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A bit more distance was being put between me and college graduation, and a lot of the music that was so vital to me in college was continuing to make waves into the mainstream, while it would still be 2-3 years before Nirvana would explode into that mainstream and end up making the term “alternative” in the music world synonymous PLAYLIST: SLICING UP EYEBALLS’ TOP 100 SONGS OF 1989 We've created a Spotify playlist to accompany our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1989 readers poll results. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On" and closes with The Call's "Let the Day Begin" -- with 97 more songs in between. Stream the whole thing right here, friends. PLAYLIST: SIRIUS XM’S ‘DARK WAVE’ “Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs' Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio's 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Check THE HOUSE OF LOVE NEARS COMPLETION OF NEW ALBUM, BEGINS The House of Love is nearing completion of a new studio album — featuring the working title A State of Grace — and has begun rescheduling dates on the band’s exceedingly rare North American tour, which was scuttled, like so much else, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Full details right here. HOODOO GURUS' RARE U.S. TOUR RESCHEDULED A SECOND TIME Australian rockers Hoodoo Gurus have been forced for the second time to reschedule their first U.S. tour in more than a decade, this time because the band’s members can’t leave their home country due to their government’s strict restrictions on international travel.. The tour originally was scheduled for October and November of 2020, then was pushed, due to the pandemic, to September BOB MOULD ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR WITH TRIO AND SOLO-ELECTRIC Bob Mould will return to the road later this year for a 23-date tour that’ll find him performing the first run of shows with his eponymous trio with the remainder being solo-electric performances, all under the banner of “Distortion and Blue Hearts!”. The tour’s name combines the names of his ongoing Distortion box-set series and last year’s Blue Hearts studio album, and runs from THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF R.E.M.: ALL 282 SONGS RANKED BY Today we unveil the results of Round 3 of our latest Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll series, a 1-to-282 ranking of R.E.M.’s entire catalog of songs recorded between 1981 — the original Hib-Tone release of “Radio Free Europe” — and the band’s eventual break-up in 2011.. A quick refresher: We asked readers to vote for up to 25 of their favorite songs recorded by R.E.M., choosing BAUHAUS TO OPEN 2021 WORLD TOUR WITH RESCHEDULED CONCERTS Bauhaus will open what it's referring to as a 2021 world tour with a pair of rescheduled concerts in México City next April as the reunited band slowly shifts its planned 2020 touring activity -- disrupted, like everything else, by the coronavirus -- to next DANIEL ASH REVEALS NEW BAND AND ALBUM, SAYS BAUHAUS With the Bauhaus reunion sidelined by COVID-19, guitarist Daniel Ash found plenty of time in 2020 to focus on a new album by his new band — a trio called Ashes and Diamonds — with plans to release the record later this year, he announced in a podcast interview Monday.. In his interview on Baxie’s Musical Podcast, Ash also confirmed that the Bauhaus reunion that should have occupied SLICING UP EYEBALLS // 80S ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, COLLEGE ROCKARTIST POLLFESTIVALSABOUT USRADIOVINYLREUNIONS The Psychedelic Furs’ plans to tour their first new studio album in nearly 30 years were foiled by the pandemic, but the band finally is planning to hit the road behind Made of Rain later this year with a 28-date U.S. tour that runs from September through November. MORRISSEY, BAUHAUS, BLONDIE, DEVO, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN ON 1 day ago · The pandemic-canceled Cruel World festival will rise again in 2022 at a different location in the Los Angeles area but with most of the original lineup — including headliners Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo — intact, promoters announced Monday.. The