Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. It’s been a bit slow because of the holidays, so this is a two-week edition, featuring headlines about My Bloody Valentine, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, The Clash, Peter Murphy, The Dead Milkmen, Edwyn Collins, Robyn Hitchcock, The Godfathers, They Might Be Giants and more.
FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 2012
Video: Depeche Mode shares rare footage of 1990 ‘Violator’ show at Dodger Stadium
Slicing Up Eyeballs’ most-clicked of 2012: R.E.M., The Cure, Dead Can Dance
THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 2012
Premiere: Pet Shop Boys, ‘One Night’ — new track off ‘Memory of the Future’ single
Video: Adam Ant, ‘Cool Zombie’ — lead single off first new album in 18 years
TUESDAY, DEC. 25, 2012
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 102, first aired 12/25/12
MONDAY, DEC. 24, 2012
My Bloody Valentine: ‘We finished mastering the new album’
SUNDAY, DEC. 23, 2012
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/23/12)
Mike Scaccia, 1965-2012: Ministry, RevCo guitarist dies after on-stage collapse
SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 2012
Vintage Video: The Clash rocks Tokyo on Jan. 28, 1982 — watch full hour-long set
Stream: ‘Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements’ — full documentary
FRIDAY, DEC. 21, 2012
Stream: The Dead Milkmen, ‘Big Words Make The Baby Jesus Cry’ 7-inch — 3 new songs
Spin, 1985-2012: Magazine unceremoniously halts publication, goes web-only
THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 2012
Peter Murphy to perform ‘Deep,’ all-Bauhaus set at California concerts next weekend
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19, 2012
The Psychedelic Furs cancel U.S. concerts as Richard Butler recovers from surgery
Download: Slicing Up Eyeballs Christmas Mix 2012 — 97 minutes of holiday cheer
Robyn Hitchcock announces release of new album ‘Love From London’ next March
TUESDAY, DEC. 18, 2012
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 101, first aired 12/18/12
Free MP3: They Might Be Giants, ‘Call Your Mom’ — first track off upcoming ‘Nanobots’
MONDAY, DEC. 17, 2012
Free MP3: The Mission’s Wayne Hussey, ‘White Christmas’
The Godfathers announce new album ‘Jukebox Fury,’ U.K. tour with The Stranglers
Stream: Edwyn Collins, ‘Too Bad (That’s Sad)’ — first track off upcoming ‘Understated’ LP
New releases: Paul Weller vinyl EP, plus U.S. CD release of The Pogues live album
SUNDAY, DEC. 16, 2012
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/16/12)
