INXS

“I have been working towards bringing this music to the public for over 20 years,” producer Danny Saber says of these two Michael Hutchence songs that are finally seeing the light of day.

No ’80s director was as well know for their soundtracks as much as the films themselves as John Hughes and we’ve ranked his movies — including Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club & more — with that in mind.

Every single one of us has the devil inside, according to INXS, and this week on their Sunday Lunch covers series Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp let it out

Electric Six‘s ‘Streets of Gold‘ includes their take on songs by INXS, Pixies, Alice Cooper, KISS, Fleetwood Mac, and more.

Watch full concert videos from Psychedelic Furs, OMD, Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order, The Smiths, Suzanne Vega, Jesse Johnson, and other ’80s artists from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack.

Joel Schumacher was one of the most successful directors of the ’80s and ’90s, bringing a distinctive pop style to such films as St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, and Falling Down. He was 80.

The album was ”recorded at home using primitive electronic instruments in addition to heavily effected electric guitar, bass & voice” and it finds her doing drastically reworked covers of pop songs from her youth, intended as a ”mixtape” for her late brother Brian.

Songs for Australia features Kurt Vile, Damien Rice, Martha Wainwright and more covering Aussie artists to raise money for brushfire relief.

Joe Pernice and Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake both call Toronto home these days and, what with their similar musical styles, have joined forces under the name The New Mendicants…

INXS, complete with the guy who won his way into the band on vocals, are touring this summer and playing Wellmont Theater on August 3 (on sale now) and Beacon Theatre on August 4 (Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 AM)…