Year: 2013

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/11/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/11/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured new music from The Mission, plus classics by Bauhaus, The The, KMFDM, Clan of Xymox, Revolting Cocks, March Violets, Love and Rockets, The Glove, Ministry, Lords of the New Church, Kraftwerk, Bauhaus and much, much more.

Stream: Nine Inch Nails, 'Copy of A' — second single off 'Hesitation Marks'

Stream: Nine Inch Nails, ‘Copy of A’ — second single off ‘Hesitation Marks’

With the arrival of Nine Inch Nails’ comeback album Hesitation Marks now about three weeks out — and with a number of the new tracks having been debuted in concert — Trent Reznor is releasing a second single off the album in the form of “Copy of A,” which you can hear right here.

The Week in Rock: Aug. 4-10, 2013

The Week in Rock: Aug. 4-10, 2013

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 OMD, Cocteau Twins, Blondie, Hunters & Collectors, Killing Joke, The Church, Morrissey, The Cure, Sonic Youth and more — plus we opened voting in the Best of 1986 poll.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie in first U.S. TV interview — 1994

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie in first U.S. TV interview — 1994

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this quite awkward interview of Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins during a 1994 appearance to promote the release of Four-Calendar Cafe. Guthrie admits to host Lewis Largent that it’s his first-ever U.S. television appearance.

Vintage Video: Love Tractor plays UCLA on Feb. 12, 1987 — watch full 90-minute set

Vintage Video: Love Tractor plays UCLA on Feb. 12, 1987 — watch full 90-minute set

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we turn to Slicing Up Eyeballs reader Walt, who shared with us this full 90-minute recording of classic Athens, Ga., alt-rockers Love Tractor performing a free show on the University of California at Los Angeles campus on Feb. 12, 1987.

Hunters & Collectors tribute to feature Neil Finn, Eddie Vedder, The Avalanches and more

Hunters & Collectors tribute to feature Neil Finn, Eddie Vedder, The Avalanches and more

Hunters & Collectors — best-known to American fans for late-’80s modern-rock hits “Back on the Breadline” and “When the River Runs Dry” — will be the subject of a new tribute album next month featuring interpretations of the band’s music by Eddie Vedder and Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, The Living End, The Avalanches and more.

Killing Joke to begin recording new album in October, 'KJ in Dub' to be released 'shortly'

Killing Joke to begin recording new album in October, ‘KJ in Dub’ to be released ‘shortly’

Having wrapped up touring and promotion of its recent singles collection, Killing Joke today announced the band will return to the studio this October to begin work on its third album for Universal/Spinefarm, with Kevin “Geordie” Walker already having demoed nine new songs.