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Vintage Video: Siouxsie and the Banshees on ‘Rockpalast’ in 1981 — watch 75-minute set

Vintage Video: Siouxsie and the Banshees on ‘Rockpalast’ in 1981 — watch 75-minute set

For our latest installment of Vintage Video, we turn, yet again, to the fabulous archive of the German TV show “Rockpalast,” this time for a full, 75-minute concert by the inimitable Siouxsie and the Banshees, filmed on July 19, 1981, in Colgone, Germany, just weeks after the release of the band’s fourth studio album, ‘Juju.’

Mission of Burma to receive new 2CD best-of ahead of catalog reissue series

Mission of Burma to receive new 2CD best-of ahead of catalog reissue series

The U.K.’s Fire Records next month will release a new 2CD career-spanning overview of resurrected Boston post-punk legends Mission of Burma, compiling 29 tracks from both halves of the band’s career to serve both as an introduction and a preface to the label’s upcoming full-catalog reissue series.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 96, first aired 11/13/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 96, first aired 11/13/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured new music from Adam Ant, Camper Van Beethoven and Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, plus old favorites from Pigface, Talking Heads, The Stone Roses, Fad Gadget, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Morrissey, Dramarama and The Timelords.

Video: Johnny Marr, ‘The Messenger’  — first track off Smiths guitarist’s new solo record

Video: Johnny Marr, ‘The Messenger’ — first track off Smiths guitarist’s new solo record

Johnny Marr today premiered the first song off his forthcoming solo record The Messenger by releasing a starkly black-and-white video for the album’s hypnotic title track — which you can watch right here. The album, written and produced by the former Smiths guitarist, who also handles vocal duties, is due out Feb. 26.

Video: ‘The Artist’s Story: Midnight Oil’ — watch full Australian TV documentary

Video: ‘The Artist’s Story: Midnight Oil’ — watch full Australian TV documentary

Earlier this month, Australia’s MAX TV network aired an hour-long documentary on Midnight Oil as part of its “The Artist’s Story” series, and now, thanks to the folks at the Midnight Oil Fan Page on Facebook, those of us who aren’t Down Under can watch this excellent career overview.

‘A Box of Sugar’ collects full recordings of Bob Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü act on vinyl

‘A Box of Sugar’ collects full recordings of Bob Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü act on vinyl

It’s been a big year for fans of Bob Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü act Sugar, with competing — and slightly different — sets of CD reissues out in the U.S. and U.K., plus live performances of Copper Blue around the world. Now, the U.K.’s Demon Music Group is compiling the band’s complete recordings in an 8-record audiophile vinyl set.

New releases: Soundgarden, Brian Eno, Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney

New releases: Soundgarden, Brian Eno, Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney

This week’s new releases include Soundgarden’s first new album in 16 years, plus brand-new studio albums from Brian Eno, PiL’s Jah Wobble and Keith Levene and Madness, plus a Sonic Youth live album recorded in 1985 and a live Mudhoney DVD filmed in 1988 in Berlin.

INXS calls it quits onstage in Australia after 35 years — and 15 without Michael Hutchence

INXS calls it quits onstage in Australia after 35 years — and 15 without Michael Hutchence

With the 15th anniversary of Michael Hutchence’s death approaching later this month, INXS took to the stage in Perth, Australia, on Sunday night for what appears to be the final time, as Australian media are reporting that drummer Jon Farriss announced during the concert that it would be the band’s last-ever performance.

Morrissey reschedules U.S. tour, adds 8 dates, replaces Stooges with Patti Smith in L.A.

Morrissey reschedules U.S. tour, adds 8 dates, replaces Stooges with Patti Smith in L.A.

Morrissey today unveiled a new U.S. tour next year that includes 24 dates rescheduled from his postponed fall tour (two shows are not being made up) plus eight newly added concerts in New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. Plus, Moz’s big L.A. arena show now features Patti Smith as guest rather The Stooges.

The Week in Rock: Nov. 4-10, 2012

The Week in Rock: Nov. 4-10, 2012

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This edition includes items on My Bloody Valentine, Morrissey, The Smiths, Camper Van Beethoven, Concrete Blonde, The House of Love, Dinosaur Jr and much more — plus our latest Auto Reverse mixtape.

Morrissey’s new U.S. tour dates surfacing — including L.A. arena concert

Morrissey’s new U.S. tour dates surfacing — including L.A. arena concert

After postponing 26 shows to return to England to see his ailing mother, Morrissey is expected to announce his rescheduled North American tour on Monday, but a number of new U.S. dates already have surfaced online, including the tour’s highest-profile gig: an arena concert in Los Angeles.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: ‘The Alternative Year in Rock’ with Dave Kendall — Nov. 24, 1992

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: ‘The Alternative Year in Rock’ with Dave Kendall — Nov. 24, 1992

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind,we present a great 20-year time capsule: It’s the full, hour-long “120 Minutes Presents: The Alternative Year in Rock” special that aired on on Nov. 24, 1992 — the Tuesday before Thanksgiving — and features host Dave Kendall in what likely was one of his final “120” appearances.

Contest: Win a copy of ‘A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths’

Contest: Win a copy of ‘A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths’

Next month, the new 700-page biography of The Smiths by music writer Tony Fletcher finally comes out in the U.S. — the book, which promises “the complete story” of the iconic band, hit stores in the U.K. in early September — and publisher Crown Archetype has given us a dozen copies to give away to Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.