Category: Contests

Contest: Win a copy of Daniel Ash’s ‘Stripped’ — new album of re-recorded songs

Contest: Win a copy of Daniel Ash’s ‘Stripped’ — new album of re-recorded songs

Last year, Daniel Ash embarked on a crowdfunded recording project to remake songs from his back catalog in new, stripped-down arrangements. The resulting album, Stripped, features re-recordings of some of his favorite tracks — and we’ve now got CD copies to give away to four lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win a copy of ‘Pixies: A Visual History’ autographed by Black Francis

Contest: Win a copy of ‘Pixies: A Visual History’ autographed by Black Francis

For any diehard fan of the Pixies, the just-published “Pixies: A Visual History” — a gorgeous, 215-page hardbound coffee-table book jammed with scores and scores of you-are-there photographs chronicling the ascent of the college-rock favorites — is a must-have.

Win tickets to see The Psychedelic Furs and The Lemonheads in Anaheim, Calif.

Win tickets to see The Psychedelic Furs and The Lemonheads in Anaheim, Calif.

As we reported last week, The Psychedelic Furs are touring the western U.S. this fall with The Lemonheads, and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to one of those shows: the bands’ Nov. 13 concert at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif.

Contest: Win The The’s ‘Soul Mining’ deluxe 2LP 180-gram vinyl box set

Contest: Win The The’s ‘Soul Mining’ deluxe 2LP 180-gram vinyl box set

Next week, the classic 1983 debut album from The The will receive a slightly belated 30th anniversary reissue in the form of a deluxe 2LP set that will include the newly remastered album on one 180-gram vinyl platter and six remixes and B-sides on the other.

Contest: Win limited-edition cassette reissues of 808 State’s ‘Ninety,’ ‘ex:el’

Contest: Win limited-edition cassette reissues of 808 State’s ‘Ninety,’ ‘ex:el’

Next month, Artoffact Records will reissue pioneering electronic music act 808 State’s second and third albums — 1989’s Ninety and 1991’s ex:el — in expanded and remastered form on limited-edition, collector’s item cassettes — and we’ve got two sets of them to give away to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win Morrissey’s ‘Vauxhall and I’ 20th anniversary reissue with bonus live disc

Contest: Win Morrissey’s ‘Vauxhall and I’ 20th anniversary reissue with bonus live disc

It’s no secret that Morrissey’s been gearing up to release his first new studio album in five years next month, but the former Smiths frontman also has just reissued one of his best solo efforts, 1994’s Vauhxall and I — and we’ve got 10 copies to hand out to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers in the U.S.

Contest: Win a deluxe hardbound edition of Pixies’ ‘Indie Cindy’ with bonus live disc

Contest: Win a deluxe hardbound edition of Pixies’ ‘Indie Cindy’ with bonus live disc

The Pixies roared back into record shops this spring with Indie Cindy, their first album in more than two decades, and now, thanks to the fine folks at PIAS America, we’ve got copies of the limited-edition, hardbound 2CD release of the album to give away to three lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win a copy of Peter Hook’s ‘The Haçienda: How Not To Run a Club’

Contest: Win a copy of Peter Hook’s ‘The Haçienda: How Not To Run a Club’

On the heels of the success of his recent Joy Division memoir, bassist Peter Hook’s first book — 2009’s ‘The Haçienda: How Not To Run a Club” — was just published in the U.S. for the first time this week, and we’ve got copies of the brand-new paperback to award to two very lucky, U.S.-based Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win ticket to see Black Francis at Brooklyn book launch for ‘The Good Inn’

Contest: Win ticket to see Black Francis at Brooklyn book launch for ‘The Good Inn’

On Friday, Pixies frontman Black Francis will help launch the new novel he’s co-authored — “The Good Inn,” which is billed as “blurring the lines between fact and fiction, film and prose, reality and surreality” — at an event in Brooklyn. And we’ve got three tickets to the event to award to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win ‘Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s’

Contest: Win ‘Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s’

Over the past week, we’ve had the pleasure of sharing two excerpts from “Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s,” and now we’ve got copies of the book — signed by authors Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein — to give away to two lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win tickets to see The Cult at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

Contest: Win tickets to see The Cult at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

The Cult are back on the road this spring, forgoing the Electric-based set they toured last year for a broader career overview — and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader to see Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy live on April 19 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas.

The Cure to play London’s Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust in March

The Cure to play London’s Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust in March

The Cure returns to London’s famed Royal Albert Hall in late March for what’s being billed as “an exclusive three-hour show” as part of the 14th annual Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert series, which, this year, also includes Suede, performing Dog Man Star in full to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Contest: Win Morrissey’s new ‘Satellite of Love’ single on 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl

Contest: Win Morrissey’s new ‘Satellite of Love’ single on 7-inch or 12-inch vinyl

Late last year, Morrissey paid tribute to the life and legacy of Lou Reed by releasing a live cover of “Satellite of Love” as a digital single. Now comes the release of that 2011 performance on 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl — and Rhino is hooking us up with five copies of each to give away to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.