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Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 17, first aired 3/22/11

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Peter Murphy, Pet Shop Boys, The Dead Milkmen, Duran Duran and Bob Geldof, plus favorites by the Buzzcocks, Rain Parade, The Fall and Morrissey.

Stream: Peter Murphy, 'I Spit Roses,' first single off upcoming 'Ninth' album

Stream: Peter Murphy, ‘I Spit Roses,’ first single off upcoming ‘Ninth’ album

Peter Murphy today released his first new single in more than six years: ‘I Spit Roses’ — which can be streamed here and is a track that will be featured on the former Bauhaus leader’s upcoming album ‘Ninth,’ which is due out in June.

Contest: Win Pet Shop Boys 7-album prize pack, including 'The Most Incredible Thing'

Contest: Win Pet Shop Boys 7-album prize pack, including ‘The Most Incredible Thing’

The Pet Shop Boys’ score to the new ballet adaptation of ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ is out in the U.S. this week, and to mark the occasion, Astralwerks is providing us with a 7-album PSB prize back to award one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader in the United States.

Milestones: Guy Chadwick in 55 today; watch House of Love play 'Christine' on in 1988

Milestones: Guy Chadwick in 55 today; watch House of Love play ‘Christine’ on in 1988

It’s Guy Chadwick’s 55th birthday today, so to celebrate, here’s The House of Love performing its third single, the classic ‘Christine,’ on the U.K.’s ‘The South Bank Show’ in 1988.

Video: The Cars, ‘Sad Song’ — second clip from ‘Move Like This’ reunion album

The surviving members of The Cars today debuted the video for ‘Sad Song,’ the second clip off their much-anticipated reunion album ‘Move Like This,’ which is due out May 10 via Concord Music.

New releases: Duran Duran, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, John Foxx, Aztec Camera

New releases: Duran Duran, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, John Foxx, Aztec Camera

This week’s new releases include the belated physical release of Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now,’ new albums from The Human League and John Foxx, The Pet Shop Boys’ ‘The Most Incredible Thing’ ballet score, a Soundgarden live album and a new Aztec Camera best-of.

Video: Bob Geldof performs ‘How I Roll’ on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’

A couple days before making headlines at South By Southwest by declaring America and its music “exhausted,” former Boomtown Rats leader Bob Geldof dropped by ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ to promote his new album ‘How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell.’