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Video: Mission of Burma’s ‘1, 2, 3 Partyy!’

Not sure what’s more improbable: the fact that it’s 2009 and Mission of Burma is still putting out great records, or the fact that it’s […]

The Godfathers announce St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in London, plus German tour

The Godfathers announce St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in London, plus German tour

Reactivated Brit guitar-rockers The Godfathers today announced a short tour of Germany in December — and revealed they’ll celebrate their 25th anniversary next year with […]

R.E.M. ‘This Is Not a Show’ concert film to receive limited theatrical screenings

R.E.M. ‘This Is Not a Show’ concert film to receive limited theatrical screenings

In conjunction with this month’s release of its Live at the Olympia album, R.E.M. is presenting “This Is Not a Theatrical Release,” a series of […]

Video: Sonic Youth performs ‘EVOL’ classic ‘Starpower’ on ‘Gossip Girl’

Video: Sonic Youth performs ‘EVOL’ classic ‘Starpower’ on ‘Gossip Girl’

As threatened, indie-rock legends Sonic Youth took to the tube last night, making an appearance on teen soap “Gossip Girl” to perform “Starpower” off 1986’s […]

New releases: Echo & The Bunnymen, Bad Lieutenant CDs; Talking Heads on Blu-ray

New releases: Echo & The Bunnymen, Bad Lieutenant CDs; Talking Heads on Blu-ray

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Echo & The Bunnymen RELEASE: The Fountain BACKSTORY: The […]

New Hüsker Dü biography due in 2010

New Hüsker Dü biography due in 2010

Tweet Voyageur Press, the imprint behind the 2007 oral history “The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting,” next year will publish a new book about […]

Video: The Primitives playing ‘Crash’ and more at first U.K. reunion concert

Video: The Primitives playing ‘Crash’ and more at first U.K. reunion concert

Long-departed U.K. indie-pop act The Primitives — sometimes lumped together with the mid-to-late-’80s C86 scene — has somewhat quietly reformed, playing its first gigs in […]

Sonic Youth releasing acoustic ‘Gossip Girl’ version of 1986’s ‘Starpower’

Sonic Youth releasing acoustic ‘Gossip Girl’ version of 1986’s ‘Starpower’

Not only will Sonic Youth do a highly improbable guest turn on teen soap “Gossip Girl” next week, but the band also is releasing a […]

Video: Love and Rockets’ Daniel Ash interviewed by artist Shepard Fairey

Video: Love and Rockets’ Daniel Ash interviewed by artist Shepard Fairey

Missed this when it was first came out, but it’s still worth sharing: In August, Love and Rockets’ Daniel Ash sat down with celebrated street […]

Pixies selling live CDs, downloads, ‘USB bracelets’ of European ‘Doolittle’ concerts

Pixies selling live CDs, downloads, ‘USB bracelets’ of European ‘Doolittle’ concerts

The Pixies are commemorating this fall’s Doolittle 20th anniversary tour by releasing limited-edition, professionally recorded live CDs, digital downloads and “USB bracelets” of its concerts […]

The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus ‘In Orange’ on DVD

The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus ‘In Orange’ on DVD

The Cure will reissue its 1989 masterwork Disintegration in an expanded and remastered 3CD edition next spring, Robert Smith announced today, the first salvo in what appears to be a flood of new archival releases from the legendary band — including the first-ever DVD release of 1987’s long-out-of-print “In Orange” concert film.

Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant playing Chicago, New York; full U.S. tour in 2010

Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant playing Chicago, New York; full U.S. tour in 2010

Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s just-launched New Order spinoff, will make it U.S. debut this fall with headlining concerts in New York and Chicago — in […]

New releases: Kraftwerk reissues, new CDs from Mission of Burma, Lou Barlow

New releases: Kraftwerk reissues, new CDs from Mission of Burma, Lou Barlow

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Kraftwerk RELEASES: Autobahn, Radio-Activity, Trans Europe Express, […]