Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

The Replacements reunite to record vinyl-only covers EP, new album 'possible'

The Replacements reunite to record vinyl-only covers EP, new album ‘possible’

The Replacements — namely Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson — have reunited to record four cover songs for an ultra-limited, vinyl-only EP that will be auctioned off later this year to raise money to help pay for the medical expenses of former bandmate Slim Dunlap, who suffered a debilitating stroke earlier this year

Simple Minds detail ‘5X5 Live' album featuring songs originally recorded from 1979-1982

Simple Minds detail ‘5X5 Live’ album featuring songs originally recorded from 1979-1982

Simple Minds last week announced plans to release a double-CD live album culled from this year’s “5×5 Live” tour of Europe, and now comes the full tracklist, which, keeping with the tour’s concept, draws five songs apiece off of each of the band’s first five albums. Check out the full tracklist.

Video: Morrissey covers Frankie Valli, plays 'You Have Killed Me' on Jimmy Fallon

Video: Morrissey covers Frankie Valli, plays ‘You Have Killed Me’ on Jimmy Fallon

Morrissey appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday night in advance of the opening of his U.S. tour, performing a cover of Frankie Valli’s 1967 single “To Give (The Reason I Live)” for broadcast, and then sticking around to play “You Have Killed Me” as a web-only clip.

Slicing Up Eyeballs tapped as new host of Sirius XM's weekly 'Dark Wave' show

Slicing Up Eyeballs tapped as new host of Sirius XM’s weekly ‘Dark Wave’ show

We’ve got some big news today on the radio front: Slicing Up Eyeballs — that is, yours truly, site founder/editor Matt Sebastian — has been asked to host “Dark Wave,” the Sunday night show that explores the “darker side of alternative” on satellite-radio network Sirius XM’s classic-alternative station 1st Wave.

Milestones: Sinead O’Connor tore up pope’s photo on ‘SNL’ 20 years ago tonight

Milestones: Sinead O’Connor tore up pope’s photo on ‘SNL’ 20 years ago tonight

Exactly 20 years ago tonight, Sinead O’Connor largely derailed what had been a promising career when she appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and, in the most infamous of her many controversial acts, tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II while urging viewers to “fight the real enemy.”

Public Image Ltd. cancels tonight's U.S. tour opener in Orlando over visa problems

Public Image Ltd. cancels tonight’s U.S. tour opener in Orlando over visa problems

Public Image Ltd. has become the latest U.K. act to run afoul of U.S. immigration, announcing this morning that it has been forced to cancel tonight’s tour opener in Orlando, Fla., due to “unforeseen visa problems.” John Lydon and Co. pledge “the rest of the tour will continue as planned.”

The Pogues announce one-off Christmas show at London's O2 Arena

The Pogues announce one-off Christmas show at London’s O2 Arena

The Pogues may or may not have sworn off their traditional Christmas tours of the U.K. following their 2010 outing, but the folk-punk favorites are set to play a one-off London concert this December. Billed as the band’s only U.K show of the band’s ongoing 30th anniversary tour, the Dec. 20 gig is set for London’s O2 Arena.

Video: Mudhoney, 'Live at Bumbershoot' — full 30-minute set played for Seattle's KEXP

Video: Mudhoney, ‘Live at Bumbershoot’ — full 30-minute set played for Seattle’s KEXP

During the Bumbershoot music festival in Seattle this past Labor Day weekend, hometown heroes Mudhoney stopped by KEXP’s “music lounge” at the Eve Alvord Theater to pound through a glorious 9-song, 30-minute set that the radio station has kindly posted in full on YouTube.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 90, first aired 10/2/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 90, first aired 10/2/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured new and unreleased music from Soundgarden, The House of Love and Public Image Ltd., plus old favorites from The Housemartins, Big Audio Dynamite, The Stone Roses, Ian McCulloch, The Godfathers, The Rain Parade, Erasure, The Replacements and more.

Reps for Morrissey, Johnny Marr shoot down rumors of The Smiths reunion — again

Reps for Morrissey, Johnny Marr shoot down rumors of The Smiths reunion — again

In a completely expected turn of events, representatives for both Morrissey and Johnny Marr reportedly have each denied the rumors of a reunion by The Smiths that once again circulated online this week following Moz’s claim that Coachella was willing to go entirely meat-free in exchange for a headlining performance.

Video: Pet Shop Boys, 'Leaving' — second single off new album 'Elysium'

Video: Pet Shop Boys, ‘Leaving’ — second single off new album ‘Elysium’

The Pet Shop Boys have released a new music video for “Leaving,” the second single off their 11th studio album, ‘Elysium,’ which was released worldwide last month. The single itself is out Oct. 15 in a variety of formats featuring a variety of B-sides, including non-album tracks and remixes.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: New round of The Smiths reunion rumors fly

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: New round of The Smiths reunion rumors fly

Couple times each year, the Internet goes a flutter with wild rumors that The Smiths finally will reunite, and it appears we’re in the midst of another round, thanks to a recent interview with Morrissey himself and a totally unverified report that the band will reunite next year for four concerts in England, possibly headlining Glastonbury.

Download: Auto Reverse Mixtape — Goth/Dark Wave Edition (October 2012)

Download: Auto Reverse Mixtape — Goth/Dark Wave Edition (October 2012)

Since we’re headed toward that darkest of holidays, this month’s Auto Reverse mixtape is all classic goth and dark wave, featuring selections from Alien Sex Fiend, Xmal Deutschland, Bauhaus, Clan of Xymox, The Danse Society, Christian Death, Play Dead, The Rose of Avalanche, The Cure and much, much more.