Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

Stream: OMD, 'History of Modern (part I)' — off forthcoming 'Live in Berlin' album

Stream: OMD, ‘History of Modern (part I)’ — off forthcoming ‘Live in Berlin’ album

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark will release a 20-track live album and hardback book called ‘History of Modern Tour: Live in Berlin’ this August to commemorate the group’s rapturously received comeback last year. Stream one of the tracks here.

Stream: Morrissey debuts three new songs on Janice Long’s show on BBC Radio 2

Morrissey debuted three new songs — ‘Action Is My Middle Name,’ ‘The Kid’s A Looker’ and ‘People Are The Same Everywhere’ — in a live session recorded last week and broadcast tonight on Janice Long’s late-night show on BBC Radio 2. Hear all three here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 27, first aired 6/14/11

Tonight’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangways Radio featured new music from Gary Numan, The Primitives and The Cure’s Robert Smith, plus new live cuts from Duran Duran and Joe Jackson, and favorites from Camouflage, Orange Juice, Pavement and The Danse Society.

Video: Behind the scenes of Peter Murphy's forthcoming 'I Spit Roses' music video

Video: Behind the scenes of Peter Murphy’s forthcoming ‘I Spit Roses’ music video

While he hasn’t yet premiered the music video for ‘Ninth’ lead-off single ‘I Spit Roses,’ Peter Murphy has certainly teased it, first with a Facebook gallery of on-set photos, and now this nearly 3-minute behind-the-scenes clip.

Free MP3: Gary Numan, 'The Fall' — off 'Dead Son Rising,' new album due in September

Free MP3: Gary Numan, ‘The Fall’ — off ‘Dead Son Rising,’ new album due in September

Gary Numan is set to release a new album called ‘Dead Son Rising’ this September that will feature ‘a mixture of new songs, instrumental tracks and specially commissioned remixes’ that he will sell exclusively through his website and on a just-announced seven-date U.K. tour.

Free MP3s: Echo & The Bunnymen, 'Pride' and 'Show of Strength' — off 'Do It Clean' live CD

Free MP3s: Echo & The Bunnymen, ‘Pride’ and ‘Show of Strength’ — off ‘Do It Clean’ live CD

Fans of Echo & The Bunnymen can commemorate the band’s recent gigs performing their first two albums — 1980’s ‘Crocodiles’ and 1981’s ‘Heaven Up Here’ — back-to-back with a brand-new live CD called ‘Do It Clean.’

Peter Hook bringing Joy Division’s ‘Closer,’ ‘Unknown Pleasures’ to North America

After bringing his ‘Unknown Pleasures’ tour to the U.S. late last year, bassist Peter Hook will return to North America this September to perform Joy Division’s second album, ‘Closer,’ at five select dates — and play ‘Unknown Pleasures’ in three cities skipped by the first tour.