youth, Chameleons, Holly Johnson

New releases: Bad Religion vinyl box, reissues from Sonic Youth, Chameleons, Holly Johnson

This week’s new releases include Bad Religion’s ’30th Anniversary Box Set,’ featuring 15 LPs on red vinyl; an audiophile vinyl reissue of Sonic Youth’s ‘Sister’; and a 2CD/1DVD reissue of Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson’s solo debut ‘Blast.’

New releases: Joy Division, The Cure, Dead Can Dance on vinyl; Freebass debut CD

New releases: Joy Division, The Cure, Dead Can Dance on vinyl; Freebass debut CD

This week’s new releases include a box set of Joy Division 7-inch singles; a limited-edition, marble-vinyl 2LP set of The Cure’s expanded ‘Entreat Plus’; Dead Can Dance’s 4LP vinyl ‘Box Set I’; and the U.S. release of Freebass’ debut CD ‘It’s a Beautiful Life.’

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 12/5/10

Highlights of tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave include a Swans song that’s not their cover of ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ (good thing, since the original made the playlist tonight), some choice Sinead O’Connor (‘Jerusalem’) and a dash of Fad Gadget (‘Collapsing New People’).

New releases: Paul Weller live CD/DVD set; new Steve Wynn; Pet Shop Boys, OMD singles

New releases: Paul Weller live CD/DVD set; new Steve Wynn; Pet Shop Boys, OMD singles

This week’s new releases include ‘Find the Torch, Burn the Plans,’ a new CD/DVD live set and documentary form Paul Weller; the U.S. release of ex-Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn’s ‘Northern Aggression’; and new CD singles from Pet Shop Boys and OMD.

New releases: Orange Juice, XTC, Nine Inch Nails, Heaven 17, U2, Robyn Hitchcock

New releases: Orange Juice, XTC, Nine Inch Nails, Heaven 17, U2, Robyn Hitchcock

This week’s new CDs include a huge new box set from Orange Juice, plus reissues from XTC, Nine Inch Nails, Heaven 17, Robyn Hitchcock and The Fall, as well as the U.S. release of Killing Joke’s new album and a special U2 EP tied to Record Store Day.

New releases: INXS, The Church, Steve Wynn, New Model Army, The Teardrop Explodes

New releases: INXS, The Church, Steve Wynn, New Model Army, The Teardrop Explodes

This week’s new releases include INXS’s disc of re-recorded hits with all-star vocalists (‘Original Sin’), two reissues from The Church (‘Seance,’ ‘Heyday’), a new studio album from ex-Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn (‘Northern Aggression’), a New Model Army box set (‘Anthology’) and the domestic reissue of The Teardrop Explodes’ ‘Kilimanjaro.’

New releases: Depeche Mode live, Nitzer Ebb, Einstürzende Neubauten, Meat Beat Manifesto

New releases: Depeche Mode live, Nitzer Ebb, Einstürzende Neubauten, Meat Beat Manifesto

This week’s new releases include a new live CD/DVD set from Depeche Mode, the belated U.S. CD release of Nitzer Ebb’s ‘Industrial Complex,’ a new 2CD compilation from Einstürzende Neubauten and the 10th studio album from Meat Beat Manifesto.

New releases: Pet Shop Boys, The Jam, INXS, Brian Eno, UB40, The Motels, The Fall

New releases: Pet Shop Boys, The Jam, INXS, Brian Eno, UB40, The Motels, The Fall

This week’s new releases include a brand-new best-of from the Pet Shop Boys, a 2CD reissue of The Jam’s ‘Sound Affects,’ a live DVD from INXS, new studio albums from Brian Eno and Elvis Costello, and reissues from The Fall, UB40 and The Motels.

New releases: Bryan Ferry, R.E.M., The Fall, Elvis Costello, Marc Almond, Prefab Sprout

New releases: Bryan Ferry, R.E.M., The Fall, Elvis Costello, Marc Almond, Prefab Sprout

This week’s releases include a new studio albums from Bryan Ferry (‘Olympia’) and Elvis Costello (‘National Ransom’), a live DVD from R.E.M. (‘Live From Austin, TX’), a 4CD ‘omnibus edition’ from The Fall (‘The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall’) and the belated U.S. release of Prefab Sprout’s new album (‘Let’s Change the World With Music’).

New CDs: The Church, Soft Boys, Gary Numan, Dexys Midnight Runners, Nick Heyward

New CDs: The Church, Soft Boys, Gary Numan, Dexys Midnight Runners, Nick Heyward

The week’s new releases include a host of reissues from the likes of The Church (‘Of Skins and Heart,’ ‘The Blurred Crusade’), The Soft Boys (‘A Can of Bees,’ ‘Underwater Moonlight’), Dexys Midnight Runners (‘Searching for the Young Soul Rebels’), Gary Numan (‘Automatic’), The Wedding Present (‘Live 1989’) and Nick Heyward (‘North of a Miracle’).

New releases: NIN’s Trent Reznor, The Cult, Duran Duran, Suzanne Vega, John Foxx

New releases: NIN’s Trent Reznor, The Cult, Duran Duran, Suzanne Vega, John Foxx

This week’s new releases include Trent Reznor’s score for ‘The Social Network,’ a super-limited 12-inch from The Cult, the U.S. editions of Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious’ and ‘Big Thing’ reissues, a disc of Suzanne Vega acoustic re-recordings, and a CD/DVD of film soundtrack work from John Foxx.