Tag: Davy Jones’ Locker

New releases: R.E.M., Cindy Wilson, Elizabeth Fraser, Catherine Wheel, Stone Roses, Ocean Blue

New releases: R.E.M., Cindy Wilson, Elizabeth Fraser, Catherine Wheel, Stone Roses, Ocean Blue

This week’s new releases include vinyl reissues from R.E.M., Catherine Wheel, The Stone Roses and The Ocean Blue, plus a new album from The B-52s’ Cindy Wilson.

The Ocean Blue reissues 1999 album “Davy Jones’ Locker,” makes new video for “Denmark”

The Ocean Blue reissues 1999 album “Davy Jones’ Locker,” makes new video for “Denmark”

The Ocean Blue this month will reissue their self-released fifth album — the 13-song Davy Jones’ Locker, originally released in 1999 — and have just made a new music video.

Stream: The Ocean Blue, ‘Sad Night, Where Is Morning?’ — off upcoming ‘Ultramarine’

Stream: The Ocean Blue, ‘Sad Night, Where Is Morning?’ — off upcoming ‘Ultramarine’

The Ocean Blue gave fans an early taste last fall of two tracks — “Blow My Mind” and “A Rose is a Rose” — off its first new album in 13 years, and now, with that record, ‘Ultramarine,’ due out in March, the band has premiered another song, “Sad Night, Where Is Morning?,” which you can stream here.

The Ocean Blue to release ‘Ultramarine’ in March, play shows ‘throughout the U.S.’

The Ocean Blue to release ‘Ultramarine’ in March, play shows ‘throughout the U.S.’

The Ocean Blue — best known for 1989’s Echo & The Bunnymen-like debut single “Between Something and Nothing” — will release ‘Ultramarine,’ the band’s first new album in 13 years, this March, then play “shows throughout the U.S. starting in April,” according to a post on the group’s Facebook page.

The Ocean Blue to release 2 new songs next week, play 2 live shows in January

The Ocean Blue to release 2 new songs next week, play 2 live shows in January

Reunited indie-pop outfit The Ocean Blue is releasing its first new album in 13 years this January, but fans can get an early listen to two of the record’s tracks next week when they appear on a new compilation being released by Korda Records, the new label launched by the band’s David Schelzel and three fellow musicians.

Free MP3: The Ocean Blue, ‘Walking in the Air’ — cover of song from ‘The Snowman’

Free MP3: The Ocean Blue, ‘Walking in the Air’ — cover of song from ‘The Snowman’

For the second straight year, The Ocean Blue has posted a free Christmas single, once again pairing the band’s David Schelzel with Don Peris of The Innocence Mission. This year, the pair recorded a cover of ‘Walking on Air,’ from the 1982 animated adaptation of the children’s book ‘The Snowman.’

Ocean Blue rarity ‘City Traffic’ surfaces as band works on first new album in a decade

Ocean Blue rarity ‘City Traffic’ surfaces as band works on first new album in a decade

A crisp studio recording of The Ocean’s Blue’s ‘City Traffic,’ a never-before-released concert favorite by the late-’80s/early-’90s jangle-pop outfit, surfaced on YouTube this summer accompanied by a homemade music video.