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Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/16/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/16/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from The Glove, Front 242, The Sound, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sister Machine Gun, The Cult, 1919, The Sisters of Mercy, Gary Numan, The Lucy Show, Tones on Tail, Pailhead, Specimen, The Smiths, Virgin Prunes and more.

Scott Asheton, of The Stooges, 1949-2014

Scott Asheton, of The Stooges, 1949-2014

Scott “Rock Action” Asheton, the co-founder and longtime drummer of proto-punk legends The Stooges who in recent years was sidelined by unspecified medical issues, died Saturday night at age 64, bandleader Iggy Pop announced today via the group’s Facebook page.

The Week in Rock: March 9-15, 2014

The Week in Rock: March 9-15, 2014

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured news about Iggy Pop and New Order, plus The Cure, Ski Patrol, C86, The Replacements, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Morrissey, Roddy Frame, Pulp and more.

Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden team up for 23-date North American co-headlining tour

Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden team up for 23-date North American co-headlining tour

Exactly one week ago, a pair of multiplatinum smash albums from Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden — ’90s alternative standard bearers The Downward Spiral and Superunknown, respectively — celebrated their 20th anniversary. Tonight, those two acts announced a co-headlining tour of North America.

Rhino’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough: The '80s’ Spotify playlist — updated 3/15/14

Rhino’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough: The ’80s’ Spotify playlist — updated 3/15/14

Back in 2011, the good folks at Rhino Records requested we take a stab at curating their ‘Just Can’t Get Enough: The ’80s’ playlist on Spotify — and now that the label’s launched its own app within Spotify, we’ve been asked to freshen it up occasionally with 25 new tracks representing the classic ’80s alternative era.

Morrissey to release remastered edition of 1994’s 'Vauxhall and I' in June

Morrissey to release remastered edition of 1994’s ‘Vauxhall and I’ in June

Morrissey will follow up his just-released reissue of 1992’s Your Arsenal with a new remastered edition of that album’s follow-up — Vauhxall and I, released exactly 20 years ago today — on June 2, the singer announced today via fansite True To You. The album is remastered by Bill Inglot.

The Cure to headline BottleRock festival in Napa Valley, Calif., this spring

The Cure to headline BottleRock festival in Napa Valley, Calif., this spring

The Cure will return to North America late this spring to headline the BottleRock festival in Napa Valley, Calif., joining, at the top of the bill, OutKast, Eric Church, The Fray, Weezer and Band of Horses — plus Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker.