Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New Order and Pet Shop Boys to co-headline North American 'Unity Tour'

New Order and Pet Shop Boys to co-headline North American ‘Unity Tour’

Electronic-music giants New Order and Pet Shop Boys are teaming up for a co-headlining tour of North America this September and October, an 11-date trek called “The Unity Tour” that will find each act playing full sets and rotating who closes the show each night. Full dates and details right here.

Kraftwerk bringing 3-D show back to North America for extensive summer tour

Kraftwerk bringing 3-D show back to North America for extensive summer tour

German electronic-music pioneers slash robots Kraftwerk will bring their 3-D show back to North America this summer for an extensive tour, a 27-date trek that will hit both coats, a few dates in Canada and a good number of cities across the United States. Full details right here.

Clan of Xymox debut video for new single 'She,' return to U.S. for 2020 tour

Clan of Xymox debut video for new single ‘She,’ return to U.S. for 2020 tour

Clan of Xymox has debuted a video for its suitably dark new single “She” — released this month ahead of a planned 2020 studio album — and will return to the U.S. in March for another round of concerts in California and across the southern reaches of the country. Full dates and details right here.

New releases: Close Lobsters, Loop, Undertones, Wedding Present, Living Colour, 'Breakfast Club'

New releases: Close Lobsters, Loop, Undertones, Wedding Present, Living Colour, ‘Breakfast Club’

This is 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. May also include some other titles released in recent weeks but not previously featured. This week’s titles include Close Lobsters, Loop and more.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/23/20)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/23/20)

“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. Here’s tonight’s full playlist.

Pixies cancel concerts in China and Japan as concerns about coronavirus grow

Pixies cancel concerts in China and Japan as concerns about coronavirus grow

The Pixies have canceled or postponed a run of concerts set to begin this week in Japan and China as concerns grow about the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The cancellation earlier this month of the band’s Chinese dates was linked publicly to the coronoavirus, though the postponement of the Japanese concerts has not.

Listen: Amanda Palmer and friends cover Midnight Oil's 'Beds Are Burning' for bushfire charity

Listen: Amanda Palmer and friends cover Midnight Oil’s ‘Beds Are Burning’ for bushfire charity

Musician and activist Amanda Palmer has just released a rush-recorded, eight-song charity album in response to the devastating Australian bushfires, and you can hear its lead-off single — a cover of Midnight Oil’s “Beds Are Burning” with vocals by Missy Higgins — right here. Full details and such.