Category: Reunions

Blancmange returns with ‘Blanc Burn,’ 1st new album in 25 years; plus U.K. tour

Blancmange returns with ‘Blanc Burn,’ 1st new album in 25 years; plus U.K. tour

Reunited synthpop group Blancmange returns this week with ‘Blanc Burn’ — its fourth album, and first in more than a quarter century — as well as an eight-date U.K. tour, although ailing co-founder Stephen Luscombe has been advised by doctors to skip the trek.

Stream: The Primitives’ ‘Never Kill a Secret’ — band’s first new music in 20 years

Stream: The Primitives’ ‘Never Kill a Secret’ — band’s first new music in 20 years

Reunited indie-pop combo The Primitives are back with their first new recordings in 20 years, and in case you didn’t catch ‘Never Kill a Secret’ — the title track off the band’s forthcoming EP — on this week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs radio show, you can now stream the track in its entirety here.

The Godfathers drop, reschedule dates on first U.S. tour in 20 years over visa problems

The Godfathers drop, reschedule dates on first U.S. tour in 20 years over visa problems

The first U.S. tour in 20 years by The Godfathers apparently has been curtailed by visa problems, as the U.K. band today announced an abbreviated schedule that drops three of the first four scheduled shows and moves a Chicago date to the end of the trek.

The Godfathers release new single ‘Back Into the Future,’ reissuing 2nd and 3rd albums

The Godfathers release new single ‘Back Into the Future,’ reissuing 2nd and 3rd albums

The Godfathers today released their first new single since 1995 — a 4½-minute rocker called ‘Back Into the Future’ — and next week will release expanded reissues of 1988’s ‘Birth School Work Death’ and 1989’s ‘More Songs About Love and Hate.’

Free MP3: The Feelies’ ‘Should Be Gone,’ off ‘Here Before’ — first new album in 20 years

Free MP3: The Feelies’ ‘Should Be Gone,’ off ‘Here Before’ — first new album in 20 years

The Feelies have recorded their first new album in 20 years, a 13-track collection called ‘Here Before’ that’s due out April 12 on Bar/None Records — and is preceded by the track ‘Should Be Gone,’ the band’s first new recording since 1991’s ‘Time for a Witness.’

Big Audio Dynamite sets 9-date U.K. reunion tour in advance of Coachella appearance

Big Audio Dynamite will reunite for the first time in 20 years for a nine-date U.K tour this spring as a lead-up to the band’s just-announced slot at the enormous Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in the California desert.

Sebadoh reissuing ‘Bakesale’ and ‘Harmacy,’ embarking on ‘Remembering Time’ U.S. tour

Sebadoh reissuing ‘Bakesale’ and ‘Harmacy,’ embarking on ‘Remembering Time’ U.S. tour

With Dinosaur Jr on break, bassist Lou Barlow is shifting focus to a revived Sebadoh, with plans to release expanded reissues of 1994’s ‘Bakesale’ and 1996’s ‘Harmacy’ this year and take the famously lo-fi act out on the road for the ‘Bakesale/Harmacy Remembering Time Tour.’

Meat Puppets return with ‘Lollipop’ in April

Meat Puppets return with ‘Lollipop’ in April

Reunited SST Records vets Meat Puppets today announced they will release their 13th studio album, dubbed ‘Lollipop,’ on April 12 on hard-rock imprint Megaforce Records.

The Dead Milkmen’s ‘The King in Yellow,’ first new album in 15 years, due this spring

The Dead Milkmen’s ‘The King in Yellow,’ first new album in 15 years, due this spring

Philadelphia’s Dead Milkmen recently finished recording their first new album in more than 15 years, a record tentatively titled ‘The King in Yellow’ that’s expected out sometime this spring.

The Godfathers set first U.S. tour in 20 years, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in New York

The Godfathers set first U.S. tour in 20 years, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in New York

For the first time in 20 years, The Godfathers will tour the U.S. in February, a 10-date trek that includes the U.K. rockers’ annual St. Valentine’s Day Massacre — which we’re thrilled to announce as the first Slicing Up Eyeballs Presents concert — at Santo’s Party House in New York.

OMD brings ‘History of Modern’ tour to North America, South By Southwest in March

OMD brings ‘History of Modern’ tour to North America, South By Southwest in March

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark will bring its ‘History of Modern’ tour to North America in March for a 16-date trek booked around the South By Southwest festival — the classic lineup’s first U.S. concerts since opening for Depeche Mode’s ‘Music for the Masses’ tour.

Video: Gang of Four, ‘Never Pay for the Farm’

Video: Gang of Four, ‘Never Pay for the Farm’

With their first all-new studio album in 15 years due out in two weeks, reunited post-punk icons Gang of Four this morning debuted the music video for their single ‘Never Pay for the Farm.’

Haircut One Hundred reunites to play 1982 debut ‘Pelican West’ at London concert

Haircut One Hundred reunites to play 1982 debut ‘Pelican West’ at London concert

Haircut One Hundred will reunite once again later this month to perform its 1982 debut ‘Pelican West’ — home to hit singles ‘Love Plus One’ and ‘Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)’ — in its entirety for the first time ever at a one-off London concert.