Dead Can Dance

This year’s RSD exclusives include David Bowie picture discs, a vinyl pressing of the famed ‘C-86’ comp, the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, and lots, lots, lots, more.

Peter Ulrich played drums and percussion in the early years of Dead Can Dance, and is on many of their 4AD albums, including 1984’s self-titled debut and 1987’s Within the Realm of a Dying Sun…

Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival kicked off yesterday (5/22) and it’s currently streaming at the festival’s YouTube channel. As of this post (around 4:20 EST on 5/23), Dinosaur Jr…

As the wind whipped through the final day of Coachella’s first weekend, it became clear to those at the front of the stage that the techs getting the stage set up for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ festival-closing headlining set had a choice: take down the video screens that clearly were a part of the Peppers’ production, or leave them up, risking them blowing uncontrollably around the stage…

DCD @ Austin’s Moody Theatre, 9/7/2012 (more by Tim Griffin) As you may remember, Dead Can Dance released Anastasis, their first LP in 16 years, in 2012 that was followed by a big North American tour…

We mentioned that Blur and The Stone Roses are reuniting for Coachella 2013, and as usual there some other interesting reunions at the festival too…

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Primavera Sound have announced their 2013 lineup, set to go down on May 22-26 in Barcelona, Spain. The announcement came via an animated video and artists performing include Phoenix, The Postal Service, Blur, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, My Bloody Valentine, Tame Impala, Wu-Tang Clan, Dead Can Dance, Grizzly Bear, The Knife, and loads more…

Lou Reed at Tibet House benefit 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Lou Reed will be on tour in Europe this month doing photo exhibits and book readings/signings, and upon returning to the US he’ll play a NJ show at Englewood’s Bergen Performing Arts Center on December 7…

Austin Chronicle: Has Dead Can Dance ever played in Austin? Lisa Gerrard: I don’t think we have. To be honest, I can’t remember. We’ve done so many thousands of concerts in America…