Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

Gary Numan delivers glitchy VHS-inspired video for 'Splinter' single 'I Am Dust'

Gary Numan delivers glitchy VHS-inspired video for ‘Splinter’ single ‘I Am Dust’

Gary Numan’s just about done with this North American tour to promote last year’s Splinter (Songs From a Broken Mind), but he’s still found time to slip out a new music video for the record’s “I Am Dust” — an effects-heavy clip that’s meant to recall the glitchy old days of VHS tapes with tracking problems.

Throwing Muses dig into 'Purgatory/Paradise' in live KEXP performance, interview

Throwing Muses dig into ‘Purgatory/Paradise’ in live KEXP performance, interview

Throwing Muses played a handful of U.S. dates earlier this year, and while the band was in Seattle, Kristin Hersh and Co. stopped by KEXP for an on-air session during which they performed four tracks off last year’s sprawling double album Purgatory/Paradise, and discussed the comeback record.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 151, aired 4/1/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 151, aired 4/1/14

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Bob Mould, The Afghan Whigs, Echo & The Bunnymen, Chrissie Hynde and the Pixies, plus old favorites from The B-52s, Talking Heads, Big Country, Peter Murphy, New Order, Johnny Thunders and more.

'Barbed Wire Kisses': Zoe Howe's Jesus and Mary Chain biography due out in May

‘Barbed Wire Kisses’: Zoe Howe’s Jesus and Mary Chain biography due out in May

Originally due out last October, “Barbed Wire Kisses” — a 272-page biography of The Jesus and Mary Chain by music journalist and author Zoë Howe — is now set to be published in the U.S. and U.K. on May 19, but the paperback will be available a full month early, on Record Store Day, in the U.K.

Bob Mould debuts rocker 'Hey Mr. Grey' — first track off upcoming 'Beauty & Ruin'

Bob Mould debuts rocker ‘Hey Mr. Grey’ — first track off upcoming ‘Beauty & Ruin’

Bob Mould this morning treated fans to the first taste of his upcoming 11th solo album Beauty & Ruin, dropping the 2-minute “pure adrenalin shot” that is “Hey Mr. Grey,” which is meant to introduce fans to the forthcoming record, described by his label Merge as a “compact epic,”

Robert Smith: The Cure's ‘4:13 Dream' sessions to be released as 2 new albums

Robert Smith: The Cure’s ‘4:13 Dream’ sessions to be released as 2 new albums

Upset by “ever more negative interpretations” of the interview he conducted last weekend, Robert Smith took to The Cure’s website today to explain his plans to finally release the remainder of the music recorded for 2008’s 4:13 Dream, revealing that it will be issued across two different albums.

Video: New Order debuts new song 'Drop the Guitar' at Lollapalooza Chile

Video: New Order debuts new song ‘Drop the Guitar’ at Lollapalooza Chile

New Order, which began making noise about recording new music not long into its current reunion, finally treated fans to some of that work this past weekend during the band’s slot at Lollapalooza Chile, debuting a new 6-minute number that bears the working title of “Drop the Guitar,”

Matthew Sweet's breakthrough album 'Girlfriend' to be reissued on 180-gram vinyl

Matthew Sweet’s breakthrough album ‘Girlfriend’ to be reissued on 180-gram vinyl

The classic third album from Matthew Sweet — 1991’s Girlfriend, featuring the twin guitar attack of Robert Quine and Television’s Richard Lloyd — will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl this fall by Plain Recordings in what’s being billed as the record’s first time back on 12-inch since its initial release.

New releases: Killing Joke, Mighty Lemon Drops, Flaming Lips, Swans, Athletico Spizz 80

New releases: Killing Joke, Mighty Lemon Drops, Flaming Lips, Swans, Athletico Spizz 80

This week’s new releases include a triple-album dub compilation from Killing Joke, a compilation of early material from The Mighty Lemon Drops, a new ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ companion from The Flaming Lips and reissues of albums by Swans and Athletico Spizz 80.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/30/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/30/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Big Black, Kate Bush, This Mortal Coil, Chrome, Anne Clark, Gene Loves Jezebel, Acid Horse, Magazine, Front 242, Butthole Surfers, Gary Numan, Tones on Tail, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dead Boys and more.

Robert Smith not terribly keen on The Cure's 'new' album — or more 'Trilogy' shows in 2014

Robert Smith not terribly keen on The Cure’s ‘new’ album — or more ‘Trilogy’ shows in 2014

Back in February, The Cure announced ambitious plans for 2014, including the release of a new album — the companion to 2008′s 4:13 Dream — as well as a third round of “Trilogy” shows worldwide, which would find the band performing The Top, The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.

The Week in Rock: March 23-29, 2014

The Week in Rock: March 23-29, 2014

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured news about the Pixies, The Cure, Morrissey, Devo, Peter Murphy, Kate Bush, Robin Guthrie and Mark Gardener, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Chrissie Hynde, New Order and more.

Video: The Cure digs out ‘2 Late,' 'Harold and Joe' for massive 45-song London set

Video: The Cure digs out ‘2 Late,’ ‘Harold and Joe’ for massive 45-song London set

The Cure played their first of two shows Friday night at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall as part of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust concert series, treating fans to a marathon 45-song set that featured some true surprises, including the live debut of Disintegration-era B-side “2 Late.”