Year: 2013

Stream: Front Line Assembly, 'Killing Grounds' — first single off 'Echogenetic'

Stream: Front Line Assembly, ‘Killing Grounds’ — first single off ‘Echogenetic’

Front Line Assembly returns next month with a brand new album titled Echogenetic, and label Metropolis Records this week debuted the set’s first single, “Killing Grounds” — which you can stream below. The album, due out July 9, is billed as showing off a “new facet” of FLA, and is completely guitar-free.

Video: 'The Smiths: Not Like Any Other Love' — watch BBC Culture Show's 30-minute special

Video: ‘The Smiths: Not Like Any Other Love’ — watch BBC Culture Show’s 30-minute special

Last month, the BBC program “Culture Show” ran a special on The Smiths tied to the 30th anniversary of the release of “Hand in Glove,” a half-hour examination of the band’s ever-growing legacy through “the look, the lyrics, the issues and the riffs.” You can now watch the entire special via uploader hipsterdisco2.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 123, aired 6/11/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 123, aired 6/11/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured music by The Replacements, X, The Smithereens, World Party, David Schelzel of The Ocean Blue, The Go-Betweens, The Clash, The Seahorses, The Cure, Big Audio Dynamite and more. Replay airs at 2 p.m. EDT Friday.

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with 'Tony Fletcher' EP

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with ‘Tony Fletcher’ EP

The Chameleons next week will reissue their fourth album — 2001’s post-reunion Why Call It Anything — in an expanded 2CD set paired with a live album, as well as release a brand new compilation called Dreams in Celluloid that will package demos and early studio takes with the rare Tony Fletcher EP.

Gary Numan expands North American tour, will open for Nine Inch Nails in Florida

Synth pioneer Gary Numan has expanded what was to be a very short run of West Coast dates in late summer by adding concerts in the Eastern U.S. this October leading up to a pair of opening slots on Nine Inch Nails’ fall arena tour in October. All told, Numan is now planning 13 North American shows through Oct. 31.

The Cure to play first-ever concert in Hawaii next month ahead of Lollapalooza

The Cure to play first-ever concert in Hawaii next month ahead of Lollapalooza

The Cure next month will warm up for its pair of early August festival dates in North America — the band is playing both Lollapalooza in Chicago and Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts in Montreal the weekend of Aug. 2-4 — with its first-ever Hawaiian concert, a July 30 headlining date in Honolulu.

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (June 2013)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (June 2013)

This month’s tape features brand-new music from Nine Inch Nails and Miracle Legion’s Mark Mulcahy, plus classics from Talking Heads, Richard Hell, Billy Bragg, Midnight Oil, Galaxie 500, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Elvis Costello, Gang of Four, Pylon, Orange Juice, Sugar and much more.

New book 'Assimilate' billed as 'first serious study published on industrial music'

New book ‘Assimilate’ billed as ‘first serious study published on industrial music’

With his new book “Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music,” author S. Alexander Reed — a University of Florida music theory professor and frontman of ThouShaltNot — has compiled what is being billed as both the “first serious study published on industrial music” and the “definitive treatment of the genre.”

Video: The Ocean Blue's David Schelzel covers Billy Idol in 3-song live set at KEXP

Video: The Ocean Blue’s David Schelzel covers Billy Idol in 3-song live set at KEXP

When The Ocean Blue was in Seattle this past February, the band’s frontman, David Schelzel, stopped by radio station KEXP (90.3 FM) for an on-air set and interview, performing new single “Sad Night, Where Is Morning,” classic track “Drifting, Falling” and a cover of Billy Idol’s “Eyes Without a Face.”

New releases: Paul Weller, Alison Moyet, British Electric Foundation, Johnny Thunders

New releases: Paul Weller, Alison Moyet, British Electric Foundation, Johnny Thunders

This week’s new releases include a limited-edition ‘Sonik Kick’ 7-inch singles box set from Paul Weller, plus the U.S. releases of recent albums by Alison Moyet (‘the minutes’) and British Electric Foundation (‘Dark’), plus an expanded reissue of Johnny Thunders’ 1983 album ‘Hurt Me.’

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (6/9/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (6/9/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Propaganda, Front 242, Peter Murphy, Dead Boys, Morrissey, The Bubblemen, Echo & The Bunnymen, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Cramps, Joy Division, Ministry, The Church, Death in June and much, much more.

My Bloody Valentine announce U.S. concerts ahead of FYF Fest appearance

My Bloody Valentine announce U.S. concerts ahead of FYF Fest appearance

Touring this year in support of their long-delayed comeback record mbv, shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine will play at least five concerts in the western U.S. this August in advance of the band’s headlining appearance at the FYF Fest in Los Angeles. It’s not yet clear whether more U.S. dates are planned.

The Week in Rock: June 2-8, 2013

The Week in Rock: June 2-8, 2013

Slicing Up Eyeballs this week featured posts about R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Morrissey, The Waterboys, Johnny Marr, Killing Joke, Joy Division, The Stone Roses, U2 and more — plus the Top 100 Albums of 1983 and the opening of voting in the Best of 1984 poll.