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Video: Finland's The Saturnettes pay musical tribute to 'Bob From The Cure'

Video: Finland’s The Saturnettes pay musical tribute to ‘Bob From The Cure’

Finland indie-pop outfit The Saturnettes — aka singer-songwriter Jann Wilde — this week released the lead single from the group’s forthcoming second album, an infectious number called “Bob From The Cure,” that, yes, is about the song’s protagonist bearing a certain resemblance to one Robert Smith.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 121, aired 5/28/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 121, aired 5/28/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured music by Midnight Oil, The Clash, Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Jane’s Addiction, Revolting Cocks, Camper Van Beethoven, Orange Juice’s Edwyn Collins, Electronic and more. Relay of the show airs at 2 p.m. EDT Friday.

Download: David Byrne and St. Vincent release free 'Brass Tactics' EP

Download: David Byrne and St. Vincent release free ‘Brass Tactics’ EP

David Byrne and St. Vincent are about to head out on a tour of North America and Europe in support of last year’s Love This Giant album, and, to prime fans, they today released a free EP called Brass Tactics that features a new, previously unreleased track, plus two remixes and a pair of live songs.

The Church to release Steve Kilbey-filmed documentary of 'Gold Afternoon Fix' tour

The Church to release Steve Kilbey-filmed documentary of ‘Gold Afternoon Fix’ tour

The Church next week will release “Long Distance Century Buzzes and Fades,” a 23-years-in-the-making documentary of the band’s 1990 world tour in support of Gold Afternoon Fix that frontman Steve Kilbey assembled from more than 13 hours of raw footage he filmed with a then-new Super 8 camera.

Regeneration Tour adds 2 dates in New York with Erasure's Andy Bell, Howard Jones

Regeneration Tour adds 2 dates in New York with Erasure’s Andy Bell, Howard Jones

Turns out the slimmed-down Regeneration Tour won’t be a West Coast-only trek after all: The organizers of the ’80s synthpop package tour have announced a pair of dates in New York this August, two concerts that will feature Erasure frontman Andy Bell and will feature Howard Jones.

Stream: Talking Heads' early demo of 'Wild Wild Life' — single off 'True Stories'

Stream: Talking Heads’ early demo of ‘Wild Wild Life’ — single off ‘True Stories’

A sparse, early demo of the Talking Heads’ 1986 single “True Stories” surfaced online over the weekend, offering fans a glimpse at the origins of the track, which was recorded during the band’s simultaneous for 1985’s Little Creatures and 1986’s True Stories, and became the breakout hit from the latter album.

Contest: Win tickets to see Erasure's Vince Clarke play a DJ set in Toronto on June 22

Contest: Win tickets to see Erasure’s Vince Clarke play a DJ set in Toronto on June 22

Vince Clarke — he of Erasure, and former stints in Depeche Mode and Yazoo, of course — has been playing the occasional DJ set of late, and he’s got another one booked for June 22 at Velvet Underground in Toronto. And guess what? We’ve got a pair of general-admission tickets to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.