Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured wall-to-wall Christmas songs from the likes of Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Throwing Muses, Pet Shop Boys, R.E.M., Al Jourgensen, Ramones, Miracle Legion, Book of Love, Cocteau Twins and more. Hear a replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.
We’re back with Week 3 of the Rhino Records ‘Just Can’t Get Enough — The ’80s’ playlist we’re guest-curating on Spotify. This week’s installment features tasty selections from the likes of OMD, Pylon, The Stone Roses, Heaven 17, XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Orange Juice, New Order and more.
This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Sinead O’Connor, new Smiths covers by The Wedding Present and Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch, and selections from The Ocean Blue, Julian Cope, Green on Red, Pixies, The Replacements, Peter Gabriel and Coil.
As we revealed last week, the folks at Rhino Records have asked us here at Slicing Up Eyeballs to guest-curate their weekly Rhinofy playlist ‘Just Can’t Get Enough — The ’80s’ on the Spotify streaming-music service for the month of December. So, after last week’s debut 20-song playlist, where back with Week 2.
Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs show on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Depeche Mode co-founders Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore, The Dead Milkmen and Gary Numan, plus old faves by Adam Ant, Mojo Nixon, Prefab Sprout and The Sisters of Mercy — and a couple tracks off the new Cure live album.
Rhino Records has asked us here at Slicing Up Eyeballs to guest-curate their weekly Rhinofy playlist ‘Just Can’t Get Enough — The ’80s’ on the Spotify streaming-music service for the month of December, which means we’ll have a new 20-song playlist posted each of the next four Fridays — starting today.
This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new and previously unreleased music from Paul Weller, the Mighty Lemon Drops’ David Newton and Dead Can Dance, plus favorites new and old from Simple Minds, King Missile, The Dukes of Stratopshear, Love and Rockets, Robyn Hitchcock and more.
Q&A: Daniel Ash on Love and Rockets’ reunion, his new band — and figuring out how to play “So Alive” 
Q&A: Chris Frantz talks Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and new book ‘Remain in Love’ 
Q&A: Steve Wynn on The Dream Syndicate’s first new album in nearly 30 years 
Q&A: Bauhaus’ David J on his ‘accidental’ concept album ‘Not Long For This World’ 
Q&A: Peter Murphy on ‘Ninth,’ Bauhaus’ break-up, reuniting Dalis Car 
Q&A: Joey Santiago on Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ tour, possible ‘Surfer Rosa’ shows, new album talk 
Q&A: Prefab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon on new album, changing the world with music 
Q&A: Peter Hook talks ‘Unknown Pleasures’ tour, re-recording Joy Division 