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Video: 'Fad Gadget / Frank Tovey 1956-2002’ — Mute's tribute on 10th anniversary of death

Video: ‘Fad Gadget / Frank Tovey 1956-2002’ — Mute’s tribute on 10th anniversary of death

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Frank Tovey — aka electronic act Fad Gadget — and his former label, Mute Records, is honoring its famed first signee with a new video tribute, which we’ve posted above. The label writes: ‘We miss him dearly. Play your favourite Fad Gadget or Frank Tovey tune really loud today.’

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (April 2012)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (April 2012)

By now, you now the drill: New month, new mixtape. So here it is, the latest in our monthly series of Auto Reverse mixtapes — two 45-minute slabs of music to help you ease into April. Stream or download the two sides, crammed, as always, with some vintage ’80s college rock and a handful of new tracks.

Stream: Xiu Xiu covers Erasure's 'Always' for split 7-inch due out on Record Store Day

Stream: Xiu Xiu covers Erasure’s ‘Always’ for split 7-inch due out on Record Store Day

Art-rockers Xiu Xiu are doubling up with tourmates Dirty Beaches for a split 7-inch to be released on Record Store Day — which falls on April 21 this year — and they’ve opted to cover Erasure’s 1994 single ‘Always’ for the release, which you can stream here via Pitchfork.

New releases: Killing Joke's 'MMXII,' plus The Smiths, Morrissey, fIREHOSE, Elvis Costello

New releases: Killing Joke’s ‘MMXII,’ plus The Smiths, Morrissey, fIREHOSE, Elvis Costello

This week’s new releases include ‘MMXII,’ the 15th studio album from Killing Joke, plus a reissue of Morrissey’s 1988 solo debut ‘Viva Hate,’ the new 2CD fIREHOSE anthology ‘lowFLOWs,’ a stripped-down version of Elvis Costello’s ‘Spectacular Spinning Songbook’ box set and U.S. editions of The Smiths’ reissues.

The Week in Rock: March 25-31, 2012

The Week in Rock: March 25-31, 2012

This week’s round-up of Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines includes news about New Order, Duran Duran, The Stone Roses, Ultravox, Peter Hook, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Lee Ranaldo, Killing Joke, ‘Dance Craze,’ Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant, The Cult, Dreams So Real and Soundgarden.

Duran Duran to follow South American, European concerts with U.S. tour this August

Duran Duran to follow South American, European concerts with U.S. tour this August

Duran Duran will return to American shores this August for another round of dates in support of ‘All You Need Is Now’, with at least a dozen shows scheduled so far — some of which are set for such off-the-beaten-path destinations as Kettering, Okla., and Mashantucket, Conn.

Echo & The Bunnymen's Will Sergeant brings 'My Own Worst Enemy' art show to L.A.

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant brings ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ art show to L.A.

Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant will bring his art to Los Angeles later this spring for his first major U.S. exhibition, a show called ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ featuring abstracts, collages, screenprints and minimalist pieces that will from May 18 through June 16 at Substrate Contemporary Fine Art.