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Tanya Donelly covers Pixies' 'Here Comes Your Man' for new weekly cover series

Tanya Donelly covers Pixies’ ‘Here Comes Your Man’ for new weekly cover series

Tanya Donelly recently started a new weekly series of home-recorded covers that she’s using to help raise money for good causes, and the latest installment finds her channeling her old Boston friends Pixies through their song “Here Comes Your Man.” Stream it right here.

Watch: The House of Love's Guy Chadwick digs deep with 2nd hour-long live broadcast

Watch: The House of Love’s Guy Chadwick digs deep with 2nd hour-long live broadcast

The House of Love’s Guy Chadwick today played a second “Stay Safe” live set from his home in England, offering fans another 13-song, hour-long set that this time dug deep into the band’s catalog, mostly eschewing better-known songs for fan-favorites requests. Watch the full show right here.

Monta at Odds covers Tones on Tail's 'spooky and otherworldly' track 'Movement of Fear'

Monta at Odds covers Tones on Tail’s ‘spooky and otherworldly’ track ‘Movement of Fear’

Kansas City art-rock quintet Monta at Odds today released a new four-song EP that features a cover of Tones on Tail’s 1984 track “Movement of Fear” that the group rightly notes “has one of the holy grails of basslines for post-punk.” You can stream the track right here via Bandcamp.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Alt.Rewind: Week of May 1, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Alt.Rewind: Week of May 1, 2020

Our good friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a week-in-review video series — newly rechristened Alt. Rewind — that will recap the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and on the Strangeways site throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. Watch the latest installment right here.

No 'Dark Wave' this weekend as Sirius XM's David Bowie channel takes over 1st Wave

No ‘Dark Wave’ this weekend as Sirius XM’s David Bowie channel takes over 1st Wave

A programming note: The weekly Slicing Up Eyeballs-hosted “Dark Wave” program on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave will not air this Sunday as the classic-alternative channel will be taken over this entire weekend by the satellite radio network’s new limited-run David Bowie Channel. Full details right here.

Ministry debuts new song 'Alert Level' off upcoming 15th studio album

Ministry debuts new song ‘Alert Level’ off upcoming 15th studio album

Ministry this week premiered a new song called “Alert Level” off the band’s upcoming 15th studio album that Al Jourgensen and Co. had begun recording earlier this year before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the music industry and all manner of daily life. Hear the new song right here.

Record Store Day postponed again, now will be spread across 3 'drops' later this year

Record Store Day postponed again, now will be spread across 3 ‘drops’ later this year

The organizers of Record Store Day today announced the postponement of the 2020 installment for the second time, pushing the event first scheduled for April 18 and then delayed until June 30 to three separate “drops” in August, September and October. Full details on the new events right here.

Crowded House celebrates 'Don't Dream It's Over' with socially-distanced performance

Crowded House celebrates ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ with socially-distanced performance

Crowded House this week marked the 33rd anniversary of their classic single “Don’t Dream It’s Over” reaching No. 2 on the U.S. charts by recording a new socially-distanced version of the song “between continents.” You can see the whole multi-part performance right here.

Transmission Music and Slicing Up Eyeballs present '180 Minutes' every other Saturday

Transmission Music and Slicing Up Eyeballs present ‘180 Minutes’ every other Saturday

Following the success of the debut of DJ Jake Rudh’s “180 Minutes” earlier this month, Transmission Music and Slicing Up Eyeballs are thrilled to announce the event — a 3+ hour audiovisual celebration of college rock and classic alternative music — will stream live on Twitch every other Saturday night, beginning this coming weekend.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/26/20)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/26/20)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EDT every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Here’s tonight’s full playlist.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Alt.Rewind: Week of April 24, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Alt.Rewind: Week of April 24, 2020

Our good friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a week-in-review video series — newly rechristened Alt. Rewind — that will recap the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and on the Strangeways site throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. Watch the whole thing right here.

X releases 'Alphabetland,' band's first new album with original lineup in 35 years

X releases ‘Alphabetland,’ band’s first new album with original lineup in 35 years

Punk icons X celebrated today’s 40th anniversary of their landmark debut Los Angeles by surprise-releasing Alphabetland, the band’s first album in 27 years and the first recorded by its original lineup — Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake — in 35 years. Hear the album right here.

The Psychedelic Furs debut 'No-One' — third track off new album 'Made of Rain'

The Psychedelic Furs debut ‘No-One’ — third track off new album ‘Made of Rain’

As they continue to build up toward their first new album in 29 years, The Psychedelic Furs this week premiered the third song off the pandemic-delayed Made of Rain, a dark, swirling rocker called “No-One” that you can hear in its entirety right here. The album is due out July 31.