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Video: Paul Weller, ‘That Dangerous Age’ — first single off forthcoming ‘Sonik Kicks’ LP

Video: Paul Weller, ‘That Dangerous Age’ — first single off forthcoming ‘Sonik Kicks’ LP

Former Jam frontman Paul Weller today premiered the video for the first single off his new album ‘Sonik Kicks,’ the fuzzed-out rocker ‘That Dangerous Age,’ which you can watch here. As you can see, the effects-heavy performance clip adopts the same dayglo style as the album’s cover.

Blur, The Specials and New Order to play Olympics Closing Ceremony Celebration

Blur, The Specials and New Order to play Olympics Closing Ceremony Celebration

Three recently reunited U.K. acts — Britpop masters Blur, 2 Tone ska kings The Specials and electronic-rock pioneers New Order — will perform at a giant “Best of British” outdoor concert on Aug. 12 in Hyde Park to cap off the London Olympics, the bands announced Monday.

Slicing Up Eyeballs turns 3 today

Slicing Up Eyeballs turns 3 today

Slicing Up Eyeballs turns 3 today, having launched so very inauspiciously on Feb. 20, 2009, with a simple mission to provide ‘the latest info on new albums, reissues, upcoming reunions and tour dates.’ More than 2,000 posts later, this site has become so much more than that, thanks to you, the readers.

Slicing Up Eyeballs' Top 10 most-clicked posts of all time (well, since 2009)

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Top 10 most-clicked posts of all time (well, since 2009)

Three years, 2,172 individual posts, 3.8 million total pageviews. But out of all that, what are the most popular headlines on Slicing Up Eyeballs since this site launched on Feb. 20, 2009? Well, as you can see from the list below, they involve news about Nirvana, The Cure, U2, The Smiths, Daniel Ash and Depeche Mode.

Tommy Stinson books South By Southwest gigs, followed by short East Coast tour

Tommy Stinson books South By Southwest gigs, followed by short East Coast tour

Former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson will take a break from his gigs with Guns N’ Roses and Soul Asylum to embark on a short solo tour this spring, playing six gigs in four days at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, next month before hitting the East Coast four a handful of shows in April.

New releases: Simple Minds, Dinosaur Jr, Sinead O'Connor, The Church's Steve Kilbey

New releases: Simple Minds, Dinosaur Jr, Sinead O’Connor, The Church’s Steve Kilbey

This week’s new releases include a new Simple Minds box set that compiles each of the band’s first five albums, plus Dinosaur Jr’s new live DVD ‘In the Hands of Fans,’ a new studio record from Sinead O’Connor, and the second album from Isidore, featuring The Chruch’s Steve Kilbey.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 2/19/12

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured The Smiths, Love and Rockets, The Teardrop Explodes, Peter Murphy, Modern English, Duran Duran, Echo & The Bunnymen and much more.