XTC mastermind Andy Partridge took to Twitter this morning to announce that the band’s 1992 album Nonsuch will receive a new 5.1 Surround mix by Steven Wilson, the frontman for prog-rock act Porcupine Tree who has worked on remasters for King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer and Jethro Tull in recent years.

Reunited synthpop favorites OMD have yet to announce a release date for their upcoming 12th album English Electric, but the group has gone ahead and unveiled a 13-date U.K. tour in support of the album that’s slated to run from late April into mid-May — with European dates expected to be announced shortly.

All right, we’re a little behind schedule this year, but, as the saying goes, better late than never. That’s right, it’s time to throw down your picks in the third-annual Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll, which will crown 2012’s best new and reissued music, as well as the top live performances, from veterans of the ’80s alternative scene.

As part of their Kickstarter campaign to raise $75,000, the makers of the documentary “Beautiful Noise” have released footage of their interview with The Cure’s Robert Smith in which he discusses his love of the Cocteau Twins and how that band’s 1984 album Treasure helped prepare him for his wedding.

The Primitives mark the end of a busy year for the reunited indie-pop act with a brand-new holiday song called “You Trashed Me Christmas,” which can be found on their label’s just-released compilation ‘A Christmas Gift For You From Elefant Records’ — and now you can see the band’s music video for the track.

This week’s new releases include an expanded 2CD reissue of post-punk act New Model Army’s 1984 album ‘Vengeance,’ plus a 2CD deluxe edition of The Jam’s ‘The Gift,’ a vinyl box set featuring the full Sugar catalog, and a vinyl reissue of Television’s classic ‘Marquee Moon.’

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave eatured The Damned, Nitzer Ebb, UK Decay, Joy Division, Tuxedomoon, The Smiths, Fields of the Nephilim, John Foxx, Love and Rockets, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Clan of Xymox, The Teardrop Explodes and much, much more.