Recent Dark Wave Playlists

'Backwards Walk Into the Future: A Tribute to 120 Minutes' in Philadelphia this weekend

‘Backwards Walk Into the Future: A Tribute to 120 Minutes’ in Philadelphia this weekend

Fans of that pinnacle of Sunday night television viewing would be advised to get to Philadelphia this weekend, where the Philly Music Video Fest will close with a salute to the program featuring highlights from “120 Minutes,” a special pre-recorded intro from creator/host Dave Kendall and a few surprises.

Pixies announce spring North American tour, promise to debut new songs live

Pixies announce spring North American tour, promise to debut new songs live

The Pixies this morning announced that, in addition to a handful of recently unveiled festival dates, the band will stage its own North American tour this spring, unveiling 12 non-festival shows in May with a promise that “more dates will be announced shortly, too.” The band says it will debut new music on the tour.

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from U.K. post-punk groups Gang of Four (‘What Happens Next’) and The Pop Group (‘Citizen Zombie’), plus a five-disc box set from The Sound that collects three studio albums, an EP, a live record and a disc of early tracks.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/22/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/22/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured brand-new music from Wire, The Church and Gang of Four, plus old favorites by Specimen, The Sisterhood, A Certain Ratio, Revolting Cocks, The The, Public Image Ltd., The Naked and the Dead, Poesie Noire, The Sound more.

Slicing Up Eyeballs turned 6... yesterday. And we forgot our own birthday

Slicing Up Eyeballs turned 6… yesterday. And we forgot our own birthday

Well, that’s embarrassing: We missed our own birthday. Exactly six years ago yesterday, Slicing Up Eyeballs launched with nothing more than a simple 91-word post announcing plans to provide “the latest info on new albums, reissues, upcoming reunions and tour dates.”

Vintage Video: Local TV newscasters try to explain 'Cocteau Twins fever' in 1985

Vintage Video: Local TV newscasters try to explain ‘Cocteau Twins fever’ in 1985

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we resurrect something we first shared way back in 2010: a pair of TV news reports from WBNS in Columbus, Ohio, about the “Cocteau Fever” surrounding the Cocteau Twins’ Sept. 19, 1985, concert there — just one of five stops on its U.S. tour that year.