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Premiere: Colin Hay's 'Next Year People' — stream new album from Men at Work leader

Premiere: Colin Hay’s ‘Next Year People’ — stream new album from Men at Work leader

Men at Work frontman and singer-songwriter Colin Hay returns next week with Next Year People, his 12th solo album and first in nearly four years, a 12-song collection “full of quizzical, curious and cynical, yet open-hearted, songs” that we’re thrilled to premiere today at Slicing Up Eyeballs. Stream the full record here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 173, aired 2/10/15

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 173, aired 2/10/15

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught this week’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave requests for future shows.

Top 100 Songs of 1980: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 1

Top 100 Songs of 1980: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 1

After much number-crunching, we’re thrilled to present the first results of our yearlong Best of the ’80s Redux series, the Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll that has now determined your collective ranking of the Top 100 songs of 1980 — the year, not the decade, although judging by your votes, that was a point of confusion.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs' Top 100 Songs of 1980 (Minus the 5 not on Spotify)

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1980 (Minus the 5 not on Spotify)

To coincide with our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1980 readers poll results, we’ve created this accompanying Spotify playlist. As you can see (and hear), the playlist starts at No. 1, Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” and runs through No. 100, The Specials’ “Too Much To Young.”

Luna to play first show in 10 years this spring in L.A., with more U.S. dates in the fall

Luna to play first show in 10 years this spring in L.A., with more U.S. dates in the fall

Last fall, Dean Wareham announced plans to reunite his post-Galaxie 500 band Luna for the first time in a decade for shows this coming spring in Spain. Today, though, he followed that up with big news for U.S. fans: The band’s reunion will open with an April 13 show in Los Angeles, with more American dates this fall.

The Replacements announce 13-date U.S. tour: 'Back by unpopular demand'

The Replacements announce 13-date U.S. tour: ‘Back by unpopular demand’

Finally, a real tour: The Replacements — having performed festival dates and a handful of one-offs since reuniting in 2013 — today announced a 13-date U.S. tour this spring that will find the band performing at theater-sized venues across the country. The U.S. dates will precede the band’s trip to Europe.

OMD's 'Junk Culture' reissue being re-pressed over bonus disc problems

OMD’s ‘Junk Culture’ reissue being re-pressed over bonus disc problems

Universal Music is advising Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark fans who’ve purchased the just-released deluxe-edition reissue of Junk Culture to return their copies to the retailers from which they purchased the album as it’s being re-pressed because of errors on Disc 2.

New releases: Devo's 'Hardcore Live!' on CD, DVD and Blu-ray, plus Dinosaur Jr live vinyl

New releases: Devo’s ‘Hardcore Live!’ on CD, DVD and Blu-ray, plus Dinosaur Jr live vinyl

This week’s new releases include a live set from Devo called ‘Hardcore Live!’ that will be available on CD, DVD and Blu-ray, and digitally as well. Also out this week: a limited-edition vinyl repress of Dinosaur Jr’s ‘Bug: Live at the 9:30 Club’ on red vinyl. An even more limited splatter-colored LP already has sold out.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/8/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/8/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Names, Lords of the New Church, The Comsat Angels, Skinny Puppy, Micro Chip League, The Cult, Virgin Prunes, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Kissing the Pink, The Neon Judgement and more.

Watch Bob Mould blow the roof off 'The Late Show with David Letterman'

Watch Bob Mould blow the roof off ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’

Bob Mould and his eponymous band stopped by “The Late Show with David Letterman” on Friday night to promote their current album, Beauty & Ruin, performing a pair of songs — “Tomorrow Morning” and “Kid with a Crooked Face” — back to back. Watch that performance right here.

Contest: Win tickets to see Sparks play 'Kimono My House' with an orchestra in L.A.

Contest: Win tickets to see Sparks play ‘Kimono My House’ with an orchestra in L.A.

Sparks will perform their classic 1974 album Kimono My House in its entirety — plus a selection of songs from across their 23 albums — backed by a 38-piece orchestra at a pair of Los Angeles concerts this month. And we’ve got a pair of tickets to one of those shows to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Hüsker Dü gets a ‘120 X-Ray’ post-mortem — 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Hüsker Dü gets a ‘120 X-Ray’ post-mortem — 1987

For this week’s installment of our “120 Minutes” Rewind series, we turn to this Carolyne Heldman-hosted “120 X-Ray” that aired in 1987 following the break-up of Hüsker Dü. The four-minute segment looks back on the band’s career with live footage and pre-split interviews with Bob Mould, Grant Hart and Greg Norton.

Watch J Mascis cover Mazzy Star's 'Fade Into You' on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers'

Watch J Mascis cover Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’ on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’

Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis returned to “Late Night With Seth Meyers” last night to promote his latest album, Tied to a Star, performing the single “Every Morning” on air, and then sticking around for a web-only cover of Mazzy Star’s 1993 hit “Fade Into You.”