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Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 62, first aired 2/28/12

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured music by Orange Juice, The Gun Club, Simple Minds, INXS, Joe JAckson, Miracle Legion, My Bloody Valentine, The Primitives, The Cure, They Might Be Giants and The Dream Syndicate, plus Public Image Ltd. covering the Sex Pistols.

Peter Hook to perform Joy Division's 'Still' in Manchester, recreate band's final concert

Peter Hook to perform Joy Division’s ‘Still’ in Manchester, recreate band’s final concert

Peter Hook will perform Joy Division’s third and final album, 1981’s ‘Still,’ at two concerts in Manchester this May, playing both the first disc’s collection of rarities and outtakes, and then recreating the band’s final concert as included on the second disc. The concerts are set for May 18, the anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death, and May 19.

Video: Mark Burgess' ChameleonsVox performs 4 songs for KEXP in Seattle

Video: Mark Burgess’ ChameleonsVox performs 4 songs for KEXP in Seattle

Not sure how this one escaped our notice, but it’s better late than never: On Sept. 21, 2010, ChameleonsVox — the band featuring frontman Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — stopped by the studios of Seattle’s KEXP radio to perform a four-song, on-air set.

My Bloody Valentine 'EPs 1988-1991’ due in May, but reissues vanish from schedule

My Bloody Valentine ‘EPs 1988-1991’ due in May, but reissues vanish from schedule

It’s good news/bad news for My Bloody Valentine fans: The endlessly delayed reissue of 1988’s ‘Isn’t Anything’ and 1991’s ‘Loveless’ — the latter featuring an unreleased alternate mix by Kevin Shields — no longer have release dates, but Sony Music is planning to release an MBV disc entitled ‘EPs 1988-1991’ this spring.

 Video: Morrissey's full 80-minute set at Festival de Viña del Mar in Chile

Video: Morrissey’s full 80-minute set at Festival de Viña del Mar in Chile

Morrissey opened up his 11-date South American tour with a headlining slot at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Viña del Mar, Chile, on Friday night, and since the whole festival was webcast, you can now watch Moz’s full 80-minute performance right here.

The Stone Roses headlining U.K.'s V Festival, continue to roll out summer festival dates

The Stone Roses headlining U.K.’s V Festival, continue to roll out summer festival dates

The reunited Stone Roses continue to roll out summer festival dates, confirming over the weekend that they’ll headline the U.K.’s V Festival in August. So far, the band is playing 11 festivals in Europe and the Far East, plus standalone gigs in Manchester and Dublin.

Stream: Belle and Sebastian covers The Primitives' 'Crash' for 'Late Night Tales' disc

Stream: Belle and Sebastian covers The Primitives’ ‘Crash’ for ‘Late Night Tales’ disc

Reunited British indie-pop combo The Primitives just announced they’re releasing a new covers album in April, and now they get the cover treatment as Belle and Sebastian give their classic 1988 single ‘Crash’ a leisurely makeover. Check out the new version here, and watch the original video, too.

New releases: David Sylvian 'Victim of Stars' best-of, Public Image Ltd. 'Rockpalast' live CD

New releases: David Sylvian ‘Victim of Stars’ best-of, Public Image Ltd. ‘Rockpalast’ live CD

This week’s new releases include ‘A Victim of Stars: 1982-2012,’ a new 2CD compilation spanning former Japan frontman David Sylvian’s solo career, plus the CD edition of Public Image Ltd.’s ‘Live at Rockpalast’ concert.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 2/26/12

The playlist from tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the weekly “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Nick Cave, Xymox, Swans, The Cramps, Yazoo, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Tones on Tail and much more.

The Week in Rock: Feb. 19-25, 2012

The Week in Rock: Feb. 19-25, 2012

The round-up of this week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines includes news about The Replacements’ Slim Dunlap and Tommy Stinson, New Order, The Specials, Squeeze, Visage, Ian McCulloch and Public Image Ltd. — plus Slicing Up Eyeballs’ third birthday.

Steve Strange preps Detroit Starzz debut, working on first Visage album in 28 years

Steve Strange preps Detroit Starzz debut, working on first Visage album in 28 years

Steve Strange, frontman of ‘Fade to Grey’ hitmakers Visage and founder of the New Romantic hub The Blitz in London, is gearing up for a busy 2012, with a debut album due next month from electronic dance project Detroit Starzz and plans for a fourth Visage album — that group’s first in 28 years — to be released in May.

The Primitives releasing 'Echoes & Rhymes' — a 'concept covers album' — in April

The Primitives releasing ‘Echoes & Rhymes’ — a ‘concept covers album’ — in April

The Primitives today announced the release of their first full-length record in 21 years, a 14-track ‘concept covers album’ called ‘Echoes and Rhymes’ that will ‘revisit songs from semi-obscure bands from the ’60s with women lead singers’ in a variety of sonic styles.

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch cancels U.S. tour, could reset shows for May

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch cancels U.S. tour, could reset shows for May

Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch has scrubbed a short U.S. solo tour planned for late March — which was to have featured just six concerts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York — although his management told at least one of the clubs that the dates could be rescheduled for May.