Echo & The Bunnymen

RSD24 is April 20, and this year’s exclusive titles include The Beatles, Ramones, Nas, Blur, the ‘Spawn’ soundtrack, Talking Heads, The Replacements, Screaming Trees and lots more

Brian Griffin photographed some of the ’80s most iconic album covers, including Depeche Mode’s ‘A Broken Frame,’ Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Heaven Up Here’ and Psychedelic Furs’ ‘Mirror Moves’

The Bunnymen’s Songs to Learn & Sing tour starts May 7 in Austin

Plus: Cassie Ramone & Colleen Green, Carina Round (Puscifer), Voxtrot, Sun Ra Arkestra, Noise Pop 2024, and more tour and festival news.

The tour runs through May and June and promises “the very best of Echo & The Bunnymen.”

Huntington Beach, CA’s inaugural Darker Waves Festival happens November 18 with New Order, Tears for Fears, The B-52s, Echo & The Bunnymen, Devo, The Psychedelic Furs, The Human League, OMD, Violent Femmes, The Cardigans, X, and more

This week’s episode of BV Blog Radio is dedicated to the Cruel World Festival, with songs by Iggy Pop, Echo & the Bunnymen, Love & Rockets, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Boy Harsher & more

Siouxsie closes out the night unopposed, playing what’s currently the only North American date on her first tour in 15 years, but elsewhere there are some conflicting sets to choose between.

Read tributes from Madonna, Johnny Marr, and more.

Cruel World 2023 also features Billy Idol, Adam Ant, The Human League, ABC, Molchat Doma, Gary Numan, Boy Harsher, Modern English, Gang of Four, and more.