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Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/7/19)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/7/19)

“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. Check out tonight’s full playilst right here.

Depeche Mode continues 12-inch box set series with 'Black Celebration,' 'Music For The Masses'

Depeche Mode continues 12-inch box set series with ‘Black Celebration,’ ‘Music For The Masses’

Depeche Mode will continue its series of vinyl box set reissue with the release next month of Black Celebration: The 12″ Singles and Music For The Masses: The 12″ Singles, a pair of multi-disc collections featuring the original UK 12-inch singles that accompanied each album. Full details right here.

Midnight Oil plans to record new music later this year for possible 2020 release

Midnight Oil plans to record new music later this year for possible 2020 release

Midnight Oil has confirmed it will return to the recording studio later this year, with the band’s drummer Rob Hirst saying their live reunion “was such a positive experience that it made us even hungrier to get back to making new music together.” Full details right here, including the latest tour dates.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Dave Kendall and John Lydon in Tijuana — watch full 2-hour episode

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall and John Lydon in Tijuana — watch full 2-hour episode

Finding a full episode of MTV’s “120 Minutes” on YouTube is an increasingly impossible task. That’s why we were thrilled when a sharp-eyed Slicing Up Eyeballs reader recently pointed us to a trove of episodes uploaded to the Internet Archive — including one of our all-time favorites.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Blondie announce U.S. co-headlining tour this summer

Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Blondie announce U.S. co-headlining tour this summer

Elvis Costello & The Imposters will team up with New Wave-era contemporaries Blondie for a 13-date co-headlining tour this summer that opens July 20 in Bethel, N.Y., and focuses largely on the east and west coasts, wrapping up Aug. 10 in Seattle. See the full tour itinerary right here.

The Psychedelic Furs team up with James for North American tour this summer

The Psychedelic Furs team up with James for North American tour this summer

The hard-touring Psychedelic Furs are heading back out on the road in the U.S. this month for a 14-date spring trek that will be followed by a 22-date North American tour this summer in which Richard Butler and Co. will share the bill with James. Full dates and details right here.

Listen: The Cure's Robert Smith re-records 'Pictures of You' for 'Dead Good' documentary

Listen: The Cure’s Robert Smith re-records ‘Pictures of You’ for ‘Dead Good’ documentary

The Cure’s Robert Smith — with an assist by the band’s keyboardist Roger O’Donnell — has recorded a new version of the classic Disintegration track “Pictures of You” with the London-based Quartet Voluté for the new documentary “Dead Good.” You can hear the new version in the film’s trailer.

Top 100 Songs of 1984: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 5

Top 100 Songs of 1984: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux — Part 5

April fools? No, it’s true, we’re back — finally, belatedly, etc. — with the results of the fifth installment of our Best of the ’80s Redux series, the sporadic Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll in which our readers have now ranked the Top 100 songs of 1984. Check out that full list right here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1984 — minus the 5 that aren't on Spotify

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 100 Songs of 1984 — minus the 5 that aren’t on Spotify

As is custom, we’ve created a Spotify playlist to accompany our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1984 readers poll results. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon” and closes with The Strangers’ “Skin Deep” — with 93 more songs in between. Listen right here.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/31/19)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/31/19)

“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. See tonight’s full playlist right here.

Watch David Byrne induct a band named after a Talking Heads song into the Rock Hall

Watch David Byrne induct a band named after a Talking Heads song into the Rock Hall

David Byrne graced the stage of Friday night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in Brooklyn, inducting a band — Radiohead — that took its name from a song he wrote — “Radio Head” — for the Talking Heads’ 1986 companion album to the film “True Stories.” Watch the full speech right here.

Roxy Music at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Watch the induction, see the performances

Roxy Music at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Watch the induction, see the performances

Hugely influential art-rockers Roxy Music reunited — sans Brian Eno and Paul Thompson — onstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Brooklyn on Friday night, treating fans to a six-song set in their first public performance since 2011. See it all right here.

The Cure 'probably' will bring 'Disintegration' tour to U.S. later this year, Robert Smith says

The Cure ‘probably’ will bring ‘Disintegration’ tour to U.S. later this year, Robert Smith says

Ahead of tonight’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the members of The Cure past and present walked the red carpet, where Robert Smith managed to drop a bit of news, saying the band “probably” will perform Disintegration on tour in the U.S. later this year. Full details right here.