Scruffy the Cat — part of the late-’80s cowpunk scene that helped spawn the alt-country movement — get their due in the coming months with both the full digital release of the band’s catalog and, on CD, the arrival of a new collection of previously unreleased live and studio material.

Saturday night, Johnny Marr brought a special guest on stage for the encore of his concert in Portsmouth, England: Robyn Hitchcock, who helped Marr perform the Smiths classic “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” and Hitchcock’s own “Tell Me About Your Drugs.”

This week’s new releases include a pair of 2CD reissues from Big Country (‘The Seer,’ ‘Peace In Our Time’) as well as a reissue of late Birthday Party guitarist Rowland S. Howard’s second solo album (2009’s ‘Pop Crimes’) and a vinyl reissue of Elvis Costello & The Attractions’ ‘All This Useless Beauty.’

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured new music from New Model Army and Daniel Ash, plus old favorites by Ministry, Lords of the New Church, Joy Division, Controlled Bleeding, Shriekback, Severed Heads, The Sound, Cabaret Voltaire and more.

Less than two months after aborting yet another U.S. tour due to ill health, Morrissey is making plans to hit the road again in support of his brand-new album World Peace Is None of Your Business, with concerts so far planned for Greece, Turkey, Italy, Romania, Hungary and Ireland.

]Long-running U.K. post-punk act New Model Army follows up last year’s Between Dog and Wolf — the band’s 12th studio album, and first in four years — with a new collection in September entitled Between Wine and Blood that combines a mini album of six new studio tracks and an 11-song live album.

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.

For this week’s installment of our “120 Minutes” Rewind series, we present this “120 X-Ray” segment on former Wall of Voodoo frontman Stan Ridgway. As you can see below, the segment, which aired June 11, 1989, delves into Ridgway’s time with the New Wave act then proceeds to his solo work.

David J will tell the stories behind seminal goth-rock act Bauhaus and its successor Love and Rockets — as well as tales from his own solo career and his exploration of the occult — in a new memoir entitled “Who Killed Mister Moonlight?: Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction” that’s due to be published this fall.

With his new album Stripped now set for release Sept. 30, Daniel Ash continues to tease fans with tracks from the record, which will include electronic-flavored remakes of tracks from across his back catalog. The latest cut to emerge is a new, slowed-down take on Express classic “All In My Mind.”

The Jesus and Mary Chain will play a special “low key” concert in Dublin on Thursday as the brothers Reid rehearse in the Irish capital for their upcoming tour dates — including their November U.K. concerts that will see full performances of the band’s 1985 debut Psychocandy.

This week’s new releases include a live CD/DVD combo from Simple Minds, a new best-of from The Dream Academy, vinyl reissues of classic debut albums from Tears For Fears, ABC and Soft Cell, a live album from The Specials reissued on vinyl, and a new best-of set of 2 Tone ska.

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Specimen, Bauhaus, Nitzer Ebb, The Damned, Clock DVA, The Sisterhood, Wire, Alien Sex Fiend, The March Violets, Gary Numan, Flesh for Lulu, Echo & The Bunnymen, Sex Gang Children, Death in June and more.