Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about Depeche Mode, Morrissey, The Church, Pet Shop Boys, Wire, The Ocean Blue, Ian McCulloch, Meat Puppets, Gang of Four, The Cure and more — plus we opened voting for our Best of 1981 poll.
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013
Morrissey cancels U.S. tour over ongoing medical problems: ‘I hope this isn’t the end’
Stream: Depeche Mode, ‘Soothe My Soul’ — 2nd single from forthcoming ‘Delta Machine’
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kevin Seal puts The Church under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1988
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013
Pet Shop Boys to release new album ‘Electric’ in June — watch club-ready video preview
The Ocean Blue streams new album ‘Ultramarine,’ announces initial U.S. tour dates
Free MP3: Wire, ‘Love Bends’ — reworked 1980 track off ‘Change Becomes Us’
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013
Ian McCulloch unveils ‘Holy Ghosts’ 2CD set with studio album, live orchestral reworkings
Andy Gill debuts new song, album plans as Gang of Four moves on without Jon King
Stream: Meat Puppets, ‘Down’ — first single off forthcoming album ‘Rat Farm’
Video: OMD, ‘Metroland’ — plus hear 3 remixes of ‘English Electric’ lead single
Video: ‘Every Everything: The Music, Life & Times of Grant Hart’ official trailer
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 111, aired 3/12/13
The Cure, New Order return to North America this summer for Montreal’s Osheaga Festival
Stream: The House of Love, ‘She Paints Words in Red’ — first new album in 7 years
Dead Can Dance to release ‘In Concert’ live album next month — download free track
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013
Video: Watch Depeche Mode’s full 48-minute ‘Live on Letterman’ concert
Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s, Part 2: Vote for your top albums of 1981
Depeche Mode announces North American dates for ‘Delta Machine’ summer tour
Regeneration Tour 2013: Andy Bell, Human League, Howard Jones, Information Society
Contest: Win tickets to see KMFDM at New York City’s Iriving Plaza on March 21
Video: Soulsavers featuring Dave Gahan, ‘Take’ — off ‘The Light the Dead See’
New releases: David Bowie, TV Mania, Jellyfish, The Pogues, Pixies, Cabaret Voltaire
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/10/13)
