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Bauhaus, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pavement, Bikini Kill and more to play Primavera Sound

Bauhaus, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pavement, Bikini Kill and more to play Primavera Sound

The massive Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain, unveiled its 2020 lineup this week, a bill that includes Bauhaus, The Jesus and Mary Chain (performing Darklands), Pavement, Bikini Kill, Dinosaur Jr, Massive Attack, Iggy Pop, Einstürzende Neubauten and more. Full details right here.

Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Whitney Houston to enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Whitney Houston to enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 will include pioneering synthpop outfit turned stadium rockers Depeche Mode alongside Nine Inch Nails, Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G., T. Rex and The Doobie Brothers, the organization announced this morning. Full details right here.

The House of Love announces first North American tour in nearly 30 years

The House of Love announces first North American tour in nearly 30 years

The House of Love will return to North America this May for the first time in nearly 30 years, playing an 11-date tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its second self-titled studio album, the so-called “Butterfly album” that marked the band’s first inroads in the U.S. Full dates right here.

New Game Theory set to feature unreleased music with The Three O’Clock’s Michael Quercio

New Game Theory set to feature unreleased music with The Three O’Clock’s Michael Quercio

Omnivore Recordings this spring will finish its Game Theory reissue campaign by releasing a new collection of almost entirely unreleased material recorded by the jangle-pop outfit’s final lineup in 1989 and 1990, when late frontman Scott Miller brought on board Michael Quercio of the recently broken-up The Three O’Clock.

Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan lends vocals to new Humanist single 'Shock Collar'

Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan lends vocals to new Humanist single ‘Shock Collar’

British musician/producer Rob Marshall has tapped Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan to sing “Shock Collar,” a shimmering guitar rocker that appears on the forthcoming self-titled debut album from Marshall’s guest-laden project Humanist. Check out the track right here.

Ministry's Industrial Strength Tour to feature KMFDM and Front Line Assembly

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour to feature KMFDM and Front Line Assembly

Ministry will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste this summer by recreating that album’s famed tour, enlisting original opener KMFDM and fellow heavyweight Front Line Assembly — and possibly a chained-link fence — for the Industrial Strength Tour. Full dates right here.

New releases: Pale Saints' 'Comforts of Madness,' plus Breathless, The Smithereens

New releases: Pale Saints’ ‘Comforts of Madness,’ plus Breathless, The Smithereens

This is 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. May also include some other titles released in recent weeks but not previously featured.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs' Week in Review: Jan. 6-12, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: Jan. 6-12, 2020

We’re very, very excited to roll out a brand-new feature: Our friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a new week-in-review video that will recap the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and Strangeways throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. Check it out right here.

Wire set to release 17th album 'Mind Hive' — hear 2 songs off the new record

Wire set to release 17th album ‘Mind Hive’ — hear 2 songs off the new record

Post-punk legends Wire will release their 17th studio album — a nine-song collection called Mind Hive — later this month, and they’re previewing the effort with a pair of new songs off the record: “Cactused” and “Primed & Ready,” both of which can be streamed right here.

The Boomtown Rats debut 'Trash Glam Baby' — off first new album in 36 years

The Boomtown Rats debut ‘Trash Glam Baby’ — off first new album in 36 years

The reunited Boomtown Rats have debuted the first track off the Bob Geldof-led band’s first new album in 36 years,  the very catchy “Trash Glam Baby,” which you can stream in full right here, and which serves as the first taste of the forthcoming Citizens of Boomtown LP. Full details here.

Bauhaus to play Mexico City this spring in addition to London, New York City dates

Bauhaus to play Mexico City this spring in addition to London, New York City dates

The reunion of goth-rock legends Bauhaus continues to expand beyond the three shows the band played in Hollywood, with the announcement on Friday of a third 2020 date, this time in México City, between previously announced concerts in London and New York City. Full details right here.

Morrissey announces new album 'I Am Not a Dog on a Chain' — hear the first single

Morrissey announces new album ‘I Am Not a Dog on a Chain’ — hear the first single

Morrissey this spring will follow up last year’s California Son covers record with his 13th studio album, an 11-song collection titled I Am Not a Dog on a Chain that is preceded by lead single “Bobby, Don’t You Think You Know,” which features vocal contributions from R&B singer Thelma Houston.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1986

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s Redux: Vote for your favorite songs of 1986

We’ve now crossed the halfway mark of our Best of the ’80s Redux series of year-by-year song polls as we move on to the year 1986, giving Slicing Up Eyeballs readers the chance to vote for their 25 favorites as we rank the 100 best songs released that year. You can begin voting right here.