Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Shriekback, The Teardrop Explodes, Samhain, Coil, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Wire, David J, Lydia Lunch, Skinny Puppy, Colourbox, Joy Division, Front Line Assembly and more.

With Kate Bush set to take the stage this week in London for her first full concerts in 35 years, the BBC on Friday night aired an hour-long documentary “The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill,” featuring archival footage, plus new interviews with fans including John Lydon, Elton John and more.

As we first reported last month, the final four titles in Siouxsie and the Banshees’ catalog (1987′s Through the Looking Glass 1988′s Peepshow, 1991′s Superstition and 1995′s The Rapture) finally will receive expanded-and-remastered CD reissues — and today the band itself announced a new, confirmed release date of Oct. 13.

Echo & The Bunnymen this week wrapped up their U.S. tour in support of brand-new album Meteorites, and capped the trek with a return appearance on “Late Night with David Letterman” last night that saw the band performing that album’s “Holy Moses” for a national TV audience.

Morrissey’s campaign against Harvest Records escalated Wednesday night with the release of a 750-word diatribe explaining how he believed the imprint “sorrily botched” the release of his album World Peace Is None Of Your Business, which he predicted would no longer be sold in stores or online.

Plain Recordings early next year will release a 180-gram vinyl reissue of Mighty Joe Moon, the second, and most successful, album from alt-rock/Americana favorites Grant Lee Buffalo, which emerged from the ashes late-’80s Los Angeles underground act Shiva Burlesque.

The reunion of The Boomtown Rats finally crosses the pond with news that Bob Geldof and Co. will play a pair of U.S. shows late next month in New York City and Boston as part of “The Big Session,” a three-act package that also will feature Irish groups The Stunning and Mundy.