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Peter Murphy to bring 'Mr. Moonlight' all-Bauhaus show back to California this fall

Peter Murphy to bring ‘Mr. Moonlight’ all-Bauhaus show back to California this fall

After taking his Mr. Moonlight Tour across the United States, Europe and even to South America this summer, Peter Murphy will bring the show — which celebrates the 35th anniversary of Bauhaus with a set comprised only of that band’s material or songs the group covered — back to California this October for five more concerts.

Update: Morrissey now says 'Autobiography' will be published in Europe, but not U.S.

Update: Morrissey now says ‘Autobiography’ will be published in Europe, but not U.S.

Morrissey’s long-in-the-works autobiography — titled, appropriately, “Autobiography” — was set to be published next week, but the singer claims a last-minute and heretofore unexplained “content disagreement” with Penguin Classics “has caused the venture to collapse,” leaving the former Smiths frontman in search of a new publisher.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s, Part 8: Vote for your top albums of 1987

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s, Part 8: Vote for your top albums of 1987

Our year-long Best of the ’80s poll continues as we hit 1987, and once again ask Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers to vote for their favorite albums of that year in our mission to rank the releases of each year of the decade throughout 2013, concluding with a poll to determine the absolute best records of the entire 1980s.

Bad Religion to put the punk back in the holidays with 'Christmas Songs' album

Bad Religion to put the punk back in the holidays with ‘Christmas Songs’ album

Turns out Erasure isn’t the only group delivering a new holiday record this year: Southern California punk kings Bad Religion will put a decidedly rougher spin on seasonal classics like “Hark! The Herald Angles Sing” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” next month with the release of the aptly titled Christmas Songs.

The Mission's 'The Brightest Light' streaming on Spotify a week ahead of release

The Mission’s ‘The Brightest Light’ streaming on Spotify a week ahead of release

With their first new album in six years — and first to feature original band members Wayne Hussey, Simon Hinkler and Craig Adams since 1990 — due out next week, The Mission has begun streaming the full 12-track The Brightest Light via Spotify. Here, you can check out the full album.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 134, aired 9/10/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 134, aired 9/10/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio was devoted to the Best of 1986, featuring music from XTC, Love and Rockets, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smiths, R.E.M., Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Concrete Blonde, The Smithereens and more.

Billy Bragg's 'Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy' to receive expanded 30th anniversary reissue

Billy Bragg’s ‘Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy’ to receive expanded 30th anniversary reissue

Billy Bragg will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his debut album Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy — featuring the singer-songwriter’s classic “A New England” — next month with a new reissue that features a newly remastered version of the original record plus a live solo version of the full album recorded in London.