Recent Posts

The The airs tracks from unreleased ‘Gun Sluts,’ ‘2 Blocks Below Canal’ albums

Enigmatic The The mastermind Matt Johnson continues to use his web show ‘Radio Cineola’ to treat fans to never-before-heard music, and this month is no different, with songs from the unreleased ‘Gun Sluts’ and ‘2 Blocks Below Canals’ albums making their debut.

Video: Beck’s Record Club, with Liars and St. Vincent, covers INXS’ ‘Mystify’ off ‘Kick’

This week, Beck and his Record Club cohorts — St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes — cover INXS’ ‘Mystify,’ the fifth and final single, in the U.K. at least, from 1987’s ‘Kick.’

Public Image Ltd. sets short July tour of U.K.

Public Image Ltd. sets short July tour of U.K.

The reformatted Public Image Ltd. announced today that it will return to the U.K. this summer with a six-date run of shows in July that follows John Lydon and Co.’s initial comeback tour of the band’s homeland last December and a just-completed North American trek.

Video: Crowded House’s ‘Saturday Sun,’ first single off forthcoming ‘Intriguer’ album

Video: Crowded House’s ‘Saturday Sun,’ first single off forthcoming ‘Intriguer’ album

With the release of its second post-reunion album, ‘Intriguer,’ approaching, Crowded House has released an official video for the record’s opening track and first single, ‘Saturday Sun.’

Download: Killing Joke’s ‘Endgame,’ first new track from original lineup since 1982

Download: Killing Joke’s ‘Endgame,’ first new track from original lineup since 1982

With its new album delayed until fall, landmark postpunk act Killing Joke this week announced it will issue ‘In Excelsis,’ an EP culled from the same sessions, later this month — and released ‘Endgame,’ a free MP3 that marks the first new music from the band’s original lineup since 1982’s ‘Revelations.’

Video: The Mission UK teases new ‘Dum Dum Bullet’ compilation with highlight reel

To get fans excited for the June 21 release of The Mission UK’s ‘Dum Dum Bullet’ compilation, frontman Wayne Hussey has assembled this 7½-minute promo clip that samples a good number of the record’s tracks.

Video: The Wedding Present covers the Rolling Stones’ ’19th Nervous Breakdown’

Video: The Wedding Present covers the Rolling Stones’ ’19th Nervous Breakdown’

This week’s installment of the A.V. Club’s Undercover series finds The Wedding Present delivering a great, fuzzed-out take on The Rolling Stones classic ’19th Nervous Breakdown.’

New releases: U2’s Rose Bowl DVD; Andy Bell single; new Television Personalities CD

New releases: U2’s Rose Bowl DVD; Andy Bell single; new Television Personalities CD

This week’s new releases include the ‘U2 360° at the Rose Bowl’ DVD/Blu-ray, the new single from Erasure frontman Andy Bell’s forthcoming solo album, a new Television Personalities album (‘A Memory is Better than Nothing’) and a reissue of King’s ‘Steps in Time.’

The Primitives extend reunion with European festivals, hint at U.S. dates this fall

The Primitives extend reunion with European festivals, hint at U.S. dates this fall

Reformed jangle-pop act The Primitives are extending their reunion with a quartet of just-announced shows in Europe and their native U.K. this summer — and are hinting at a return to the U.S. this fall following a successful New York City gig earlier this month.

Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy sets ‘Dirty Dirt Tour’ summer dates in Europe, U.K. and Canada

Despite persistent rumors of ill health, Peter Murphy this week announced 10 concerts in the U.K., Europe and Canada in late July and August as part of what he’s calling the Dirty Dirt Tour — with additional dates expected.

Video: The Fall’s Mark E. Smith on unofficial World Cup song ‘England’s Heartbeat’

The generally dour Mark E. Smith, mastermind of The Fall, brightens up a bit — cracks a smile, even — in this new video for ‘England’s Heartbeat,’ an unofficial World Cup single supporting England that’s due out next month.

Audio: Hear full Primavera Sound sets by Wire, Gary Numan, Marc Almond via WFMU

Audio: Hear full Primavera Sound sets by Wire, Gary Numan, Marc Almond via WFMU

New Jersey-based radio station WFMU is once again streaming full sets from the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain, today and Saturday, with performance on tap from Wire, Gary Numan, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond and Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera, among others.

Video: Midnight Oil rocks Exxon building in Valdez protest 20 years ago this weekend

Video: Midnight Oil rocks Exxon building in Valdez protest 20 years ago this weekend

With BP’s disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil leak now surpassing the Exxon Valdez as the worst oil spill in U.S. history, it’s only fitting that we mark Sunday’s 20th anniversary of the Midnight Oil ‘guerrilla action’ in front of the Exxon building in New York City.