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Vintage Video: Oingo Boingo spices up 'Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party' in 1986

Vintage Video: Oingo Boingo spices up ‘Disneyland’s Summer Vacation Party’ in 1986

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we flash back to 1986, and this clip of Oingo Boingo performing on the network TV broadcast “Disneyland’s Summer Vacation Party” on a bill that also included Kenny Loggins, Adam Ant, Miami Sound Machine, The Bangles, Chubby Checker and more. Watch it here.

Kevin Haskins shares visual history of Bauhaus in new coffee table book 'Undead'

Kevin Haskins shares visual history of Bauhaus in new coffee table book ‘Undead’

First announced last year, Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins’ visual history of the pioneering goth-rock act — a 315-page coffee table book stuffed with recollections and flyers, ticket stubs, personal photographs and more — will be published in early 2018 by Cleopatra Records. See images from the book here.

a-ha to play U.K. stadiums with OMD, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey next summer

a-ha to play U.K. stadiums with OMD, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey next summer

The reunited Norwegian pop trio a-ha has begun rolling out summer 2018 tour dates, including a half-dozen shows in the U.K. that will find the group playing football stadiums and cricket grounds with all-star synthpop support from OMD and Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins. See full dates here.

Fans of The Cure stitch together full concert filmed on phones — and are giving it away

Fans of The Cure stitch together full concert filmed on phones — and are giving it away

Nearly 1,000 fans of The Cure contributed video and photos to a project by a Polish fansite to stitch together an enormous amateur multicam of the band’s Oct. 20, 2016, concert in Łódź, Poland — and they’re now offering the nearly 3-hour film as a free download to fellow fanatics. Download it here.

OMD to release collection of B-sides, remixes from 'The Punishment of Luxury' singles

OMD to release collection of B-sides, remixes from ‘The Punishment of Luxury’ singles

Classic synthpop outfit Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark will cap off the year with the release of a new 10-song compilation of the B-sides and remixes that accompanied the three singles released this year to promote the group’s latest album The Punishment of Luxury.

This week's new releases: Morrissey's 'Low in High School,' plus new Madness best-of

This week’s new releases: Morrissey’s ‘Low in High School,’ plus new Madness best-of

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 new titles include Morrissey’s latest solo album, ‘Low in High School’ and a new Madness best-of.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/12/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/12/17)

“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. See the full playlist here.

Hoop dreams: Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Rites of Spring makes NBA jumbotron cameo

Hoop dreams: Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Rites of Spring makes NBA jumbotron cameo

We here at Slicing Up Eyeballs HQ are, admittedly, not fans of sport, but were nevertheless duly impressed to see the jumbotron operator at a Washington Wizards basketball game this past week throw the camera onto local fan Guy Picciotto, an icon of D.C.’s post-hardcore scene after his pivotal role in both Rites of Spring and Fugazi.

Chuck Mosley, early Faith No More frontman and Bad Brains singer, 1959-2017

Chuck Mosley, early Faith No More frontman and Bad Brains singer, 1959-2017

Chuck Mosley, the early frontman who appeared on the first two albums by hard-to-pin-down Bay Area outfit Faith No More and later replaced H.R. in seminal hardcore group Bad Brains, died this week “due to the disease of addiction,” his family announced today. He was 57.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of New Order: Vote for your 25 favorite songs (out of 157)

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of New Order: Vote for your 25 favorite songs (out of 157)

We’re back with the fifth installment of our ongoing readers poll series, bowing to popular demand that we ask you, the readers of Slicing Up Eyeballs, to help us rank every song released by New Order over the pioneering electronic-rock group’s 37-year lifespan. You may vote for up to 25 of your favorite songs.

Listen: Morrissey, 'Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage' — off 'Low in High School'

Listen: Morrissey, ‘Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up on the Stage’ — off ‘Low in High School’

Morrissey today released the third song off his upcoming 10th solo album Low in High School, the apparently Brexit-themed single “Jack’s Only Happy When She’s Up On Stage,” which you hear in full via the official lyric video below. The 7-inch release will include a cover of the Elvis Presley classic “You’ll Be Gone.”

Michael Stipe covers Nat King Cole, Ringo Starr, Velvet Underground at climate concert

Michael Stipe covers Nat King Cole, Ringo Starr, Velvet Underground at climate concert

Michael Stipe returned to the concert stage Sunday night, performing a short set — he covered songs by Nat King Cole, Ringo Starr and the Velvet Underground — during the Pathway to Paris climate event at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Watch the full performance right here.

This week's new releases: Hüsker Dü box set, plus R.E.M., Tears For Fears, Neil Finn

This week’s new releases: Hüsker Dü box set, plus R.E.M., Tears For Fears, Neil Finn

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 box set of early Husker Du material, an expanded R.E.M. reissue and a Tears For Fears best-of.