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Joy Division ‘+-’ 7-inch singles box to be reissued as 10-disc CD set next month

Joy Division ‘+-’ 7-inch singles box to be reissued as 10-disc CD set next month

The limited-edition Joy Division box set comprised of 10 newly remastered 7-inch singles that was released late last year is being reissued next month — this time on compact disc, collecting ‘CD replicas of 10 singles presented in a beautiful clamshell box.’

Video: Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart half-hour performance, interview on Seattle's KEXP

Video: Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart half-hour performance, interview on Seattle’s KEXP

Last June, former Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart dropped by the studios of Seattle’s KEXP for a half-hour interview and on-air performance — which you can now watch in full after the radio station this week posted the set on YouTube.

New Order set to release 'Lost Sirens' — 8 outtakes from last album — in December

New Order set to release ‘Lost Sirens’ — 8 outtakes from last album — in December

As Peter Hook first revealed to Slicing Up Eyeballs in August, the since-reunited New Order will release the songs left over from 2005 swan song ‘Waiting for the Sirens’ Call’ — in an eight-track CD/LP package called ‘Lost Sirens’ that is due to be released in December by Rhino Records.

The Dead Milkmen to play new album 'The King in Yellow' in Philadelphia next month

The Dead Milkmen to play new album ‘The King in Yellow’ in Philadelphia next month

The Dead Milkmen will hold a belated hometown album-released party for ‘The King in Yellow’ — their first album in 15 years, which the band self-released in March but is now set for wider distribution — when they perform the record in its entirety (‘with limited commercial interruptions’) at a Philadelphia club next month.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 47, first aired 11/15/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Kate Bush, R.E.M. and Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, plus rare and remixed Cabaret Voltaire and Jesus and Mary Chain, and old favorites from The Chameleons, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, The Clash and more. Replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

Dinosaur Jr to reissue 1st three albums in cassette box set — plus bonus Sebadoh tape

Dinosaur Jr to reissue 1st three albums in cassette box set — plus bonus Sebadoh tape

Following its purple-tape reissue of 1988′s ‘Bug’ this past summer, Dinosaur Jr now will pair that album with cassette reissues of its first two records — 1985′s ‘Dinosaur’ and 1987′s ‘You’re Living All Over Me’ — in a limited-edition, wooden box set.

Video: Sonic Youth in Sao Paulo, Brazil — watch what could be band's final concert

Video: Sonic Youth in Sao Paulo, Brazil — watch what could be band’s final concert

Sonic Youth wrapped up a short South American tour last night with a 70-minute set at the SWU Music & Arts Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil — something that normally wouldn’t be particularly newsworthy, except that it might have been the legendary noise-rockers’ final performance after 30 years together.

Video: Watch Pixies' full 82-minute 'Come Home' concert from Boston in 2004

Video: Watch Pixies’ full 82-minute ‘Come Home’ concert from Boston in 2004

Here’s a nice bit of not-so-vintage video: A full 80-minute, 26-song Pixies concert filmed in Boston in 2004 for broadcast on HDTV as the special “Pixies Come Home: Live From their 2004 World Tour.” Thanks to the Pixies themselves for sharing the video on the band’s official Facebook page yesterday.

Morrissey adds Detroit date to U.S. tour

Morrissey adds Detroit date to U.S. tour

Now that Morrissey has shifted what was to have been the opening night of his U.S. and Mexican tour to the end of the trek, it appears he may be expanding the run — fans in the Detroit area can catch Moz on Dec. 18, the day after the now-rescheduled Chicago date.

Stream: Kate Bush, ‘50 Words for Snow' — first all-new album in 6 years

Stream: Kate Bush, ‘50 Words for Snow’ — first all-new album in 6 years

Still another week before the release of Kate Bush’s new album ’50 Words for Snow’ — a 65-minute collection featuring ‘seven brand new tracks set against a background of falling snow’ — but you can now stream the full record in advance of its release via NPR Music.

New releases: The Fall, R.E.M., Wall of Voodoo, Cabaret Voltaire, Curt Smith

New releases: The Fall, R.E.M., Wall of Voodoo, Cabaret Voltaire, Curt Smith

This week’s new releases include ‘Ersatz G.B.,’ the 29th studio album from The Fall, plus new best-ofs from R.E.M. (‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage’) and Wall of Voodoo (‘Lost Weekend’), and expanded reissue of Cabaret Voltaire’s ‘Johnny YesNo’ soundtrack and Curt Smith’s solo effort ‘Mayfield.’

Linkage: Mick Jones plays The Clash, plus Simple Minds, The Sisters of Mercy, JAMC, The Specials

Linkage: Mick Jones plays The Clash, plus Simple Minds, The Sisters of Mercy, JAMC, The Specials

This week’s round-up of click-worthy links includes news about Mick Jones playing Clash songs on a U.K. benefit tour, an interview with Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr via the Stuck in the ’80s podcast, interviews with The Sisters of Mercy and The Jesus and Mary Chain, and news that The Specials’ reunion will continue.

The Week in Rock: Nov. 6-12, 2011

The Week in Rock: Nov. 6-12, 2011

Our round-up of the past week’s highlights on Slicing Up Eyeballs includes posts about Duran Duran, Big Country, Peter Gabriel, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, Pet Shop Boys, R.E.M. and Brian Eno, Morrissey, Killing Joke and The Stone Roses — plus our free November mixtape.