festival will now take place May 14, 2022, at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. — the site, next to the famous stadium, of CRUEL WORLD BACK FROM THE DEAD? FESTIVAL TEASES A SPRING The pandemic-canceled Cruel World festival — a celebration of the ’80s alternative era with a huge bill topped by Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo — on Saturday teased a spring 2022 return, though it’s not known whether the original 2020 lineup will be intact.. The festival, set for The Grounds at Dignity Health Sports Park, the home of the L.A. Galaxy soccer team, originally was NEW ORDER AND PET SHOP BOYS DELAY 'UNITY TOUR' AGAIN The much-anticipated North American “Unity Tour” by electronic-music giants New Order and Pet Shop Boys has been hit with a second year-long delay due to “continuing uncertainty caused by the COVID pandemic, ” the two groups announced Tuesday.. The tour, now 13 dates, had been scheduled for September and October of 2020, then was pushed a year to September and October of 2021 once THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ANNOUNCE 28-DATE U.S. TOUR THIS FALL The Psychedelic Furs’ plans to tour their first new studio album in nearly 30 years were foiled by the pandemic, but the band finally is planning to hit the road behind Made of Rain later this year with a 28-date U.S. tour that runs from September through November. The Furs’ U.S. tour opens with four dates in mid-September before the band heads to England for seven shows there, including a CHRISSIE HYNDE RELEASES ALBUM OF BOB DYLAN COVERS RECORDED Chrissie Hynde on Friday digitally released Standing in the Doorway, a new album of nine Bob Dylan covers that she recorded while on COVID-19 lockdown last year, exchanging musical files with Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne via text message. Stream the full album right here. WORLD PARTY RELEASING REMASTERED EDITIONS OF ALL 5 ALBUMS Karl Wallinger is reissuing all five World Party studio albums on 180-gram vinyl between now and November, with each record boasting remastered sound, while the group’s final album — 2000’s Dumbing Up — will feature six extra tracks in its vinyl debut.. The series began with the reissue of 1986’s Private Revolution last week, though the discography is not being re-released in order. THE HOUSE OF LOVE NEARS COMPLETION OF NEW ALBUM, BEGINS The House of Love is nearing completion of a new studio album — featuring the working title A State of Grace — and has begun rescheduling dates on the band’s exceedingly rare North American tour, which was scuttled, like so much else, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Full details right here. BAUHAUS TO OPEN 2021 WORLD TOUR WITH RESCHEDULED CONCERTS Bauhaus will open what it's referring to as a 2021 world tour with a pair of rescheduled concerts in México City next April as the reunited band slowly shifts its planned 2020 touring activity -- disrupted, like everything else, by the coronavirus -- to next DANIEL ASH REVEALS NEW BAND AND ALBUM, SAYS BAUHAUS With the Bauhaus reunion sidelined by COVID-19, guitarist Daniel Ash found plenty of time in 2020 to focus on a new album by his new band — a trio called Ashes and Diamonds — with plans to release the record later this year, he announced in a podcast interview Monday.. In his interview on Baxie’s Musical Podcast, Ash also confirmed that the Bauhaus reunion that should have occupied SLICING UP EYEBALLS // 80S ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, COLLEGE ROCKARTIST POLLFESTIVALSABOUT USRADIOVINYLREUNIONS The Psychedelic Furs’ plans to tour their first new studio album in nearly 30 years were foiled by the pandemic, but the band finally is planning to hit the road behind Made of Rain later this year with a 28-date U.S. tour that runs from September through November. MORRISSEY, BAUHAUS, BLONDIE, DEVO, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN ON 1 day ago · The pandemic-canceled Cruel World festival will rise again in 2022 at a different location in the Los Angeles area but with most of the original lineup — including headliners Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo — intact, promoters announced Monday.. The festival will now take place May 14, 