Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

'This is not just pop music': Michael Stipe inducts Nirvana into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

‘This is not just pop music’: Michael Stipe inducts Nirvana into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe inducted Nirvana into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night at a massive ceremony at the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, declaring of the genre-shaping alt rock act that, “This is not just pop music. This is something much greater than that.”

Coachella 2014 webcast: Pixies, Bryan Ferry, Pet Shop Boys, The Cult — but no Replacements

Coachella 2014 webcast: Pixies, Bryan Ferry, Pet Shop Boys, The Cult — but no Replacements

The schedule for the webcast of the first weekend of the Coachella festival — running this Friday through Saturday — features a number of great acts, including Bryan Ferry, Pet Shop Boys, The Afghan Whigs, The Cult, Fishbone, the just-added Pixies and more.

New Order on 'Blue Monday' — exclusive excerpt from 'Mad World' New Wave oral history

New Order on ‘Blue Monday’ — exclusive excerpt from ‘Mad World’ New Wave oral history

Next week sees the publication of “Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s,” a tour through 35 classic songs via new interviews with the artists, a list that includes Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, Simple Minds and many, many more.

The The's 1983 debut 'Soul Mining' to be reissued in deluxe 2LP 180-gram vinyl set

The The’s 1983 debut ‘Soul Mining’ to be reissued in deluxe 2LP 180-gram vinyl set

The 1983 debut from The The — Soul Mining, featuring the singles “Uncertain Smile” and “This is the Day” — will receive a 30th anniversary reissue this summer in the former of a deluxe 2LP set that will include the remastered album on one 180-gram vinyl platter and six remixes and B-sides on the other.

Peter Murphy preps 'Mr. Moonlight Tour: 35 Years of Bauhaus' DVD, 10-inch EP

Peter Murphy preps ‘Mr. Moonlight Tour: 35 Years of Bauhaus’ DVD, 10-inch EP

In addition to releasing a brand-new studio album this June, Peter Murphy is now taking pre-orders via PledgeMusic for “Mr. Moonlight Tour: 35 Years of Bauhaus,” a DVD release and 10-inch vinyl EP that was filmed/recorded at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles last summer.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 152, aired 4/8/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 152, aired 4/8/14

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured brand-new music from Peter Murphy, plus old favorites by the likes of Depeche Mode, The Chills, Revenge, Mission of Burma, The Replacements, Simple Minds, The Teardrop Explodes, The Cult, Kate Bush and more.

Here's pro-shot video of that new New Order song — which is actually called 'Singularity'

Here’s pro-shot video of that new New Order song — which is actually called ‘Singularity’

Last week we shared some fairly rough video of a new New Order song, and now you can get a better look/listen to the track via some pro-shot video taken at Lollapalooza Brazil. And as Bernard Sumner notes, fan reports that the track was called “Drop the Guitar” were not on point.