Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

This week's new releases: Soft Cell box set, plus Spiritualized, Durutti Column, Posies

This week’s new releases: Soft Cell box set, plus Spiritualized, Durutti Column, Posies

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s releases include a new album from Spiritualized, a Soft Cell box set and reissues of The Durutti Column and The Posies.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/2/18)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/2/18)

“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 playlist right here.

Contest: Win multi-day passes, VIP tickets to Cold Waves festivals in New York, L.A. and Chicago

Contest: Win multi-day passes, VIP tickets to Cold Waves festivals in New York, L.A. and Chicago

Industrial-music festival Cold Waves is hitting three cities — New York, Chicago and Los Angeles — in the coming month with a lineup topped by Skinny Puppy spinoff ohGr, and we’ve got multi-day passes and VIP tickets to award lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers. Check out how to enter right here.

This week's new releases: Depeche Mode vinyl box sets, plus Pet Shop Boys, Morrissey

This week’s new releases: Depeche Mode vinyl box sets, plus Pet Shop Boys, Morrissey

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s releases include new vinyl box sets from Depeche Mode, plus three reissued Pet Shop Boys albums and Morrissey’s new best-of.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/26/18)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/26/18)

“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 full playlist right here.

The Cure unveils first touring plans of 2019 with first-ever concerts in South Africa

The Cure unveils first touring plans of 2019 with first-ever concerts in South Africa

In the build-up to this year’s festivities celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Cure, bandleader Robert Smith said fans could expect further touring in 2019 — and we now have the first evidence of that, with the announcement that the band will play two dates in South Africa next March. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Echo & The Bunnymen debut brand-new song 'The Somnambulist' off upcoming LP

Echo & The Bunnymen debut brand-new song ‘The Somnambulist’ off upcoming LP

Echo & The Bunnymen this week premiered one of the two new songs that will be included on its upcoming album The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon, a collection of largely re-rerecorded material.  Check out that new track, “The Somnambulist,” right here. The band also is going on tour later this year.

Listen: Yazoo, 'Situation' (Richard X Remix) — off forthcoming 'Four Pieces' box set

Listen: Yazoo, ‘Situation’ (Richard X Remix) — off forthcoming ‘Four Pieces’ box set

Here’s a preview of the new box set from Yazoo – the classic synthpop duo of Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke that was christened Yaz in the U.S. – that arrives this fall, a remix of the classic 1982 single “Situation” by contemporary producer Richard X. You can stream the track here.

Soft Cell debuts 'Northern Lights' — first new song in 15 years — off upcoming best-of

Soft Cell debuts ‘Northern Lights’ — first new song in 15 years — off upcoming best-of

With Marc Almond reuniting with Dave Ball to commemorate Soft Cell’s 40th anniversary with one final farewell concert next month, the duo also have produced some new music go to along with the occasion: two new songs, in fact, that will be included on a new singles collection. Hear one of them right here.

Listen: The Chills, 'Scarred' — new track off upcoming album 'Snow Bound'

Listen: The Chills, ‘Scarred’ — new track off upcoming album ‘Snow Bound’

It’s now less than a month before New Zealand indie-pop legends The Chills release their new album Snow Bound, and Martin Phillipps and Co. have premiered the third track off the record: the chunky rocker “Scarred,” which you can stream here. This follows the release of two songs off the record last month.

'R.E.M. at the BBC' 9-disc CD/DVD box set — and 2LP vinyl edition — expected this fall

‘R.E.M. at the BBC’ 9-disc CD/DVD box set — and 2LP vinyl edition — expected this fall

Though not officially announced, it appears a major archival project is in the works from R.E.M.: a nine-disc CD/DVD boxed set of BBC recordings that currently is listed for pre-order via Amazon in the U.K., along with a 2LP “best of” set culled from that larger collection. We’ll pass on more details as they emerge.

Cocteau Twins' 1993-1996 output compiled on 'Treasure Hiding: The Fontana Years' box set

Cocteau Twins’ 1993-1996 output compiled on ‘Treasure Hiding: The Fontana Years’ box set

The Cocteau Twins’ latter-period work — spanning the years 1993 to 1996 — will be compiled this fall on a new four-disc, 53-track box set that will include the dreampop icons’ final two albums plus two discs’ worth of B-sides, EP tracks, live radio sessions and rarities. Check out the full tracklist right here.

'50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong' expanded into The Fall's new ‘58 Golden Greats' box set

‘50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong’ expanded into The Fall’s new ‘58 Golden Greats’ box set

Cherry Red Records this fall will update The Fall’s 2004 compilation 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong by expanding it to 58 tracks across three discs, bringing it up to date with the inclusion of music up to and including the title track from the late Mark E. Smith’s final album. Full tracklist right here.