Category: Video

Video: Pet Shop Boys, ‘Leaving’ — second single off new album ‘Elysium’

Video: Pet Shop Boys, ‘Leaving’ — second single off new album ‘Elysium’

The Pet Shop Boys have released a new music video for “Leaving,” the second single off their 11th studio album, ‘Elysium,’ which was released worldwide last month. The single itself is out Oct. 15 in a variety of formats featuring a variety of B-sides, including non-album tracks and remixes.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Pixies co-host with Dave Kendall, play live in studio — 1991

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Pixies co-host with Dave Kendall, play live in studio — 1991

Seeing as today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the Pixies’ ‘Come On Pilgrim,’ we’ll use this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind to spotlight the band with this 10-part, 25-minute playlist that highlights the interview segments and performances from the 1991 episode the band co-hosted with Dave Kendall.

Vintage Video: R.E.M., ‘A Conversation with Michael Stipe’ — original ‘Document’ press kit

Vintage Video: R.E.M., ‘A Conversation with Michael Stipe’ — original ‘Document’ press kit

In honor of this week’s release of the expanded 25th anniversary reissue of ‘Document,’ R.E.M. has posted the album’s original electronic press kit, a 6-minute, black-and-white video dubbed “A Conversation with Michael Stipe” that would have been sent to music journalists in 1987 to promote the then-forthcoming record.

Video: Public Image Ltd. performs ‘Reggie Song’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

Video: Public Image Ltd. performs ‘Reggie Song’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

John Lydon’s reunited Public Image Ltd. took to the airwaves last night for the band’s first U.K. television performance in 20 years, appearing on BBC Two’s “Later… with Jools Holland” to play “Reggie Song,” the next single off the band’s comeback LP, This Is PiL — which you can watch right here.

Video: The Dream Syndicate reunites for 30th anniversary concerts in Spain

Video: The Dream Syndicate reunites for 30th anniversary concerts in Spain

On Friday night, Steve Wynn reconvened The Dream Syndicate for the first of four 30th anniversary reunion concerts in Spain, playing a 15-song set heavy on ‘The Days of Wine and Roses’ before a festival crowd in Barcelona. Not much video has yet emerged, but we’ve got a few clips posted.

Video: Mudhoney’s ‘Live in Berlin 1988’ — watch new trailer for concert DVD

Video: Mudhoney’s ‘Live in Berlin 1988’ — watch new trailer for concert DVD

Seattle rockers Mudhoney this November will release a concert DVD featuring newly re-discovered footage of the band’s 40-minute set at the Berlin Independent Days festival in 1988 — and here’s the first glimpse of it, via a minute-long trailer released today. “Mudhoney: Live in Berlin 1988″ will be released Nov. 13.

Video: Erasure previews ‘The Complete Tomorrow’s World’ box set — see full tracklist

Video: Erasure previews ‘The Complete Tomorrow’s World’ box set — see full tracklist

Limited to 1,500 copies, the set features one CD and one DVD “featuring all the tracks and remixes across the Tomorrow’s World project that have not been commercially available, or have not been available on a physical format, plus all the videos that accompanied the Tomorrow’s World album and singles.

Video: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck debuts solo band Richard M. Nixon in Seattle — watch full set

Video: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck debuts solo band Richard M. Nixon in Seattle — watch full set

Last night in Seattle, former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck played his first-ever solo show — after conducting, as he noted from the stage, his first-ever solo soundcheck — he debuted his new backing band Richard M. Nixon as the opening act for the first of two Young Fresh Fellows album-release shows at The Sunset.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Lou Reed hosts early episode, interviews Suzanne Vega — 1986

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Lou Reed hosts early episode, interviews Suzanne Vega — 1986

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we turn to some newly uploaded clips — via dpallen — of the legendary Lou Reed hosting an episode some time in 1986. Check out a 7-minute clip of a very prickly Reed grilling Mark Josephson, co-director of the New Music Seminar and shorter clips of the rocker chatting with Suzanne Vega.

The Lemonheads reissuing first 3 albums — ‘Hate Your Friends,’ ‘Creator,’ ‘Lick’ — in 2013

The Lemonheads reissuing first 3 albums — ‘Hate Your Friends,’ ‘Creator,’ ‘Lick’ — in 2013

Following news this week that The Lemonheads are working on a Ryan Adam-produced reunion album, Fire Records today announced that it will reissue the band’s first three albums — 1987’s ‘Hate Your Friends,’ 1988’s ‘Creator’ and 1989’s ‘Lick,’ all of which featured Evan Dando and original co-songwriter Ben Deily — in 2013.

Watch: Peter Murphy duets with comic book legend Stan Lee on ‘That Old Black Magic’

Watch: Peter Murphy duets with comic book legend Stan Lee on ‘That Old Black Magic’

Last Friday night, Peter Murphy played a one-off concert in Los Angeles — an event dubbed “Stan Lee’s In Parties” — to help kick off the weekened-long Comikaze comic-book, sci-fi and fantasy fest. It was a fairly standard set from Murphy… except for the opening number, which found Murphy dueting with Lee on “That Old Black Magic.”

Video: Adam Ant opens first U.S. tour in 16 years with Los Angeles concert (Setlist)

Video: Adam Ant opens first U.S. tour in 16 years with Los Angeles concert (Setlist)

Fans had to wait an extra seven months after his February tour was rescheduled, but Adam Ant finally opened his first U.S. tour in 16 years last week, performing a hit-filled, 28-song set at Los Angeles’ Mayan Theatre on Thursday night. We’ve lined up 18 clips from the show for your viewing pleasure.

Bernard Sumner: New Order to begin work on ‘electronic synth album’ early next year

Bernard Sumner: New Order to begin work on ‘electronic synth album’ early next year

Bernard Sumner previously has hinted that New Order — which reunited last year without bassist Peter Hook — may write new music, but now he’s talking about it in detail for the first time, telling interviewers that the band will meet early next year to begin writing new material with an eye on making an ‘electronic synth album.’