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Midnight Oil to reissue 10 remastered CDs, finally release ‘Black Rain Falls’ on DVD

Midnight Oil to reissue 10 remastered CDs, finally release ‘Black Rain Falls’ on DVD

Midnight Oil this month will release for the first time remastered CDs of the band’s full catalog from 1978 to 1993 — the group’s first eight full-length albums, plus two EPs — and also will finally issue its 1990 VHS release “Black Rain Falls” on DVD and digitally.

Morrissey reschedules Baltimore, Washington D.C. dates on advice of his medical team

Morrissey reschedules Baltimore, Washington D.C. dates on advice of his medical team

Morrissey resumed his U.S. tour this past Saturday in Boston — but it was a short-lived return to the road. The next two dates on Moz’s itinerary, concerts planned for Tuesday night in Baltimore and Wednesday in Washington, D.C., have now been postponed until late June.

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.

New releases: ‘C86’ 3CD reissue, Chrissie Hynde, The Mission, Depeche Mode tribute

New releases: ‘C86’ 3CD reissue, Chrissie Hynde, The Mission, Depeche Mode tribute

This week’s new releases include the 3CD reissue of the NME’s legendary ‘C86′ compilation cassette, plus the debut solo effort from The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, a new EP from The Mission, 8-Bit Operators’ “chiptune” Depeche Mode tribute and the UK release of Bob Mould’s ‘Beauty & Ruin.’

Ian McCulloch joins Arcade Fire in London to perform Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘The Cutter’

Ian McCulloch joins Arcade Fire in London to perform Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘The Cutter’

The Arcade Fire’s current tour has seen the indie-rock darlings trotting out a great variety of high-profile covers. Now the band’s turned to Echo & The Bunnymen, bringing that band’s frontman, Ian McCulloch, onstage in London tonight to perform that band’s 1983 classic “The Cutter.”

Morrissey cancels Atlanta, postpones Atlantic City — says tour resumes ‘without question’ in Boston

Morrissey cancels Atlanta, postpones Atlantic City — says tour resumes ‘without question’ in Boston

Morrissey has “fallen ill” and has canceled his Wednesday night concert in Atlanta, according to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre’s website. Moz last performed on Saturday night in Miami, and had a three-night break scheduled before Wednesday night’s now-scrubbed Atlanta gig.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 157, aired 6/3/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 157, aired 6/3/14

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught this week’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave requests for future shows.

Listen: Robyn Hitchcock strips down Psychedelic Furs’ ‘Ghost in You’ for new album

Listen: Robyn Hitchcock strips down Psychedelic Furs’ ‘Ghost in You’ for new album

Robyn Hitchcock this August will release a brand-new, Joe Boyd-produced album titled The Man Upstairs that will be “part well-known favorites, part personal discoveries, and part originals,” according to Yep Roc Records. The first offering off the record is an acoustic take on the Psychedelic Furs’ classic “The Ghost in You.”

Premiere: 8-Bit Operators’ ‘Enjoy the Science: Tribute to Depeche Mode’ full-album stream

Premiere: 8-Bit Operators’ ‘Enjoy the Science: Tribute to Depeche Mode’ full-album stream

As we promised last week, we’re thrilled to be able to premiere the full-album, pre-release stream of the 8-Bit Operators collective’s new collection of chiptune covers of Depeche Mode classics — a 15-track collection of “highly musical, lo-bit video-game hardware re-imaginings.”

Publishing rights for The Smiths’ and Morrissey’s catalogs now up for grabs

Publishing rights for The Smiths’ and Morrissey’s catalogs now up for grabs

Morrissey has announced, through his customary outlet, the quasi-official fansite True To You, that his 30-year publishing deal with Warner-Chappell Music “has come to an end” — and that he’s now shopping his solo catalog and The Smiths’ catalog to any new publishers that might be interested.

New releases: Bob Mould, Peter Murphy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Morrissey, James, CvB

New releases: Bob Mould, Peter Murphy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Morrissey, James, CvB

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Bob Mould, Peter Murphy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Camper Van Beethoven and James, plus reissues from Morrissey and Soundgarden, and a new latter-period best-of from Paul Weller.

John Lydon’s free this summer: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ North American megatour scrubbed

John Lydon’s free this summer: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ North American megatour scrubbed

The massive touring production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice classic “Jesus Christ Superstar” that was to have starred Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd. frontman John Lydon and hit 54 cities across North America this summer has been canceled less than two weeks before it was slated to open.

Watch: BottleRock Festival pulls the plug on The Cure during ‘Why Can’t I Be You?’

Watch: BottleRock Festival pulls the plug on The Cure during ‘Why Can’t I Be You?’

It’s well-documented that The Cure likes to play long, even in festival settings. Friday night, the band headlined the BottleRock Festival in Napa Valley, Calif., where they were given a two-and-a-half hour time slot… which apparently wasn’t enough. Check out video of Robert Smith and Co.’s abrupt ending.