Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

Kraftwerk to perform 8 albums in 8 nights for 3-D ‘Retrospective’ at New York’s MoMA

Kraftwerk to perform 8 albums in 8 nights for 3-D ‘Retrospective’ at New York’s MoMA

Kraftwerk will perform eight of its studio albums in their entirety at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art over eight consecutive nights this spring, a ground-breaking multimedia presentation dubbed ‘Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8’ that will include new 3-D visual accompaniment.

Morrissey preps ‘Viva Hate’ reissue, Record Store Day 10-inch — adds SE Asia concerts

Morrissey preps ‘Viva Hate’ reissue, Record Store Day 10-inch — adds SE Asia concerts

Morrissey next month will reissue his 1988 debut ‘Viva Hate’ in a new edition remastered by original producer Stephen Street and featuring a tweaked tracklist and modified artwork — and he’ll follow that a month later with a 10-inch single released for Record Store Day featuring a previously announced remix of ‘Suedehead’ by Sparks.

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant records ‘Things Inside’ instrumental album

Echo & The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant records ‘Things Inside’ instrumental album

Ian McCulloch’s not the only Bunnyman with a solo project on the horizon: Guitarist Will Sergeant has recorded an instrumental, acoustic solo album called ‘Things Inside’ — featuring former Echo & The Bunnymen bassist Les Pattinson on a few tracks — and is asking for fans to help fund the record’s release.

Video: Hoodoo Gurus, ‘Use-By Date’ — new single from ‘Golden Watch’ best-of

Video: Hoodoo Gurus, ‘Use-By Date’ — new single from ‘Golden Watch’ best-of

Hoodoo Gurus have released a new music video for ‘Use-By Date,’ a song previously available as digital bonus track on 2010’s ‘Purity of Essence’ that serves as the new single off the band’s upcoming best-of ‘Golden Watch: 20 Golden Greats,’ which will be released March 16 in Australia.

Linkage: Joy Division/New Order master tapes — plus Talking Heads, XTC, The Smiths comic book

This week’s link round-up includes celeb chef Jamie Oliver finding old Joy Division and New Order master tapes in a Manchester basement, plus XTC’s Andy Partridge on ‘English Settlement,’ Jerry Harrison pining for a Talking Heads reunion and a Kickstarter campaign to fund a second volume of Smiths-inspired comics.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 60, first aired 2/14/12

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Public Image Ltd., Paul Weller, Killing Joke and The Godfathers, plus a new live track from Erasure and old favorites from Depeche Mode, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Colourbox, Midnight Oil, World Party and more.

James unveils U.S. dates around Coachella, finally will release ‘Gathering Sound’ box

James unveils U.S. dates around Coachella, finally will release ‘Gathering Sound’ box

James have booked eight concerts across the western U.S. and Canada this April around the band’s dates at the two-weekend Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and announced the long-delayed ‘The Gathering Sound box’ set finally will arrive this spring.

4AD compiles Colourbox’s 1982-86 output on 4-disc box set, featuring mixes, BBC session

4AD compiles Colourbox’s 1982-86 output on 4-disc box set, featuring mixes, BBC session

4AD this spring will commemorate the 30th anniversary of genre-bending electronic pioneers Colourbox by collecting the group’s full studio output in a four-disc, 59-track box set that includes the free mini-album given away along with initial pressing of the group’s 1985 debut, plus 12-inch mixes and a BBC session.

Lloyd Cole announces 13-date solo-acoustic tour of U.K., Europe next month

Lloyd Cole announces 13-date solo-acoustic tour of U.K., Europe next month

After performing with his Small Ensemble bluegrass trio on recent tours, former Commotions leader Lloyd Cole strips it all back down next month for a 13-date solo-acoustic tour of the U.K. and Europe. He’ll perform seven U.K. shows beginning March 5 followed by concerts in Germany, The Netherlands and Italy.

Stream: Public Image Ltd., ‘One Drop’ — John Lydon’s first new PiL recording in 20 years

Stream: Public Image Ltd., ‘One Drop’ — John Lydon’s first new PiL recording in 20 years

As promised, the first new Public Image Ltd. song in 20 years — a lilting, almost dub-ska track called ‘One Drop’ — received its worldwide debut today via Steve Lamacq’s afternoon show on BBC’s 6 Music. Check out the full track, which will be released on a Record Store Day EP in April.

World Party’s ‘Arkeology’ — 5-disc box set with 70 unreleased tracks — out April 10

World Party’s ‘Arkeology’ — 5-disc box set with 70 unreleased tracks — out April 10

The five-disc World Party box set announced last month will be released April 10 and comprised entirely of previously unreleased material: 70 never-before-heard tracks including new songs and an ‘unheard history of rare studio gems, live sessions, concert recordings, radio interviews, covers, demos and B-sides.’

Video: ‘How the Brits Rocked America’ in the ’80s, with The Cure, Duran Duran, Police

Video: ‘How the Brits Rocked America’ in the ’80s, with The Cure, Duran Duran, Police

‘We’re the Kids in America,’ the third chapter of BBC Four’s ‘How the Brits Rocked America: Go West,’ features interviews with John Lydon, Robert Smith, Elvis Costello, Jim Kerr, Ian McCulloch, New Order’s Stephen Morris and Peter Hook, Adam Ant, Bob Geldof, Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes and John Taylor, and many more.

Stream: Paul Weller, ‘That Dangerous Age’ — first single off forthcoming ‘Sonik Kicks’ LP

Stream: Paul Weller, ‘That Dangerous Age’ — first single off forthcoming ‘Sonik Kicks’ LP

Paul Weller today debuted the first official single off his upcoming album ‘Sonik Kicks,’ a fuzzed-out rocker called ‘That Dangerous Age,’ which you can stream here. It’s actually the second track Weller has previewed from the album, but it’s the first single, and will be released March 11 digitally and March 12 physically.