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Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1980

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1980

New year, new poll: Yes, after taking 2014 off to recover from that epic and quite contentious best-albums-of-the-decade countdown, we’re resurrecting Best of the ’80s in 2015 for another year-long slog through the decade, this time selecting the best songs of each year of the 1980s,

'Love Bites': Watch a 38-minute documentary about Morrissey fans from 1995

‘Love Bites’: Watch a 38-minute documentary about Morrissey fans from 1995

It’s no secret that Morrissey fans are among the most devoted in modern music, which is why this is such a delightful find: “Love Bites,” a 38-minute documentary about the ex-Smiths frontman’s fans from 1995, filmed largely on Moz’s “Boxers” tour of the U.K. that February.

Paul Weller to release 'Saturn's Pattern' — 11th solo album — later this year

Paul Weller to release ‘Saturn’s Pattern’ — 11th solo album — later this year

Paul Weller will follow up 2012’s Sonik Kicks with a brand-new album this year, a record titled Saturn’s Pattern that is due to arrive sometime in 2015, according to the former Jam leader. While Weller has not revealed a release date for his 11th solo album, he did recently disclose the tracklist.

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven's Victor Krummenacher, 'Hard To See Trouble Coming'

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher, ‘Hard To See Trouble Coming’

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. This week’s lone new release: The new studio album from Camper Van Beethoven bassist Victor Krummenacher. It’s called “Hard to See Trouble Coming.”

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/4/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/4/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from The Sisters of Mercy, Tubeway Army, A Split-Second, Poesie Noire, Bauhaus, 45 Grave, Clan of Xymox, Skeletal Family, Big Black, Swans, KMFDM, PiL, Oppenheimer Analysis more.

Watch the BBC’s ‘The Clash: New Year’s Day ′77’ — featuring unseen live footage

On New Year’s Day, the UK’s BBC Four aired a new 75-minute documentary called “The Clash: New Year’s Day ’77” put together by filmmaker Julien Temple and built around his own, previously unseen footage of the of the band performing on Jan. 1, 1977, at the Roxy club.

Hüsker Dü's 'The Living End' live album to receive first-ever vinyl release

Hüsker Dü’s ‘The Living End’ live album to receive first-ever vinyl release

Hüsker Dü’s posthumous live album — The Living End, recorded at various venues in October 1987 but not released until 1994 — will receive its first-ever vinyl release later this month in the form of a 180-gram audiophile pressing by the Music on Vinyl label.