“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EDT every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Check out the full playlist right here.

Still waiting in Turkey for his U.S. visa to be approved, Peter Murphy has now rescheduled four more concerts of his planned 15-night residency in San Francisco, doubling up shows on three nights of the run to cram 12 concerts into 15 nights at The Chapel venue. See the latest rescheduled dates here.

Former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore today debuted a political broadside called “Mx Liberty,” a new single co-written with poet Radieux Radio that will be released on 7-inch vinyl on Feb. 19 in conjunction with what he’s calling “Not My President’s Day.” Listen to the new single right here.

After successfully crowdfunding its return to the stage for the first time in a quarter-century last year, Shriekback is now setting its sights on America. Looking to mount a rare U.S. tour this summer, the band — led by Barry Andrews and Carl Marsh — is again turning to its fans to help fund the trek.

The opening of Peter Murphy’s San Francisco residency has been pushed back yet again, with tonight’s concert bumped to later in the run as the singer remains stuck in Istanbul as his visa application remains held up in what the venue is calling a rare “random administrative processing” procedure. See the newly revised dates here.

They Might Be Giants over the weekend tweeted a Vimeo link sans explanation, and those who clicked it were in for a delight: Run-DMC’s classic Aerosmith-starring video for “Walk This Way,” but synced instead to a weird, synthy demo for “Last Wave,” off TMBG’s just-released album. Watch it right here.

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s releases include a brand-new studio album from Simple Minds and an expanded, multi-disc reissue of Roxy Music’s debut.

[tweetmeme]“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EDT every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Get tonight’s full playlist right here.

Still stuck in Istanbul — and now blaming a diplomatic spat rather than the short-lived U.S. government shutdown — Peter Murphy has again rejiggered plans for what is now a 15-night residency in San Francisco, moving the opening night to Tuesday and rescheduling more shows. Check out the newly adjusted dates.

Matt Johnson will now open The The’s highly anticipated return with a trio of “very low-key warm-up shows” in the U.K. this May prior to a headlining performance at a Denmark festival and what’s being called the “London Trilogy” of sold-out concerts this summer. See the band’s full dates here.

After rescheduling the first show and canceling a second, Peter Murphy has now canceled what should have been tonight’s opening concert in a month-long residency in San Francisco, citing “unforeseen delays in Peter’s visa application due to the government shutdown.”

Mark E. Smith, the irascible and utterly one-of-a-kind frontman — and only constant member — of Manchester post-punk icons The Fall, died at home today following months of illness and concert cancellations, his manager announced this afternoon. The singer was 60.

British punk icons The Damned this week announced plans to release Evil Spirits, their first new album in a decade, this coming April — and they’re preceding the full record with the debut of its first single, “Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow,” which can you can stream right here via Spotify.