Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: "Stop Making Sense," Sonic Youth, PiL, Joe Strummer, Ministry, Erasure + more

New releases: “Stop Making Sense,” Sonic Youth, PiL, Joe Strummer, Ministry, Erasure + more

This week’s new releases include an expanded vinyl reissue of Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense,” plus reissues of music by Joe Strummer, Erasure, Ministry and more.

Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy to resurrect Death Cult for 40th anniversary concerts

Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy to resurrect Death Cult for 40th anniversary concerts

The Cult’s Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Death Cult with a special one-off U.S. performance in Los Angeles this fall followed by a dozen dates in the U.K. and Ireland.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/13/23)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/13/23)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave.

Electronic reissuing "Get the Message" best-of on double-vinyl, expanded 30-track 2CD set

Electronic reissuing “Get the Message” best-of on double-vinyl, expanded 30-track 2CD set

The 2006 best-of celebrating Manchester supergroup Electronic — featuring New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr of The Smiths — will be reissued next month.

Watch: Modern English performs 4 new songs — plus “I Melt With You” — on KEXP

Watch: Modern English performs 4 new songs — plus “I Melt With You” — on KEXP

Modern English stopped by Seattle’s KEXP radio station back in June to perform a five-song set that included four tracks earmarked for the band’s next album 1234.

Watch: Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan and Martin Gore on "CBS Sunday Morning"

Watch: Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan and Martin Gore on “CBS Sunday Morning”

Today’s episode of “CBS Sunday Morning” included a segment on Depeche Mode, with bandmembers Dave Gahan and Martin Gore discussing the loss of Andy Fletcher, their latest album Memento Mori and more.

Peter Murphy drops off delayed "Celebrating David Bowie" tour due to ill health

Peter Murphy drops off delayed “Celebrating David Bowie” tour due to ill health

The “Celebrating David Bowie” tour already has been rescheduled once after Peter Murphy underwent “an unexpected medical procedure,” and now he’s out altogether.