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Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 130, aired 8/6/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 130, aired 8/6/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured music from The Cramps, World Party, Public Image Ltd., Jane’s Addiction, The Sugarcubes, I an McCulloch, Roby Hitchcock and the Egyptians, The Replacements, Pixies, Siouxsie and the Banshees and more.

Video: Morrissey, 'Everyday is Like Sunday' — from 'Morrissey 25: Live' concert film

Video: Morrissey, ‘Everyday is Like Sunday’ — from ‘Morrissey 25: Live’ concert film

Morrissey’s new concert film “Morrissey 25: Live” hits theaters beginning Aug. 29, and, after seeing the trailer a few weeks ago, now we get a glimpse at the first full performance from the film via this cilp of “Everyday is Like Sunday” that the NME premiered today.

Sonic Youth's members releasing new music, touring the U.S. this fall — separately

Sonic Youth’s members releasing new music, touring the U.S. this fall — separately

Fans of Sonic Youth may still be struggling to get over the presumed end of the legendary noise-rock band, but there is good news ahead: The band’s four members all will be on tour in the U.S. this fall — albeit separately, for the most part — and three of the four have new music due out later this year.

XTC launches new reissue series with expanded audiophile edition of 'Nonsuch'

XTC launches new reissue series with expanded audiophile edition of ‘Nonsuch’

XTC this week launched the first of what promises to be a new series of expanded reissues, beginning with the band’s 1992 album Nonusch, which will be re-released this fall with new 5.1 Surround, stereo and high-res stereo mixes as well as Andy Partridge home demos and Colin Moulding work tapes.

Video: The Cure at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full webcast of band's 2-hour headlining set

Video: The Cure at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full webcast of band’s 2-hour headlining set

The Cure wrapped up its short “Great Circle Tour” with a headlining performance at the Lollapalzooza festival in Chicago on Sunday night, delivering a 2-hour, 26-song set — and for Robert Smith and Co., that’s a pretty gig — heavy on the band’s more poppy material. Check out the full webcast here.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s, Part 7: Vote for your top albums of 1986

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s, Part 7: Vote for your top albums of 1986

Our Best of the ’80s poll continues into August as we hit 1986, and once again ask Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers to vote for their favorite albums of that year in our ongoing mission to rank the releases of each year of the decade throughout 2013, concluding with a poll to determine the best records of the entire 1980s.

Premiere: OMD, 'Night Café' (Vile Electrodes 'B-Side the C-Side' Remix)

Premiere: OMD, ‘Night Café’ (Vile Electrodes ‘B-Side the C-Side’ Remix)

With drummer Malcolm Holmes’ onstage health scare now (thankfully) behind the band, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is moving forward with promotion of its new album English Electric — namely the release of the LP’s third single, “Night Café,” which is due out next month.

New releases: Ministry live CD, plus Echo & The Bunnymen, Talking Heads on vinyl

New releases: Ministry live CD, plus Echo & The Bunnymen, Talking Heads on vinyl

This week’s new releases include a brand-new live album from Ministry (out this week in the U.K., but not until late August in the U.S.), plus new vinyl pressings of Echo & The Bunnymen’s first album ‘Crocodiles’ and ‘Fear of Music,’ the third album from Talking Heads.

The Week in Rock: July 28-Aug. 3, 2013

The Week in Rock: July 28-Aug. 3, 2013

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about Tears For Fears, Nine Inch Nails, Kitchens of Distinction, Alison Moyet, The House of Love, The Creatures, Bernard Sumner, Debbie Harry, Nirvana and more.

Video: Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full 100-minute webcast

Video: Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza 2013 — watch full 100-minute webcast

Trent Reznor went full circle Friday night in Chicago, bringing his resurrected Nine Inch Nails back to Lollapalooza some 22 years after the band played the then-traveling tour’s inaugural year. This time, instead of landing a daytime slot under the hot sun, NIN headlined the festival’s first night.

Video: Bernard Sumner and The Killers cover Joy Division's 'Shadowplay' at Lollapalooza

Video: Bernard Sumner and The Killers cover Joy Division’s ‘Shadowplay’ at Lollapalooza

While New Order’s set at Lollapalooza in Chicago was not part of the festival’s webcast last night, those watching the livestream did catch a glimpse of Bernard Sumner when he joined The Killers onstage — as he’s been known to do in the past — to help the band perform its souped-up cover of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay.”

Tears For Fears' 'The Hurting' box set: Remixes, B-sides, radios sessions, live DVD

Tears For Fears’ ‘The Hurting’ box set: Remixes, B-sides, radios sessions, live DVD

Tears For Fears’ landmark debut album The Hurting is due for a 30th anniversary reissue later this year, and now comes the details: The deluxe four-disc box set will include the original album, a disc of remixes and B-sides, a collection of BBC radio sessions and the long-out-of-print “In My Mind’s Eye” concert film on DVD.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie of The Creatures — 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie of The Creatures — 1990

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we flash back to 1990 — a better time for Siouxsie Sioux and her then-husband/drummer, Budgie, who, in addition to playing in the Banshees, together formed side project The Creatures. This clip features footage of the duo being interviewed by Dave Kendall.