2022, at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. — the site, next to the famous stadium, of CRUEL WORLD BACK FROM THE DEAD? FESTIVAL TEASES A SPRING The pandemic-canceled Cruel World festival — a celebration of the ’80s alternative era with a huge bill topped by Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo — on Saturday teased a spring 2022 return, though it’s not known whether the original 2020 lineup will be intact.. The festival, set for The Grounds at Dignity Health Sports Park, the home of the L.A. Galaxy soccer team, originally was NEW ORDER AND PET SHOP BOYS DELAY 'UNITY TOUR' AGAIN The much-anticipated North American “Unity Tour” by electronic-music giants New Order and Pet Shop Boys has been hit with a second year-long delay due to “continuing uncertainty caused by the COVID pandemic, ” the two groups announced Tuesday.. The tour, now 13 dates, had been scheduled for September and October of 2020, then was pushed a year to September and October of 2021 once THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ANNOUNCE 28-DATE U.S. TOUR THIS FALL The Psychedelic Furs’ plans to tour their first new studio album in nearly 30 years were foiled by the pandemic, but the band finally is planning to hit the road behind Made of Rain later this year with a 28-date U.S. tour that runs from September through November. The Furs’ U.S. tour opens with four dates in mid-September before the band heads to England for seven shows there, including a CHRISSIE HYNDE RELEASES ALBUM OF BOB DYLAN COVERS RECORDED Chrissie Hynde on Friday digitally released Standing in the Doorway, a new album of nine Bob Dylan covers that she recorded while on COVID-19 lockdown last year, exchanging musical files with Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne via text message. Stream the full album right here. WORLD PARTY RELEASING REMASTERED EDITIONS OF ALL 5 ALBUMS Karl Wallinger is reissuing all five World Party studio albums on 180-gram vinyl between now and November, with each record boasting remastered sound, while the group’s final album — 2000’s Dumbing Up — will feature six extra tracks in its vinyl debut.. The series began with the reissue of 1986’s Private Revolution last week, though the discography is not being re-released in order. THE HOUSE OF LOVE NEARS COMPLETION OF NEW ALBUM, BEGINS The House of Love is nearing completion of a new studio album — featuring the working title A State of Grace — and has begun rescheduling dates on the band’s exceedingly rare North American tour, which was scuttled, like so much else, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Full details right here. BAUHAUS TO OPEN 2021 WORLD TOUR WITH RESCHEDULED CONCERTS Bauhaus will open what it's referring to as a 2021 world tour with a pair of rescheduled concerts in México City next April as the reunited band slowly shifts its planned 2020 touring activity -- disrupted, like everything else, by the coronavirus -- to next DANIEL ASH REVEALS NEW BAND AND ALBUM, SAYS BAUHAUS With the Bauhaus reunion sidelined by COVID-19, guitarist Daniel Ash found plenty of time in 2020 to focus on a new album by his new band — a trio called Ashes and Diamonds — with plans to release the record later this year, he announced in a podcast interview Monday.. In his interview on Baxie’s Musical Podcast, Ash also confirmed that the Bauhaus reunion that should have occupied MORRISSEY, BAUHAUS, BLONDIE, DEVO, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN ON 1 day ago · The pandemic-canceled Cruel World festival will rise again in 2022 at a different location in the Los Angeles area but with most of the original lineup — including headliners Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo — intact, promoters announced Monday.. The festival will now take place May 14, 2022, at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. — the site, next to the famous stadium, of PLAYLIST: SLICING UP EYEBALLS’ TOP 100 SONGS OF 1989 1 day ago · We've created a Spotify playlist to accompany our just-posted Top 100 songs of 1989 readers poll results. As you can see (and hear), the playlist opens with The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On" and closes with The Call's "Let the Day Begin" -- with 97 more

