slicing up eyeballs // 80s alternative music, college rock, indie

 
 
  • Facebook Icon
  • Twitter Icon
  • RSS Icon
  • New Releases
  • Tour Dates
  • Vintage Video
  • Mixtape
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Merch
  •  

Home / Posts tagged 'The Wedding Present'

  • The Wedding Present debuts ‘You’re Just a Habit That I’m Trying to Break’ off lockdown LP

    The Wedding Present debuts ‘You’re Just a Habit That I’m Trying to Break’ off lockdown LP

    • 5 February 2021
    • Album News, Digital Music
    • 2 comments

    The Wedding Present will release a new album later this month called Locked Down and Stripped Back that’s exactly what the title advertises: wtripped-down versions of the band’s songs, plus a couple unreleased numbers, recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown. Hear a brand-new song right here.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • New releases: Close Lobsters, Loop, Undertones, Wedding Present, Living Colour, ‘Breakfast Club’

    New releases: Close Lobsters, Loop, Undertones, Wedding Present, Living Colour, ‘Breakfast Club’

    • 24 February 2020
    • New Releases
    • 0 comments

    This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. May also include some other titles released in recent weeks but not previously featured. This week’s titles include Close Lobsters, Loop and more.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • New releases: Paisley Underground all-stars, plus ‘Lost 80s,’ X, U2, Wire Train, Josef K

    New releases: Paisley Underground all-stars, plus ‘Lost 80s,’ X, U2, Wire Train, Josef K

    • 18 February 2019
    • New Releases
    • 0 comments

    This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. Since we missed last week’s round-up, a few that just came out last Friday, too. Includes new/reissued releases from X, U2, Wire Train and more.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • Listen: The Wedding Present covers James Bond theme “You Only Live Twice”

    Listen: The Wedding Present covers James Bond theme “You Only Live Twice”

    • 17 February 2019
    • Album News, Digital Music
    • 0 comments

    The Wedding Present has just released a third collection of recordings that the David Gedge-led band made for Marc Riley’s show on BBC radio, and the group is promoting the collection — titled, naturally, Marc Riley Sessions Volume 3 — with a cover of the theme for the 1967 James Bond film “You Only Live Twice.”

    continue reading »

     
     
  • Listen: The Wedding Present, ‘Shatner’ — off Steve Albini re-recording of ‘George Best’

    Listen: The Wedding Present, ‘Shatner’ — off Steve Albini re-recording of ‘George Best’

    • 12 September 2017
    • Album News, Digital Music
    • 0 comments

    The Wedding Present this month will release a long-shelved re-recording of the band’s debut album George Best by famed engineer Steve Albini, and are offering up a first taste of the project in the form of a new version of “Shatner,” which you can now stream in full right here.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • Watch: The Wedding Present spotlights ‘Going, Going…’ in 30-minute set for KEXP

    Watch: The Wedding Present spotlights ‘Going, Going…’ in 30-minute set for KEXP

    • 26 June 2017
    • Video
    • 0 comments

    David Gedge and the rest of The Wedding Present stopped by the Seattle studios of KEXP in April during the band’s spring U.S. tour in support of their latest album Going, Going…,  and performed a six-song, half-hour set that the radio station has now shared online. Watch the full performance right here.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • The Wedding Present re-record ‘George Best’ with Steve Albini, prep Record Store Day EP

    The Wedding Present re-record ‘George Best’ with Steve Albini, prep Record Store Day EP

    • 4 April 2017
    • Album News, Tour Dates
    • 0 comments

    David Gedge has a busy year planned for The Wedding Present, with a North American tour beginning next week, a new instrumental EP due out on Record Store Day and a new version of the band’s 1987 debut album George Best — recorded by Steve Albini — due out later in the year.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC, Afghan Whigs, Wedding Present, Nick Cave

    New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC, Afghan Whigs, Wedding Present, Nick Cave

    • 27 October 2014
    • New Releases
    • 4 comments

    This week’s new releases include a huge number of reissues, with re-released titles coming from Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC, The Afghan Whigs, The Wedding Present and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, plus a brand-new live album from The Fall compiled by Mark E. Smith.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • The Wedding Present to reissue first decade’s output in hugely expanded 3CD/1DVD sets

    The Wedding Present to reissue first decade’s output in hugely expanded 3CD/1DVD sets

    • 26 August 2014
    • Reissues, Tracklist
    • 7 comments

    An impressive set of The Wedding Present reissues will arrive this fall, a campaign that sees the first decade of David Gedge and Co.’s catalog expanded into 3CD/1DVD sets brimming with extras that include non-album singles, B-sides, BBC sessions, live concerts, music videos and much more.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • New releases: Tears For Fears, Morrissey, The Waterboys, Billy Bragg, Pixies, The Mission

    New releases: Tears For Fears, Morrissey, The Waterboys, Billy Bragg, Pixies, The Mission

    • 21 October 2013
    • New Releases
    • 0 comments

    This week’s new releases include box sets devoted to Tears For Fears and Waterboys albums, plus a new Morrissey concert film, a reissue of Billy Bragg’s debut, a box set collecting six Boomtown Rats albums, an audiophile CD pressing from the Pixies and live sets from The Mission and The Wedding Present.

    continue reading »

     
     
  • New releases: The Mission, Elvis Costello, Sebadoh, Peter Gabriel, Berlin, Sisters of Mercy

    New releases: The Mission, Elvis Costello, Sebadoh, Peter Gabriel, Berlin, Sisters of Mercy

    • 16 September 2013
    • New Releases
    • 0 comments

    This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from The Mission, Elvis Costello and The Roots, Sebadoh and Berlin, plus a live DVD/Blu-ray release from Peter Gabriel, a 1992 live album from The Wedding Present and an audiophile vinyl pressing of The Sisters of Mercy’s ‘Floodland.’

    continue reading »

     
     
 
1 2 3 … 5 Next →
 
FAQ: The return of Slicing Up Eyeballs
 

Search Slicing Up Eyeballs

 

Stay connected with Slicing Up Eyeballs

  • Facebook Facebook
  • Twitter Twitter
  • Google + Google +
  • RSS RSS
  • E-mail E-mail
  • YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
 
Tweets by @slicingeyeballs
 
 
 
  • New Releases
  • Tour Dates
  • Vintage Video
  • Mixtape
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Merch
  •  

Magazine WordPress Theme by WPZOOM

Copyright © 2021 Slicing Up Eyeballs. All Rights Reserved — in this world and all others.