Year: 2017

Frankie Rose records full-album cover of The Cure's 'Seventeen Seconds' — hear 'A Forest'

Frankie Rose records full-album cover of The Cure’s ‘Seventeen Seconds’ — hear ‘A Forest’

Frankie Rose, a former member of indie-pop groups including Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls, has recorded a front-to-back cover of The Cure’s 1980 sophomore album Seventeen Seconds that will be made available next month to members of the Sounds Delicious vinyl subscription service. Stream “A Forest” here.

XTC's 'Black Sea' audiophile reissue with new 5.1, stereo mixes due out in November

XTC’s ‘Black Sea’ audiophile reissue with new 5.1, stereo mixes due out in November

The audiophile reissue of XTC’s fourth album, 1980’s Black Sea, is due out Nov. 10, and will include new 5.1 Surround, stereo and and high-resolution stereo mixes of the record by Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson, plus demos, instrumentals and music videos. More details here.

This week's new releases: Giant David Bowie box set — plus Depeche Mode, The Cravats

This week’s new releases: Giant David Bowie box set — plus Depeche Mode, The Cravats

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s releases include David Bowie’s massive 11CD or 13LP box set ‘A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982).’

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/24/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/24/17)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EDT every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Check out the full playlist right here.

Morrissey announces 16-date U.S. tour this fall in support of 'Low in High School'

Morrissey announces 16-date U.S. tour this fall in support of ‘Low in High School’

Nearly a year after his last U.S. tour fizzled amid cancellations and illness, Morrissey will return to the road this fall for a 16-date American trek in support of the forthcoming album Low in High School. The trek opens Oct. 31 in Portland, Ore., and wraps up Dec. 7 in Boston. See full dates here.

Depeche Mode shares cover of David Bowie’s 'Heroes' for iconic song's 40th anniversary

Depeche Mode shares cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ for iconic song’s 40th anniversary

Depeche Mode has been performing a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” on its Global Spirit Tour for the past several months, and today the group released a music video for a studio version of the cut in honor of the iconic song’s 40th anniversary. Watch the full video here.

The Jesus Lizard to perform for first time in 8 years at Houston's Day For Night Festival

The Jesus Lizard to perform for first time in 8 years at Houston’s Day For Night Festival

Iconic noise-rock act The Jesus Lizard will come together this December to play its first concert since its 2009 reunion tour, joining Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Solange, St. Vincent, Laurie Anderson and more on the bill of the Day For Night Festival in Houston, Texas.

Peter Murphy enlists David J to play Bauhaus classics during San Francisco residency

Peter Murphy enlists David J to play Bauhaus classics during San Francisco residency

Peter Murphy has enlisted former bandmate David J to play bass in his band during the final three, Bauhaus-focused nights of his expanded 16-night residency in San Francisco next year, a run of shows that had been postponed due to the singer’s vocal problems. See full details here.

New Order announces settlement of long-running legal disputes with Peter Hook

New Order announces settlement of long-running legal disputes with Peter Hook

New Order today announced that it has reached a “full and final settlement” to end the band’s long-running legal disputes with its former bassist Peter Hook over the ongoing royalties Hook has received since 2011 and his own use of “various New Order and Joy Division assets.” Read New Order’s full statement.

Can't hardly wait? Hear 6 tracks off The Replacements' ‘For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s’

Can’t hardly wait? Hear 6 tracks off The Replacements’ ‘For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s’

We’re still more than two weeks a way from the release of The Replacements’ vintage concert document For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986, but if you’re itching to wrap your ears around some of those classic-era live tracks, here are six that have been released to whet fans’ appetites. Hear them here.

The Fall's 7-disc 'The Singles 1978-2016' box set to collect 117 A-sides and B-sides

The Fall’s 7-disc ‘The Singles 1978-2016’ box set to collect 117 A-sides and B-sides

Nearly four decades’ worth of singles — both A-sides and their accompanying B-sides — by the assorted lineups of Mark E. Smith’s pioneering post-punk outfit The Fall will be collected on a new 7-disc, 117-track box set from Cherry Red Records this November. See the full tracklist right here.

Listen: Morrissey, 'Spent the Day in Bed' — first single off 'Low in High School'

Listen: Morrissey, ‘Spent the Day in Bed’ — first single off ‘Low in High School’

Morrissey  this morning debuted the first single off his upcoming 11th album Low in High School, a typically maudlin song called “Spent the Day in Bed” that finds the singer exhausted by the events and happily bedridden (“Stop watching the news!”). Stream the full track below.

MBV Watch: Kevin Shields prepping new My Bloody Valentine album for 2018?

MBV Watch: Kevin Shields prepping new My Bloody Valentine album for 2018?

The time has come once again, it appears, to dust off our old MBV Watch feature, as rumors now are swirling about reclusive guitar-noise genius Kevin Shields being at work on a new My Bloody Valentine album — the follow-up to 2013’s mbv — for release sometime next year. Here’s what we know.