Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

Free MP3: Eleventh Dream Day, ‘Satellite’

To help promote ‘Riot Now!,’ the upcoming 10th studio album from Chicago’s Eleventh Dream Day, indie mainstay Thrill Jockey Records is offering up a free download of the track ‘Satellite.’

Milestones: Robyn Hitchcock is 58 today; watch the Egyptians on 2Hip4TV in 1988

Today is oddball troubadour Robyn Hitchcock’s birthday — he’s 58 — and to mark the occasion, we dug up a pair of rare clips on YouTube featuring The Egyptians performing on something called ‘2Hip4TV’ in 1988.

Video: Gang of Four, ‘It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good,’ off 2011’s ‘Content’

Gang of Four today unveiled the second music video filmed for its new album ‘Content’: a moody, live performance clip for the slow-burner ‘It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good.’ Watch it here.

Free MP3: Meat Puppets, 'Damn Thing'

Free MP3: Meat Puppets, ‘Damn Thing’

The Meat Puppets today offered the first taste of their upcoming 13th studio album, ‘Lollipop,’ in the form of a free MP3 of the track ‘Damn Thing'” via RollingStone.com.

Stream the Godfathers’ four-song live set and on-air interview at KDHX in St. Louis

When The Godfathers hit Chicago last week on their first U.S. tour in 20 years, the band stopped by radio station KDHX to record an in-studio session. Hear the four-song set and a 15-minute interview here.

Video: INXS, ‘Don’t Change’ — featuring vocals by Kirk Pengilly, Andrew Farriss

Although it still hasn’t been released in the U.S. yet, INXS has issued an official video for its re-recording of ‘Don’t Change’ to promote last year’s ‘Original Sin’ album, which found the band overhauling its old songs with new singers filling in for the late Michael Hutchence.

Linkage: Johnny Marr preps two solo albums; plus Talk Talk, Gang of Four, The Pogues

Linkage: Johnny Marr preps two solo albums; plus Talk Talk, Gang of Four, The Pogues

This latest round of links and such includes a story on Johnny Marr’s plans to record two solo albums, a look back at Talk Talk, a podcast featuring an interview with Gang of Four, and news that the Pogues’ U.S. tour will be their last.