Killing Joke will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2013 with the release of the brand-new, multi-format ‘The Singles Collection: 1979-2012’ — including a 34-disc version — a still-to-be-announced new studio album and a world tour beginning in March, initial dates of which were announced today in Europe and North America.

Yo La Tengo are part way through their annual run of eight Hanukkah shows at Maxwells in Hoboken, N.J., and, as usual, the events feature a variety of guests — including, on Night 3, an appearance by The Feelies, who helped close out the show by joining YLT for a 16-minute jam through The Velvet Underground’s “Sister Ray.”

The Smithereens frontma Pat DiNizio has teamed up with jazz musician Christian Josi to record and release a brand-new Christmas single entitled “Holiday 2012” featuring bossa nova takes on holiday standards “Winter Wonderland” and “White Christmas.” Check out their version of “Winter Wonderland.”

Tonight’s episode of the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured music from Johnny Marr, Miracle Legion, The Replacements, Not Drowning Waving, Guadalcanal Diary, The Might Be Giants, Wild Swans, The Mission, The House of Love, Concrete Blonde, Wire and more. Replay at 2 p.m EST Friday.

Depeche Mode today announced that Columbia Records will release its upcoming 13th studio album in March, signalling an end to the synthpop act’s relationship with EMI Music, which picked up the group when it purchased Mute Records in 2002. Neither an exact release date nor the album’s title have been revealed.

XTC mastermind Andy Partridge took to Twitter this morning to announce that the band’s 1992 album Nonsuch will receive a new 5.1 Surround mix by Steven Wilson, the frontman for prog-rock act Porcupine Tree who has worked on remasters for King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer and Jethro Tull in recent years.

Reunited synthpop favorites OMD have yet to announce a release date for their upcoming 12th album English Electric, but the group has gone ahead and unveiled a 13-date U.K. tour in support of the album that’s slated to run from late April into mid-May — with European dates expected to be announced shortly.

All right, we’re a little behind schedule this year, but, as the saying goes, better late than never. That’s right, it’s time to throw down your picks in the third-annual Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll, which will crown 2012’s best new and reissued music, as well as the top live performances, from veterans of the ’80s alternative scene.

As part of their Kickstarter campaign to raise $75,000, the makers of the documentary “Beautiful Noise” have released footage of their interview with The Cure’s Robert Smith in which he discusses his love of the Cocteau Twins and how that band’s 1984 album Treasure helped prepare him for his wedding.

The Primitives mark the end of a busy year for the reunited indie-pop act with a brand-new holiday song called “You Trashed Me Christmas,” which can be found on their label’s just-released compilation ‘A Christmas Gift For You From Elefant Records’ — and now you can see the band’s music video for the track.

This week’s new releases include an expanded 2CD reissue of post-punk act New Model Army’s 1984 album ‘Vengeance,’ plus a 2CD deluxe edition of The Jam’s ‘The Gift,’ a vinyl box set featuring the full Sugar catalog, and a vinyl reissue of Television’s classic ‘Marquee Moon.’

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave eatured The Damned, Nitzer Ebb, UK Decay, Joy Division, Tuxedomoon, The Smiths, Fields of the Nephilim, John Foxx, Love and Rockets, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Clan of Xymox, The Teardrop Explodes and much, much more.

This week’s round-up of headlines includes items on The Mission, The Breeders, Wire, My Bloody Valentine, Tom Tom Club, Kraftwerk, The House of Love, New Order, The Specials, Johnny Marr, Dinosaur Jr, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and more — plus our latest Auto Reverse mixtape.