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Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/10/19)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/10/19)

“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 tonight’s full playlist.

Midnight Oil live set from 1997's 'Breathe' tour to receive vinyl Record Store Day release

Midnight Oil live set from 1997’s ‘Breathe’ tour to receive vinyl Record Store Day release

A live set recorded at Walt Disney World during Midnight Oil’s U.S. tour in support of 1997 album Breathe will receive a limited-edition double-vinyl release — one LP will be red, the other white — on Record Store Day in the United States next month. Full details including tracklist and artwork right here.

Stray Cats announce first new album in 26 years, 40th anniversary tour of U.S. and Europe

Stray Cats announce first new album in 26 years, 40th anniversary tour of U.S. and Europe

Rockabilly favorites Stray Cats — who achieved unlikely pop success in the New Wave era — this week announced 40th anniversary festivities that will include the trio’s first new studio album in 26 years and tours of the U.S. and Europe later this year. Hear the first single and check out the tour dates here.

Violent Femmes set U.S. co-headlining tour with Ben Folds following dates with X

Violent Femmes set U.S. co-headlining tour with Ben Folds following dates with X

The Violent Femmes have got that co-headlining thing down cold. After two summers of sharing the bill with the Echo & The Bunnymen, the Femmes are heading out this summer first with X, on a run of previously announced dates, to be followed by a run of shows with piano man Ben Folds. See full dates here.

Peter Murphy misses the first show of his thrice-rescheduled San Francisco residency

Peter Murphy misses the first show of his thrice-rescheduled San Francisco residency

It was finally supposed to happen. Peter Murphy’s weeks-long San Francisco residency — originally scheduled for summer 2017, then rescheduled not once, but three times — was set to begin tonight with a performance of his solo debut Should the World Fail to Fall Apart. Yet Murphy failed to show up.

Sara Romweber, powerhouse drummer for Let's Active, has died at the age of 55

Sara Romweber, powerhouse drummer for Let’s Active, has died at the age of 55

Sara Romweber, the powerhouse drummer who held the beat in the first lineup of jangle-pop heroes Let’s Active and who went on to play in Snatches of Pink and, later, with her brother Dexter Romweber, has died of cancer, according to music journalist David Menconi. She was 55.

Morrissey to 'branch out into new territory' with 7-night Broadway residency in May

Morrissey to ‘branch out into new territory’ with 7-night Broadway residency in May

Morrissey today announced he’ll mount a seven-night residency on New York City’s famed Broadway this May, with his handlers promising fans will get a “rare opportunity to see the star branch out into new territory and take the stage like never before.” Full details right here.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/3/19)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/3/19)

“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. See tonight’s full playlist right here.

Listen to Lou Reed's unreleased a cappella demo of 'Endless Cycle' off 1989's 'New York'

Listen to Lou Reed’s unreleased a cappella demo of ‘Endless Cycle’ off 1989’s ‘New York’

Today would have been the late Lou Reed’s 77th birthday, and, to mark the occasion, his representatives shared a “previously unheard” demo of the song “Endless Cycle,” which appeared on the 1989 album New York — which was released 30 years ago this past January. Hear it here.

Watch the BBC's Soft Cell reunion documentary 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'

Watch the BBC’s Soft Cell reunion documentary ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’

The BBC last night premiered a one-hour documentary about Soft Cell that recounts the ups and downs of the early-’80s synthpop stars, culminating with the reunion last September of Marc Almond and Dave Ball to play together for the first time in 15 years — and the last time ever. Watch it here.

R.E.M.'s heavily bootlegged 'Bingo Hand Job' show gets vinyl Record Store Day release

R.E.M.’s heavily bootlegged ‘Bingo Hand Job’ show gets vinyl Record Store Day release

R.E.M. famously didn’t tour behind 1991’s breakthrough Out of Time, but the band did play a handful of largely professional shows that year, among the best-known of them being a pair of concerts in London under the nom-de-rock of Bingo Hand Job. See the full details and tracklist right here.

Morrissey enlists members of Green Day, Grizzly Bear for 'California Son' covers album

Morrissey enlists members of Green Day, Grizzly Bear for ‘California Son’ covers album

Morrissey this week announced he’ll release a new album of cover songs in May, a collection called California Son that will include songs by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Jobraith and more — with members of Green Day, Grizzly Bear and Young the Giant guesting. Check out the full tracklist.

Andy Anderson, former drummer for The Cure and The Glove, 1951-2019

Andy Anderson, former drummer for The Cure and The Glove, 1951-2019

Drummer Andy Anderson, who played in The Glove with Robert Smith and the Banshees’ Steven Severin then joined The Cure and played on that band’s 1984 album The Top, died Tuesday, just nine days after informing fans that he had a terminal Stage-4 cancer diagnosis.