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Depeche Mode to release ‘Personal Jesus 2011’ remix single as CD, 12-inch and download

Depeche Mode to release ‘Personal Jesus 2011’ remix single as CD, 12-inch and download

Next month, Depeche Mode will preview its Remixes 2: 81-11 collection with a multi-format single release of ‘Personal Jesus 2011,’ featuring six different, brand-new mixes of the smash hit off 1990’s ‘Violator’ — most of which won’t be featured on the new set.

Glastonbury 2011: U2, Morrissey, Big Audio Dynamite, Primal Scream and more

Glastonbury 2011: U2, Morrissey, Big Audio Dynamite, Primal Scream and more

The lineup for the 2011 installment of the venerable Glastonbury Festival was unveiled today, and, in addition to expected headliner U2, the massive fest also will feature sets by Morrissey, Big Audio Dynamite, Primal Scream, Hothouse Flowers, Robyn Hitchcock, Suzanne Vega, Billy Bragg and Nick Lowe.

‘Fix: The Ministry Movie’ premieres tonight at Chicago International Movies & Music Festival

‘Fix: The Ministry Movie’ premieres tonight at Chicago International Movies & Music Festival

The long-in-the-works documentary ‘Fix: The Ministry Movie’ — featuring Trent Reznor, Jello Biafra and Lemmy Kilmister, among others — receives its world premiere tonight at the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival.

Stream: Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis plays 3 songs live at Minneapolis’ 89.3 The Current

Out on tour in support of his new mostly acoustic solo album ‘Several Shades of Why’, Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis hauled his acoustic up to the studios of Minneapolis’ 89.3 The Current to perform a trio of songs live on the air earlier this month.

Video: Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle, John Grant cover Morrissey’s ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’

As we gear up for the release of yet another Morrissey compilation CD — and a single backed by some unreleased B-sides —here’s a look at one of the The Smiths frontman’s greatest compositions: ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday,’ as performed in Sweden this past January by former Grandaddy leader Jason Lytle and John Grant.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 19, first aired 4/12/11

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Jane’s Addiction, Kate Bush and INXS, plus favorites both old and new from Killing Joke, Nitzer Ebb, Havana 3 a.m., The Sugarcubes and Johnny Marr + The Healers.

Stream: Peter Murphy’s 40-minute interview, live set on Pittsburgh’s 91.3 FM WYEP

Stream: Peter Murphy’s 40-minute interview, live set on Pittsburgh’s 91.3 FM WYEP

Last week, as Peter Murphy’s just-completed U.S. tour made its way through Pittsburgh, the former Bauhaus frontman dropped by the studios of 91.3 FM WYEP for a nearly 40-minute on-air interview and live acoustic performance — which can be streamed in its entirety.

The The to release ‘Moonbug’ score

The The to release ‘Moonbug’ score

Just a year after releasing the first new The The album in a decade — the soundtrack to the serial-killer film ‘Tony’ — bandleader Matt Johnson is readying a second new film score, this time for the documentary ‘Moonbug,’ about a photographer’s journey to document America’s space pioneers.

Linkage: The Cure covers Paul McCartney; plus Johnny Marr, The Untouchables, Wax Trax

Linkage: The Cure covers Paul McCartney; plus Johnny Marr, The Untouchables, Wax Trax

This round of tidbits includes stories about The Cure covering Paul McCartney for a new tribute, Johnny Marr quitting The Cribs, the history of The Untouchables’ 1985 album ‘Wild Child’ and rock critic Greg Kot’s 10 favorite Wax Trax! releases.

Stream: Depeche Mode, ‘Personal Jesus (The Stargate Mix),’ off ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’

Stream: Depeche Mode, ‘Personal Jesus (The Stargate Mix),’ off ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’

For the third straight Monday, Depeche Mode has dropped a new track off its upcoming remix compilation — ‘Remixes 2: 81-11,’ featuring contributions from former members Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder, and due June 7.

Record Store Day 2011: R.E.M., The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Kate Bush, New Order

Record Store Day 2011: R.E.M., The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Kate Bush, New Order

There’s less than a week left before that holiest of holy days for vinyl junkies: Record Store Day 2011, which, this year, will see special releases in the U.S. and the U.K. by R.E.M., The Smiths, New Order and Joy Division, Kate Bush, Sonic Youth and many more.

Stream: Sample of Kate Bush’s reworked ‘Lily,’ off ‘Director’s Cut’ compilation

A week after revealing the tracklist to her forthcoming collection ‘Director’s Cut’ — featuring 10 retooled songs form 1989’s ‘The Sensual World’ and 1993’s ‘The Red Shoes’ — Kate Bush today dropped a sample of a second track off the album, ‘Lilly.’

New releases: Feelies, Meat Puppets return, plus a-ha’s final concert on CD, DVD, Blu-ray

New releases: Feelies, Meat Puppets return, plus a-ha’s final concert on CD, DVD, Blu-ray

This week’s new releases include brand-new albums from veterans The Feelies (‘Here Before’) and Meat Puppets (‘Lollipop’), plus CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases celebrating a-ha’s final concert last December in Oslo, Norway.