This week’s new release include a brand-new Cabaret Voltaire compilation that spans both periods of the band (‘#7885: Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985’), plus a new live concert film from Peter Gabriel, a reissue of Slint’s ‘Spiderland’ with bonus documentary, and two live sets from The Gun Club.

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured brand-new music from Peter Murphy, Echo & The Bunnymen and Morrissey, plus old favorites from The March Violets, Front 242, The Teardrop Explodes, Tubeway Army, 13th Chime, The Essence and more.

Now that he’s out of rehab, Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen’s getting back to the business of being Al Jourgensen, and that means putting out a live album. getting the band back for a new tour and, last but not least, trying his hand at being a TV weatherman.

Thirty years ago this month, synthpop trio Bronski Beat released its career-making single “Smalltown Boy” — and to celebrate that milestone, the group’s lead singer, Jimmy Somerville, has recorded a haunting new stripped-down version of the song, which you can hear via a new video.

Former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman returned to the concert stage for the first time in 18 years last fall, conducting and singing at a handful of dates in the U.K. and U.S. — and he’ll now reprise that performance at a pair of Los Angeles-area concerts at Halloween.

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.

Like Mission of Burma, Scottish indie-pop faves The Vaselines are on their way to becoming more prolific post-reunion than in their original incarnation, this week announcing their second post-reunion album, and only their third overall, called V for Vaselines.