Year: 2017

The Cars' 'Candy-O' and 'Panorama' reissued with remastered audio, unreleased tracks

The Cars’ ‘Candy-O’ and ‘Panorama’ reissued with remastered audio, unreleased tracks

Rhino Records this summer will reissue The Cars’ second and third albums — 1979’s Candy-O and 1980’s Panorama — in expanded editions featuring audio remastered under bandleader Ric Ocasek’s supervision and previously unreleased tracks and mixes from those records’ sessions.

Twin/Tone opens its vaults on YouTube: The Replacements, Suicide Commandos and more

Twin/Tone opens its vaults on YouTube: The Replacements, Suicide Commandos and more

Famed Minneapolis imprint Twin/Tone Records — re-launched to release the first new Suicide Commandos album in 39 years — has begun uploading archival live video from bands like The Replacements, as well as old music videos by the label’s acts, to its YouTube channel.

Echo & The Bunnymen add 3 Canadian concerts following Violent Femmes tour

Echo & The Bunnymen add 3 Canadian concerts following Violent Femmes tour

Echo & The Bunnymen this week announced a trio of Canadian concerts to follow their co-headlining tour with Violent Femmes this summer, dates in August in the cities of Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg. Tickets for the three Bunnymen-only shows will go on sale 10 a.m. local time Friday.

Paul Weller to support 'A Kind Revolution' with 20-date North American tour this fall

Paul Weller to support ‘A Kind Revolution’ with 20-date North American tour this fall

With his 13th solo album, A Kind Revolution, due out Friday, Paul Weller today announced a 20-date North American tour this October to support the record — an unusually extensive trek for the former Jam frontman, whose U.S. tours in recent years have only hit a few major cities.

Midnight Oil to return to the U.S. in August for 'final four' additional concerts

Midnight Oil to return to the U.S. in August for ‘final four’ additional concerts

Just two dates into the North American leg of their worldwide reunion tour, Midnight Oil this morning announced the band will return to the U.S. in late August for “a final four special shows” in Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis and Cleveland. See the band’s full tour dates here.

New releases: Paul Weller's 'A Kind Revolution,' plus The Mission, David Bowie reissues

New releases: Paul Weller’s ‘A Kind Revolution,’ plus The Mission, David Bowie reissues

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 a new studio album from Paul Weller, and an expanded collector’s edition from The Mission.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/7/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/7/17)

“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 from tonight’s show.