Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about Public Image Ltd., Siouxsie, The Dream Syndicate, Ian McCulloch, The Cure, Electronic, The Mission, Robyn Hitchcock, OMD, New Order and Devo — plus our latest Auto Reverse mixtape and the Top 100 Albums of 1981.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013
Steve Wynn ‘would love’ to record new Dream Syndicate album: ‘I think it would be really good’
Free MP3: Ian McCulloch, ‘Somewhere in My Dreams’ — available for limited time only
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013
Siouxsie to play first concert in 5 years this summer as part of Yoko Ono’s Meltdown
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013
Lol Tolhurst on The Cure’s ‘Faith’: ‘I feel blessed and amazed that it still resonates’
The Mission begin work on new album, sign deal with U.S. label for September release
Stream: Electronic 15-minute sampler of new expanded reissue — with unreleased clips
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 114, aired 4/3/13
Full-album stream: OMD, ‘English Electric’ — new album due out next week
Video: Robyn Hitchcock live on KEXP during SXSW — watch 35-minute set
Public Image Ltd. to give ‘First Issue’ its first-ever U.S. release with expanded reissue
MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013
It’s official: The Cure, New Order, Nine Inch Nails set for Lollapalooza 2013
Top 100 Albums of 1981: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s — Part 2
Devo to release ‘New Traditionalists: Live 1981 Seattle’ on CD with 2 bonus tracks
Stream: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (April 2013)
New releases: Mudhoney, Suicidal Tendencies, Jello Biafra, Violent Femmes’ Victor DeLorenzo
SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2013
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/31/13)
Video: Depeche Mode performs ‘Heaven’ on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ — plus interview
