Year: 2017

'Manchester stands together': Reactions to bombing from Johnny Marr, Peter Hook, more

‘Manchester stands together’: Reactions to bombing from Johnny Marr, Peter Hook, more

Musicians and fans from around the world are standing in solidarity today with the people of Manchester, site of an Islamic State-claimed suicide bombing that killed at least 22 fans leaving an Ariana Grande arena concert last night. We’ve rounded up reactions from Johnny Marr, Peter Hook, Alison Moyet, Pet Shop Boys and more.

Poptone — featuring Bauhaus’ Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins — announce East Coast dates

Poptone — featuring Bauhaus’ Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins — announce East Coast dates

Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins continue to expand their inaugural U.S. tour as Poptone — which will perform a Tones on Tail-heavy set, along with music by Bauhaus and Love and Rockets — with the addition today of much-anticipated East Coast dates in August.

The absolute best of The Cure: All 225 songs ranked by Slicing Up Eyeballs' readers

The absolute best of The Cure: All 225 songs ranked by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers

Time’s up, pencils down. Voting’s over, and the results are in. With more than 100,000 votes cast — 101,336 to be exact — it’s time to reveal Slicing Up Eyeballs readers’ rankings of all 225 original songs officially released by The Cure over the past four decades. Click through for the full list in all its glory.

Playlist: All 225 of The Cure's songs, ranked — minus the 16 that aren't on Spotify

Playlist: All 225 of The Cure’s songs, ranked — minus the 16 that aren’t on Spotify

Seeing as we’ve just unveiled the results of the Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll that ranked all 225 original, officially released songs by The Cure, it seemed fitting to slap together a Spotify playlist. Unfortunately, there were 16 songs, out of that total list of 225, that aren’t on the streaming service.

New releases: Box sets from Kraftwerk and Midnight Oil, new The Charlatans album

New releases: Box sets from Kraftwerk and Midnight Oil, new The Charlatans album

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 new box sets from Kraftwerk and Midnight Oil, and a new Charlatans record.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/21/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/21/17)

“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. Here’s tonight’s full playlist.

Watch: The The's emotional new music video for 'We Can't Stop What's Coming'

Watch: The The’s emotional new music video for ‘We Can’t Stop What’s Coming’

The The today released a music video for the band’s comeback single “We Can’t Stop What’s Coming,” an emotional clip that, like the song, pays tribute to bandleader Matt Johnson’s late brother Andrew Johnson, aka Andy Dog, who designed much of The The’s artwork.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Kurt Loder puts Social Distortion under the '120 X-Ray' in 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kurt Loder puts Social Distortion under the ‘120 X-Ray’ in 1990

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we drop in on a “120 X-Ray” segment from 1990 on SoCal punk mainstays Social Distortion that’s narrated by the MTV News godfather himself: Kurt Loder. Bandleader Mike Ness is interviewed about Social D’s new self-titled album and more.

Chris Cornell, Soundgarden's lead screamer and grunge-era icon, 1964-2017

Chris Cornell, Soundgarden’s lead screamer and grunge-era icon, 1964-2017

Chris Cornell, whose unmistakable multi-octave singing voice branded Seattle’s Soundgarden as one of the true grunge-era standouts, died last night in Detroit following a concert there by the reunited band, the Associated Press reported. Police are investigating Cornell’s death as a possible suicide. He was 52.

Wire to head out on North American tour in support of 'Silver/Lead' this September

Wire to head out on North American tour in support of ‘Silver/Lead’ this September

Post-punk legends act Wire today announced a 13-date north American tour this September in support of its recently released 15th studio album, Silver/Lead. The trek opens Sept. 16 in Chicago, and includes dates in the midwest and on the East Coast, wrapping up with three nights in Brooklyn. See full dates here.

Watch: The Jesus and Mary Chain perform 'The Two of Us' with Sky Ferreira on Colbert

Watch: The Jesus and Mary Chain perform ‘The Two of Us’ with Sky Ferreira on Colbert

The Jesus and Mary Chain are about halfway through their North American tour, and took the opportunity, while in New York, to appear on last night’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to perform “The Two of Us,” a fuzzed-out duet between Jim Reid and Sky Ferreira.

OMD announces 'The Punishment of Luxury' album, tour — hear first new song off record

OMD announces ‘The Punishment of Luxury’ album, tour — hear first new song off record

Classic synthpop outfit Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark this week announced they’ll release their 13th studio album — the group’s first record since 2013’s English Electric — this September, to be followed by a fall tour of the U.K. and Europe. We’ve got the first song released off the new album.

The Sisters of Mercy to follow festival appearances with 18-date European tour

The Sisters of Mercy to follow festival appearances with 18-date European tour

The Sisters of Mercy will follow up a pair of festival appearances in August with an 18-date European tour, opening with a pair of previously announced London shows and continuing throughout September with dates in Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Austria, Luxembourg and The Netherlands.