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XTC documentary 'This Is Pop' to air on UK's Sky Arts in October — watch 6-minute trailer

XTC documentary ‘This Is Pop’ to air on UK’s Sky Arts in October — watch 6-minute trailer

The highly anticipated XTC  documentary “This Is Pop” — the subject of a petition earlier this year to convince the BBC to air it after the network allegedly passed on the program — will, in fact, be seen on TV in the UK this fall: Sky Arts is set to broadcast the film in October. Watch the full trailer here.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of Depeche Mode: Vote for your 25 favorite songs (out of 209)

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of Depeche Mode: Vote for your 25 favorite songs (out of 209)

With the North American leg of Depeche Mode’s Global Spirit Tour underway, the time is ripe to roll out the fourth installment of our new readers poll series, and ask you, dear readers, to help us rank every song released over the course of the synth legends’ 37-year career. Vote for up to 25 songs right here.

Listen: Slicing Up Eyeballs' Auto Reverse Mixtape (August 2017) — Sounds of 1987

Listen: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Auto Reverse Mixtape (August 2017) — Sounds of 1987

There’s been much talk these past few months about the 30th anniversary of some of the landmark albums released in 1987, so we figured we’d dedicate the August installment of the Auto Reverse mixtape series to some of the great songs released that year. Stream both sides right here.

Watch: Midnight Oil covers The Clash's 'London Calling' on Joe Strummer's birthday

Watch: Midnight Oil covers The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ on Joe Strummer’s birthday

The reunited Midnight Oil is back in the U.S. for a short second round of dates on its Great Circle 2017 world tour, a run of shows that brought the band to New York City’s Terminal 5 on Aug. 21 — a date that would have been the late Joe Strummer’s 65th birthday. Watch the Oils’ cover of “London Calling” here.

Watch: Meat Puppets' original lineup reunites to play live for first time in nearly 22 years

Watch: Meat Puppets’ original lineup reunites to play live for first time in nearly 22 years

The Meat Puppets recently were inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame, and, to mark the honor bestowed by their home state, original drummer Derrick Bostrom joined brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood on stage for the first time in nearly 22 years. See video of their reunion here.

Listen: The Smiths, ‘Cemetry Gates’ — unreleased live take from Manchester 1986

Listen: The Smiths, ‘Cemetry Gates’ — unreleased live take from Manchester 1986

Here we go again: Another week, another previously unreleased live version of a track off The Smiths’ 1986 classic The Queen is Dead. This week it’s “Cemetry Gates,” recorded Oct. 30, 1986, at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester during the band’s second leg in support of that album.

New releases: OMD, Crowded House's Neil Finn, The Sisters of Mercy, Alien Sex Fiend

New releases: OMD, Crowded House’s Neil Finn, The Sisters of Mercy, Alien Sex Fiend

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 studio albums from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Crowded House’s Neil Finn.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/27/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/27/17)

“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.

Morrissey adds second Hollywood Bowl concert with Billy Idol after quick sellout

Morrissey adds second Hollywood Bowl concert with Billy Idol after quick sellout

After a quick sellout of the first date, Morrissey this afternoon announced he’ll play a second concert at the Hollywood Bowl this November with opener Billy Idol, a pair of shows that come about a week before the release of his 11th solo album, Low in High-School. Tickets go on sale next Tuesday.

The Fall postpones rare U.S. concerts to 2018 due to concerns about Mark E. Smith's health

The Fall postpones rare U.S. concerts to 2018 due to concerns about Mark E. Smith’s health

The first U.S. concerts by The Fall in more than 11 years will have to wait until next year, as the band today announced the postponement of its seven-night New York City residency and cancellation of a Kentucky festival appearance due to the ill health of frontman Mark E. Smith. See the new dates here.

Watch: The Jesus and Mary Chain reunites with Bobby Gillespie on 'Psychocandy' songs

Watch: The Jesus and Mary Chain reunites with Bobby Gillespie on ‘Psychocandy’ songs

Last night, The Jesus and Mary Chain played the EDP Vilar de Mouros festival in Portugal, a bill that included The Mission and Primal Scream — presenting an ideal opportunity for the Reid brothers to reunite with their original drummer, Primals frontman Bobby Gillepsie. Watch that onstage reunion here.

Listen: OMD, 'The View From Here' — 4th track issued off 'The Punishment of Luxury'

Listen: OMD, ‘The View From Here’ — 4th track issued off ‘The Punishment of Luxury’

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have released the fourth track off the group’s upcoming album The Punishment of Luxury — “The View From Here,” which you can stream in full right here. The song follows singles “The Punishment of Luxury” and “Isotype,” plus the teaser “La Mitrailleuse.”

Full recorded output of Seattle underground pioneers U-Men to be compiled by Sub Pop

Full recorded output of Seattle underground pioneers U-Men to be compiled by Sub Pop

Sub Pop Records this fall will release an anthology compiling the entire recorded output — including five unreleased songs — of Seattle’s U-Men, considered the leading light of the ’80s underground music scene in that city that ultimately would birth grunge upon the world. Check out one of the tracks here.