Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: Robyn Hitchcock's new self-titled album, plus Big Star's 'Third' live

New releases: Robyn Hitchcock’s new self-titled album, plus Big Star’s ‘Third’ live

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: Robyn HItchcock’s new self-titled album arrives, as does the all-star live set ‘Thank You, Friends: Big Star’s Third Live… And More.’

Listen: Rockin' the Suburbs podcast talks '80s college rock with Slicing Up Eyeballs

Listen: Rockin’ the Suburbs podcast talks ’80s college rock with Slicing Up Eyeballs

Slicing Up Eyeballs founder/editor Matt Sebastian is the guest on today’s episode of the excellent Rockin’ the Suburbs podcast, a five-day-a-week show hosted by Jim Lenahan and Patrick Foster that’s billed as “two (not so) ordinary men talking about their lifelong obsessions with music.”

LIVE: Watch New Order's performance at the first weekend of the Coachella festival

LIVE: Watch New Order’s performance at the first weekend of the Coachella festival

New Order’s set from the closing night of the first weekend of the Coachella festival is streaming right now (10:40 p.m. Pacific) on the fest’s YouTube channel. Check out the full performance below. (And if you tune in late, you can scroll backward on the YouTube player and watch from the beginning.)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/16/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/16/17)

“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.

Premiere: The Black Watch, 'All-Right Side of Just OK' — off 'Gospel According to John'

Premiere: The Black Watch, ‘All-Right Side of Just OK’ — off ‘Gospel According to John’

John Andrew Fredrick is back with the 15th album in 30 years with his cult-favorite Southern California indie-rock act The Black Watch, and we here at Slicing Up Eyeballs are thrilled to premiere “The All-Right Side of Just OK,” the second single off the forthcoming The Gospel According to John.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: The Sisters of Mercy go under the '120 X-Ray' in 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Sisters of Mercy go under the ‘120 X-Ray’ in 1988

or this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we’ve dredged up this “120 X-Ray” segment from a Kevin Seal-hosted show in 1988 that spotlights The Sisters of Mercy circa Floodland. In the segment, bandleader Andrew Eldritch talks about the song “Black Planet” and more.

Midnight Oil digs deep with 29-song set to open 'Great Circle' reunion tour — video

Midnight Oil digs deep with 29-song set to open ‘Great Circle’ reunion tour — video

Midnight Oil formally opened its Great Circle 2017 World Tour in Sydney on Thursday night, playing a 29-song set that balanced the reunited band’s best-known hits with the unexpected — including a near-complete performance of 1978’s Head Injuries. See the full setlist and some fan-shot video.