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Readers Poll 2012: Best songs of the year

Readers Poll 2012: Best songs of the year

Today we count down our readers votes’ for the Top 10 songs of the year from ’80s alternative artists, and the countdown for 2012 includes tracks released this past year by Depeche Mode, Paul Westerberg, Public Image Ltd., Dead Can Dance, Dinosaur Jr, Bob Mould, Adam Ant and more.

Readers Poll 2012: Best reissues of the year

Readers Poll 2012: Best reissues of the year

Today we count down the best reissue of 2012 as voted on by Slicing Up Eyeballs in this year’s readers poll, and the Top 10 list includes releases by Icehouse, Ministry, The House of Love, Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen, Yazoo, Bob Mould’s Sugar, My Bloody Valentine, Peter Gabriel and more.

Readers Poll 2012: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year

Readers Poll 2012: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year

Today we continue with more results from our Readers Poll 2012, this time counting down the Top 10 compilations, box sets and live albums, with titles from the likes of World Party, James, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Roxy Music, The Specials, Skinny Puppy, Duran Duran and more.

Readers Poll 2012: Best live acts of the year

Readers Poll 2012: Best live acts of the year

We finish out the Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll 2012 by counting down your picks for the Top 10 live acts of the year, a list that includes The Jesus and Mary Chain, Peter Murphy, Dead Can Dance, The Fixx, The Cure, Bob Mould, Adam Ant, Duran Duran, New Order and Swans.

New releases: Pet Shop Boys' new single, plus Abecedarians reissue, Ministry vinyl

New releases: Pet Shop Boys’ new single, plus Abecedarians reissue, Ministry vinyl

This week’s new releases include “Memory of the Future,” the third single from the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Elysium,’ which comes in two formats, plus a reissue of the Abecedarians’ ‘Eureka’ mini-LP on both vinyl and, for the first time, CD, as well as a new vinyl release of Ministry’s reunion album, ‘Relapse.’

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/30/12)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/30/12)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Ministry, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Bauhaus, Balaam and the Angel, Love and Rockets, Clan of Xymox, Rose of Avalanche, Front 242, Joy Division and more.

The Week(s) in Rock: Dec. 16-29, 2012

The Week(s) in Rock: Dec. 16-29, 2012

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. It’s been a bit slow because of the holidays, so this is a two-week edition, featuring headlines about My Bloody Valentine, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, The Clash, Peter Murphy, Robyn Hitchcock and more.