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Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 93, first aired 10/23/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 93, first aired 10/23/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Depeche Mode, Crime and the City Solution, Blondie and The Cult, plus old favorites by the likes of Pylon, Lloyd Cole, Hunters & Collectors, Siouxsie and the BAnshees, Midge Ure, The Jam, Flat Duo Jets and more.

Peter Murphy announces first-ever Australian tour, plus concerts in San Diego, Miami

Peter Murphy announces first-ever Australian tour, plus concerts in San Diego, Miami

Peter Murphy will head Down Under early next year for his first-ever tour of Australia — as either a solo artist or as a member of Bauhaus — but not before completing a few more one-off shows in the U.S., including his $500-a-ticket “Halloween Miracula” concert in Los Angeles and newly announced dates in San Diego and Miami.

Depeche Mode debuts new untitled song in Paris with in-studio video — hear it here

Depeche Mode debuts new untitled song in Paris with in-studio video — hear it here

Depeche Mode opened today’s press conference in Paris with an in-studio video set to the sounds of an as-yet-unnamed new song — although it seems likely it’ll be called “Angel of Love” — and you can now hear the track in its entirety via the clip posted above. Also, check out full details of today’s tour announcement.

Depeche Mode: New album cross between 'Violator,' 'Songs of Faith and Devotion'

Depeche Mode: New album cross between ‘Violator,’ ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’

Depeche Mode held a news conference in Paris today to announce the European leg of its 2013 world tour — the dates mirroring those that leaked yesterday — and tease fans with a preview of a track from the band’s as-yet-untitled album, which Martin Gore characterized as a cross between ‘Violator’ and ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion.’

Public Image Ltd. records 3-song live session at Minnesota's The Current (audio + video)

Public Image Ltd. records 3-song live session at Minnesota’s The Current (audio + video)

Public Image Ltd. brought its U.S. tour to Minneapolis tonight, and before John Lydon and Co. played their headlining date, the band stopped by the studios of The Current to record a three-song session. Below, you can listen to the whole thing on streaming audio as well as see video of the “Reggie Song” performance.

New releases: Peter Gabriel, The Mission, Heaven 17, Rites of Spring, Andy Partridge

New releases: Peter Gabriel, The Mission, Heaven 17, Rites of Spring, Andy Partridge

This week’s new releases include expanded reissues of Peter Gabriel’s ‘So’ and Heaven 17’s ‘The Luxury Gap,’ plus a new live CD/DVD set from The Mission, the previously unreleased original demo tape from Rites of Spring, a new album from XTC’s Andy Partridge and Peter Blegvad, and vinyl release from The B-52s and Ultravox.

Depeche Mode tour 2013 : European dates surface on eve of press conference

Depeche Mode tour 2013 : European dates surface on eve of press conference

Depeche Mode is set to hold a press conference in Paris tomorrow, where the band is expected to announce details of its next studio album, which is due out next spring, and plans for yet another massive world tour, its first since the global outing in support of 2009’s Sounds of the Universe.

Morrissey postpones next 4 U.S. concerts to return to England to see ailing mother

Morrissey postpones next 4 U.S. concerts to return to England to see ailing mother

Two weeks into his U.S. tour, Morrissey today postponed his next four concerts — in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Flint, Mich.; and Chicago, Ill. — to return to England to be with is mother, who “has been hospitalized and is unwell,” according to a note posted to quasi-official fansite True To You.

Contest: Win full set of Sugar's new expanded CD reissues from Merge Records

Contest: Win full set of Sugar’s new expanded CD reissues from Merge Records

With Bob Mould out on tour this fall supporting both his excellent new studio album and celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sugar’s beloved Copper Blue, the fine folks at Merge Records have hooked us up with a full set of the recently released Sugar reissues to award one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

Vince Clarke, Martyn Ware to release 10CD box set for The Clark & Ware Experiment

Vince Clarke, Martyn Ware to release 10CD box set for The Clark & Ware Experiment

Vince Clarke and Martyn Ware teamed up in the late ’90s to record a pair of atmospheric albums under the moniker The Clarke & Ware Experiment. Now, a dozen years later, they’ve paired those two albums with eight CDs of unreleased material to create a limited-edition box set called The House of Illustrious.

Free MP3: Crime & The City Solution, 'My Love Takes Me There' — first new music in 22 years

Free MP3: Crime & The City Solution, ‘My Love Takes Me There’ — first new music in 22 years

With their reunion tour set to open tonight in Denver, Australian Simon Bonney’s resurrected art-rock group Crime and the City Solution — which, during the ’80s, included members of The Birthday Party, Swell Maps and Einstürzende Neubauten — today debuted its first new music in 22 years.

Linkage: Stalking Morrissey, plus Peter Buck, Dinosaur Jr, Happy Mondays, Robin Guthrie

Linkage: Stalking Morrissey, plus Peter Buck, Dinosaur Jr, Happy Mondays, Robin Guthrie

Our latest link round-up includes stories about following Morrissey around on tour, plus items on Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis’ stolen guitar, the Happy Mondays’ reunion album and a new solo record from Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, plus an interview with former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 92, first aired 10/16/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 92, first aired 10/16/12

This week’s edition of the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured a special 1987 25th anniversary megamix, featuring extended versions and 12-inch mixes of singles off albums that were released in that year. The show will be replayed at 2 p.m. EDT Friday.