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Camper Van Beethoven's 'Sweetheart,' 'Key Lime Pie' due for expanded reissues

Camper Van Beethoven’s ‘Sweetheart,’ ‘Key Lime Pie’ due for expanded reissues

Omnivore Recordings next month will reissue seminal college-rock act Camper Van Beethoven’s two major-label albums — 1988’s Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and 1989’s Key Lime Pie, with its hit cover of Status Quo’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men” — in expanded CD versions and on 180-gram vinyl.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 143, aired 1/14/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 143, aired 1/14/14

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured brand-new music from Dean Wareham and the Pixies, plus old faves from The Gun Club, Max Q, Husker Du, The Wlid Sweans, The Cure, Hoodoo Gurus, The Mission, Ramones, Miracle Legion and more.

Buzzcocks launch PledgeMusic campaign to fund first new album in 8 years

Buzzcocks launch PledgeMusic campaign to fund first new album in 8 years

The Buzzcocks late last week launched a PledgeMusic crowdsourcing campaign to help fund the recording and release of their first new studio album in eight years, saying the fundraising effort — which is already halfway to its goal — will allow the legendary punk act to release its new music much faster than before.

Clan of Xymox returns with 'quite romantic' new album, rare Los Angeles concert

Clan of Xymox returns with ‘quite romantic’ new album, rare Los Angeles concert

Clan of Xymox — the onetime 4AD act is still centered around founding member Ronny Moorings — return next month with a brand-new studio album entitled Matters of Mind, Body and Soul and are set to precede the record’s release with what’s being billed as the group’s first concert in Los Angeles in more than a decade.

New Order, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith to play annual Tibet House benefit in New York

New Order, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith to play annual Tibet House benefit in New York

New Order returns to American soil this March to perform at the 24th annual Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert, joining Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Joe Walsh and more at New York City’s Carnegie Hall to raise money for the nonprofit educational institution that’s dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture.

New releases: Midnight Oil, Iggy Pop, Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart, Lone Justice

New releases: Midnight Oil, Iggy Pop, Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart, Lone Justice

This week’s new releases include CD “vinyl replica” reissues from Midnight Oil and Iggy Pop, plus a first-time vinyl release of Grant Hart’s 1999 solo album ‘Good News for Modern Man’ and a live-in-the-studio set from Lone Justice recorded in 1983.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/12/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/12/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from David J, Southern Death Cult, Death in June, The Sisters of Mercy, Pigface, 1919, The Neon Judgement, The Chameleons, Cabaret Voltaire, Joy Division, Ministry, Dead Can Dance, The Church and more.

The Week in Rock: Jan. 5-11, 2014

The Week in Rock: Jan. 5-11, 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 Replacements, Pixies, The Psychedelic Furs, The Dream Syndicate, Morrissey, The Mission, Eurythmics, Paul Weller and more.

Duran Duran disavows use of 'Hungry Like the Wolf' in controversial Yoplait yogurt ad

Duran Duran disavows use of ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ in controversial Yoplait yogurt ad

Duran Duran is acknowledging they’ve heard their fans’ “dismay” over the use of the band’s 1982 smash single “Hungry Like the Wolf” in a new TV commercial for Yoplait-brand yogurt, saying the group “does not support this usage of their music” and that the license was granted without the band’s knowledge.

Contest: Win Morrissey's new 'Satellite of Love' single on 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl

Contest: Win Morrissey’s new ‘Satellite of Love’ single on 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl

Late last year, Morrissey paid tribute to the life and legacy of Lou Reed by releasing a live cover of “Satellite of Love” as a digital single. Now comes the release of that 2011 performance on 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl — and Rhino is hooking us up with five copies of each to give away to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

The Mission pays tribute to Marianne Faithfull with 'The Girl in a Fur Skin Rug' video

The Mission pays tribute to Marianne Faithfull with ‘The Girl in a Fur Skin Rug’ video

With The Mission having recently started using film projections in concert for the first time, Wayne Hussey decided to go the next step and put together a full music video for one of the band’s songs: “The Girl in the Fur Skin Rug,” a tribute to Marianne Faithfull that now features an accompanying video.

The Psychedelic Furs announce first U.S. tour dates of 2014, promise 'more dates soon'

The Psychedelic Furs announce first U.S. tour dates of 2014, promise ‘more dates soon’

The Psychedelic Furs have spent the past few years steadily touring the U.S., and 2014’s shaping up to be no different, with the beloved New Wave rockers this week announcing its first American dates of the year: five shows in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Coachella 2014: The Replacements, Pet Shop Boys, Afghan Whigs, Bryan Ferry, Toy Dolls

Coachella 2014: The Replacements, Pet Shop Boys, Afghan Whigs, Bryan Ferry, Toy Dolls

The Replacements reunion will roll on this year, with the band confirmed tonight to perform at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this April along with Pet Shop Boys, The Afghan Whigs, Brian Ferry, The Cult, Toy Dolls, Fishbone, Bad Manners, Neutral Milk Hotel and more — plus headliners OutKast, Arcade Fire and Muse.