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Depeche Mode's Martin Gore announces instrumental solo album 'MG' — hear first track

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore announces instrumental solo album ‘MG’ — hear first track

Depeche Mode songwriter and co-founder Martin Gore next month will release a 16-track electronic instrumental album titled MG, a collection Mute Records is billing as the “soundtrack to an emotional and mysterious film of your own design.” You can stream the track “Europa Hymn” now.

µ-Ziq digs up cover of OMD's 'Souvenir' he recorded as a 13-year-old in 1985

µ-Ziq digs up cover of OMD’s ‘Souvenir’ he recorded as a 13-year-old in 1985

Mike Paradinas, aka electronic-music star µ-Ziq, has been uploading dozens of archival tracks to Soundcloud that span his musical life, including what he says is the first 4-track recording he ever made: a cover of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s 1981 single “Souvenir” he recorded as a 13-year-old in 1985.

New releases: Swervedriver's first new album in 17 years — plus Carter Tutti, Gang of Four

New releases: Swervedriver’s first new album in 17 years — plus Carter Tutti, Gang of Four

This week’s new releases include the first new album in 17 years from reunited shoegaze legends Swervedriver (“I Wasn’t Born To Lose You”), an album of studio reworkings of live Chris & Cosey tracks by the duo under their current name Carter Tutti, and the UK release of the new Gang of Four album.

Moz in Oz: Morrissey to play 4 nights at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE 2015

Moz in Oz: Morrissey to play 4 nights at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE 2015

Morrissey continues to expand his spring touring plans, and is now set to play four exclusive Australian shows in late May at the famed Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE 2015, the musical component of the 18-day Vivid Sydney festival. Morrissey will perform in Sydney on May 26, 27, 30 and 31.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/1/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/1/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Bauhaus, Severed Heads, Ski Patrol, Rose of Avalanche, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Lard, Black Tape For a Blue Girl, Kommunity FK, Coil, Fad Gadget, Front 242, Laibach and more.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Railway Children chat with Dave Kendall — 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Railway Children chat with Dave Kendall — 1990

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we revisit The Railway Children, from which band members Gary Newby and Stephen Hull stopped by MTV to chat with host Dave Kendall in 1990 about their then-new, major-label third album, Native Place, which featured the modern-rock hit “Every Beat of the Heart.”

Matt Johnson recording first proper The The album in 15 years: 'A new start for my career'

Matt Johnson recording first proper The The album in 15 years: ‘A new start for my career’

The The mastermind Matt Johnson spent the first decade of the 2000s musically inactive and moved on to issue scores to independent films under his old band’s moniker for the past few years. Now, though, he’s finally doing what fans have been clamoring for: he’s recording a proper new The The album.

'Backwards Walk Into the Future: A Tribute to 120 Minutes' in Philadelphia this weekend

‘Backwards Walk Into the Future: A Tribute to 120 Minutes’ in Philadelphia this weekend

Fans of that pinnacle of Sunday night television viewing would be advised to get to Philadelphia this weekend, where the Philly Music Video Fest will close with a salute to the program featuring highlights from “120 Minutes,” a special pre-recorded intro from creator/host Dave Kendall and a few surprises.

Pixies announce spring North American tour, promise to debut new songs live

Pixies announce spring North American tour, promise to debut new songs live

The Pixies this morning announced that, in addition to a handful of recently unveiled festival dates, the band will stage its own North American tour this spring, unveiling 12 non-festival shows in May with a promise that “more dates will be announced shortly, too.” The band says it will debut new music on the tour.

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from U.K. post-punk groups Gang of Four (‘What Happens Next’) and The Pop Group (‘Citizen Zombie’), plus a five-disc box set from The Sound that collects three studio albums, an EP, a live record and a disc of early tracks.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/22/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/22/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured brand-new music from Wire, The Church and Gang of Four, plus old favorites by Specimen, The Sisterhood, A Certain Ratio, Revolting Cocks, The The, Public Image Ltd., The Naked and the Dead, Poesie Noire, The Sound more.

Slicing Up Eyeballs turned 6... yesterday. And we forgot our own birthday

Slicing Up Eyeballs turned 6… yesterday. And we forgot our own birthday

Well, that’s embarrassing: We missed our own birthday. Exactly six years ago yesterday, Slicing Up Eyeballs launched with nothing more than a simple 91-word post announcing plans to provide “the latest info on new albums, reissues, upcoming reunions and tour dates.”

Vintage Video: Local TV newscasters try to explain 'Cocteau Twins fever' in 1985

Vintage Video: Local TV newscasters try to explain ‘Cocteau Twins fever’ in 1985

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we resurrect something we first shared way back in 2010: a pair of TV news reports from WBNS in Columbus, Ohio, about the “Cocteau Fever” surrounding the Cocteau Twins’ Sept. 19, 1985, concert there — just one of five stops on its U.S. tour that year.