Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Steven Severin brings ‘Music for Silents’ concerts to U.S.
Tweet Former Siouxsie and the Banshees bassist Steven Severin will embark on a rare but brief U.S. tour this month to perform his electronic scores […]
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Reissue of Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia’s ‘So Red the Rose’ delayed until April
Tweet The expanded 2CD/1DVD reissue of the lone album from mid-’80s Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia has been pushed back two months so it follows the […]
Alan Wilder’s Recoil to release ‘Selected’ best-of, tour U.S. and Europe in spring
Tweet Electronic act Recoil — aka former Depeche Mode keyboardist Alan Wilder — will release a new best-of compilation called Selected in single- and double-disc […]
Alternate take of The Smiths’ ‘Girl Afraid’ surfaces on rare ‘Hatful of Hollow’ cassette
Tweet A previously unheard alternate take of The Smiths’ 1984 B-side “Girl Afraid” has surfaced on a just-discovered Rough Trade Records reference cassette of the […]
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe turns 50 today
Tweet Today marks a milestone in the history of college rock: R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, in many ways the mumbly voice of ’80 indie and […]
Big Country to release ‘Peace In Our Time: Live In Moscow 1988’ CD/DVD package
Tweet Scottish rockers Big Country this month commemorate their groundbreaking late-’80s concert behind the Iron Curtain with the archival CD/DVD package Peace In Our Time: […]
The The’s Matt Johnson previews new music with debut ‘Radio Cineola’ broadcast
Tweet The The’s Matt Johnson today debuted both a new monthly web broadcast and some brand-new music with the first installment of “Radio Cineola,” which […]
Hoodoo Gurus’ 9th album, ‘Purity of Essence,’ due in March; watch ‘Crackin’ Up’ video
Tweet Aussie guitar-rock heroes Hoodoo Gurus this spring will release Purity of Essence — the band’s ninth studio album and first under a new deal […]
The Cure, Pixies, U2, Morrissey, Depeche Mode top list of most-viewed stories of 2009
Tweet As we start a new year, it’s worth one last look back at 2009, the inaugural year for Slicing Up Eyeballs. This site launched […]
Vintage Video: U2 rings out the 1980s with New Year’s gig at Dublin’s Point Depot
Tweet For a lot of us, the go-to New Year’s song is, somewhat unimaginatively, U2’s “New Year’s Day.” Yet while I’ve always associated U2 with […]
Soundgarden reunion: Chris Cornell announces via Twitter that band will reform in 2010
Tweet Grunge heavyweight Soundgarden will reunite in 2010 after 12 years apart, Chris Cornell announced via Twitter tonight at the stroke of midnight on the […]
Video: Trailer for ‘Fix: The Ministry Movie’
Tweet Al Jourgensen may be hard at work on a purported synthpop album (and recording Christmas songs), but he’s not quite done with Ministry, the […]
Rowland S. Howard, guitarist for Nick Cave’s The Birthday Party, 1959-2009
Tweet Australian guitar innovator Rowland S. Howard — a member of Nick Cave’s early ’80s postpunk act The Birthday Party, a guitarist for Crime and […]
