Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (November 2011)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (November 2011)

This month’s Auto Reverse mixtape features new music from Kate Bush, Nine Inch Nails and The Smithereens, plus some favorites new(er) and old by The The, Midnight Oil, Wire, The Primitives, Killing Joke, The House of Love, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Ministry and Adam Ant

New releases: This Mortal Coil box set, plus Wayne Hussey, Brian Eno, Chris Connelly

New releases: This Mortal Coil box set, plus Wayne Hussey, Brian Eno, Chris Connelly

This week’s new releases include a new HD, career-spanning box set from This Mortal Coil, plus new albums from The Mission’s Wayne Hussey and former Ministry member Chris Connelly, plus a new Brian Eno EP.

Stream: R.E.M., 'Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011’

Stream: R.E.M., ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011’

There’s still more than a week before R.E.M.’s career-capping best-of is released, but, thanks to the folks NPR, you can now stream the full 40-song ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ — which, for fans, means 37 songs you know and love plus those three new tracks.

The Week in Rock: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2011

The Week in Rock: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2011

Here’s this week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs news round-up, including posts about New Order, The Cure, Morrissey, Big Country, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Ministry — plus our interview with Peter Murphy

New Order in South America: Reunited band announces 3 concerts in December

New Order in South America: Reunited band announces 3 concerts in December

Having sold out its upcoming London concert this morning, the reunited New Order — with keyboardist Gillian Gilbert back in the fold, but without departed bassist Peter Hook — today announced it will perform three South American concerts in December.

Video: Big Country with Mike Peters, 'In a Big Country' — from 'Dreams Stay With You' DVD

Video: Big Country with Mike Peters, ‘In a Big Country’ — from ‘Dreams Stay With You’ DVD

The Mike Peters-fronted Big Country is commemorating its U.K. comeback tour earlier this year with a collection called ‘Dreams Stay With You: Live 21st April 2011,’ a full 19-track performance spread across two CDs and two DVDs — and which you can preview via a clip of the show-closing ‘In a Big Country.’

New Peel Sessions compilation features Joy Division, PiL, Simple Minds, XTC from '77-'79

New Peel Sessions compilation features Joy Division, PiL, Simple Minds, XTC from ’77-’79

EMI this week released the first in a new series of Peel Sessions compilations, a 2CD set called ‘Movement: BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions 1977–1979’ that compiles recordings by 41 different punk, post-punk, reggae and 2 Tone acts including Joy Division, XTC, The Jam, Simple Minds, The Specials, Public Image Ltd. and Siouxsie and the Banshees.