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NO ‘DARK WAVE’ THIS WEEKEND AS SIRIUS XM’S DAVID BOWIE CHANNEL

TAKES OVER 1ST WAVE

* 29 April 2020

* Radio

* 3 comments

A programming note: The weekly Slicing Up Eyeballs-hosted “Dark Wave” program on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave will not air this Sunday as the classic-alternative channel will be taken over this entire weekend by the satellite radio network’s new limited-run David Bowie Channel. Full details right here.

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MINISTRY DEBUTS NEW SONG ‘ALERT LEVEL’ OFF UPCOMING 15TH STUDIO

ALBUM

* 29 April 2020

* Album News

, Digital

Music

* 0 comments

Ministry this week premiered a new song called “Alert Level” off the band’s upcoming 15th studio album that Al Jourgensen and Co. had begun recording earlier this year before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the music industry and all manner of daily life. Hear the new song right here.

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RECORD STORE DAY POSTPONED AGAIN, NOW WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS 3 ‘DROPS’ LATER THIS YEAR

* 29 April 2020

* Vinyl

* 1 comment

The organizers of Record Store Day today announced the postponement of the 2020 installment for the second time, pushing the event first scheduled for April 18 and then delayed until June 30 to three separate “drops” in August, September and October. Full details on the new events right here.

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CROWDED HOUSE CELEBRATES ‘DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER’ WITH SOCIALLY-DISTANCED PERFORMANCE

* 29 April 2020

* Video

* 12 comments

Crowded House this week marked the 33rd anniversary of their classic single “Don’t Dream It’s Over” reaching No. 2 on the U.S. charts by recording a new socially-distanced version of the song “between continents.” You can see the whole multi-part performance

right here.

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TRANSMISSION MUSIC AND SLICING UP EYEBALLS PRESENT ‘180 MINUTES’ EVERY OTHER SATURDAY

* 27 April 2020

* 180 Minutes

, Slicing Up

Eyeballs Presents

* 1 comment

Following the success of the debut of DJ Jake Rudh’s “180 Minutes” earlier this month, Transmission Music and Slicing Up Eyeballs are thrilled to announce the event — a 3+ hour audiovisual celebration of college rock and classic alternative music — will stream live on Twitch every other Saturday night, beginning this

coming weekend.

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PLAYLIST: SIRIUS XM’S ‘DARK WAVE’ — HOSTED BY SLICING UP

EYEBALLS (4/26/20)

* 26 April 2020

* Radio

* 19 comments

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EDT every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Here’s tonight’s full playlist.

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WATCH: STRANGEWAYS RADIO + SLICING UP EYEBALLS’ ALT.REWIND: WEEK OF

APRIL 24, 2020

* 26 April 2020

* Strangeways Week in Review

* 1 comment

Our good friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a week-in-review video series — newly rechristened Alt. Rewind — that will recap the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and on the Strangeways site throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. Watch the whole thing right here.

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X RELEASES ‘ALPHABETLAND,’ BAND’S FIRST NEW ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL

LINEUP IN 35 YEARS

* 22 April 2020

* Album News

, Reunions

* 18 comments

Punk icons X celebrated today’s 40th anniversary of their landmark debut Los Angeles by surprise-releasing Alphabetland, the band’s first album in 27 years and the first recorded by its original lineup — Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake — in 35 years. Hear the album right here.

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THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS DEBUT ‘NO-ONE’ — THIRD TRACK OFF NEW ALBUM

‘MADE OF RAIN’

* 21 April 2020

* Digital Music

* 3 comments

As they continue to build up toward their first new album in 29 years, The Psychedelic Furs this week premiered the third song off the pandemic-delayed Made of Rain, a dark, swirling rocker called “No-One” that you can hear in its entirety right here. The album

is due out July 31.

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DANNY ELFMAN RE-RECORDS OINGO BOINGO’S ‘RUNNING ON A TREADMILL’

WHILE IN ISOLATION

* 20 April 2020

* Video

* 2 comments

The announcement that Danny Elfman would perform a career-spanning set at Coachella had fans buzzing about what Oingo Boingo material he might resurrect, a question still hanging in the air with the Southern California music festival pushed to October over coronavirus concerns.

Watch it here.

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SLICING UP EYEBALLS’ BEST OF THE ’80S REDUX: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE SONGS OF 1987

* 20 April 2020

* Best of the '80s Redux

* 129 comments

We’re nearing the home stretch of our Best of the ’80s Redux series of year-by-year song polls as we move on to the year 1987, giving Slicing Up Eyeballs readers the chance to vote for their 25 favorites as we rank the 100 best songs released that year. Vote right here for your 25 favorite songs from ’87.

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