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Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 159, aired 7/1/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 159, aired 7/1/14

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught this week’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave requests for future shows.

Win tickets to see The Psychedelic Furs and The Lemonheads in Anaheim, Calif.

Win tickets to see The Psychedelic Furs and The Lemonheads in Anaheim, Calif.

As we reported last week, The Psychedelic Furs are touring the western U.S. this fall with The Lemonheads, and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to one of those shows: the bands’ Nov. 13 concert at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif.

The Call featuring BRMC's Robert Levon Been release live CD, DVD from reunion concert

The Call featuring BRMC’s Robert Levon Been release live CD, DVD from reunion concert

More than a year ago, the surviving members of The Call reunited with for a pair of concerts in California with Robert Levon Been of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club filling in for his late father Michael Been, and while a full tour never came to pass, the band has now released a CD and DVD.

New releases: The The, Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, X, Steve Wynn, Cabaret Voltaire

New releases: The The, Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, X, Steve Wynn, Cabaret Voltaire

This week’s new releases include the 30th anniversary vinyl reissue of The The’s ‘Soul Mining,’ a second brand-new album from Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, a reissue of X’s ‘More Fun in the New World,’ a collection from Steve Wynn called ‘Sketches in Spain,’ a Blow Monkeys reissue and a Cabaret Voltaire best-of.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (6/29/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (6/29/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Portion Control, 1919, Tones on Tail, Anne Clark, The Sound, Joy Division, Lard, Daniel Ash, The Cure, Gary Numan, KMFDM, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Alien Sex Fiend, Dead Can Dance, Shriekback and more.

The Jesus and Mary Chain confirm festival appearances in France, Poland

The Jesus and Mary Chain confirm festival appearances in France, Poland

The Jesus and Mary Chain today confirmed two European festival appearances this summer and fall — in Paris and Katowice, Poland — ahead of the band’s much-anticipated performances of 1985 debut Psychocandy at five U.K. dates in November.

Contest: Win The The’s ‘Soul Mining’ deluxe 2LP 180-gram vinyl box set

Contest: Win The The’s ‘Soul Mining’ deluxe 2LP 180-gram vinyl box set

Next week, the classic 1983 debut album from The The will receive a slightly belated 30th anniversary reissue in the form of a deluxe 2LP set that will include the newly remastered album on one 180-gram vinyl platter and six remixes and B-sides on the other.