Black Francis Covers Love & Rockets

Looking at the darker, gothier fare popping up via such current buzzed bands as Dum Dum Girls, Blank Dogs, and Crocodiles and groups like A Place To Bury Strangers, etc., it's fitting the glammy, briefly reunited post-Bauhaus trio Love & Rockets are about to receive an official tribute album. The 18-track New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets includes a varied cast that includes the aforementioned APTBS along with the Flaming Lips, Monster Magnet, the Dandy Warhols, Puscifer, Better Than Ezra, and Snowden. The collection opens with a cover of Express 's " All In My Mind " by Black Francis, a man most definitely familiar with tributes.<br/><br/> He gives the dreamy, soft-focus 1986 tune a soulful .... 12:49 a.m. Thursday 23rd July 2009 EST