Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught this week’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave comments or requests for future shows.

After righting the mixtape ship last month, we’ve made great efforts to re-stablize delivery of the Auto Reverse series, and so now comes the November installment. Below you can stream via Mixcloud, or download, two 45-minute sides brimming with great music from your favorite artists.

Canadian synthpop outfit Rational Youth is digging into its vaults with the release of a new 3CD archival set called Magic Box, which features a 27-song live album that was recorded in 1983 on two discs and a third CD collecting demos, 7-inch remixes and solo tracks from members Bill Vorn, Kevin Komoda, and Tracy Howe.

Morrissey will celebrate the life and legacy of Lou Reed by releasing a single featuring a live cover of the late rocker’s 1972 classic “Satellite of Love” recorded two years ago first as a digital download in early December and then on vinyl early next year, according to an announcement made via semi-official fansite True To You.

Longtime music journalist Ben Vendetta has just published his debut work of fiction, a novel called “Wivenhoe Park” that’s set in the mid-’80s and follows an American Anglophile who relocates to the U.K. as the indie/post-punk scene blows up with bands like The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain and more.

This week’s new releases include the brand-new Christmas album from Erasure (‘Snow Globe’), plus reissues of The Lords of the New Church’s three albums from the ’80s, a Songs For Slim compilation 2CD set featuring The Replacements, and a set of ’80s covers from Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs.

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music by Killing Joke, Nitzer Ebb, The Psychedelic Furs, Cocteau Twins, Clock DVA, The Specimen Joy Division, Bigod 20, Ultravox, The Only Ones, The Sisters of Mercy, Gene Loves Jezebel, Bauhaus, The The, Gary Numan and more.