Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/6/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/6/17)

“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 the full playlist from tonight’s show.

'Holy grail' recording surfaces of New Order's scorching 1983 gig in Chicago

‘Holy grail’ recording surfaces of New Order’s scorching 1983 gig in Chicago

The 1983 concert, New Order’s first in Chicago, is the stuff of legend, with a packed crowd driving the on-stage temperature to nearly unbearable heights, knocking out power on-stage mid-set.

Listen: Paul Westerberg gets weird again with 'Oompa' — latest in weekly new song series

Listen: Paul Westerberg gets weird again with ‘Oompa’ — latest in weekly new song series

It’s Saturday, which means time for another Paul Westerberg jam via his anonymous Soundcloud account. And, after a few weeks of increasingly conventional songs, the former Replacements leader veers back into left field for the oddball, seemingly nonsensical “Oompa.” Hear the new song right here.

The Jazz Butcher's first 4 albums to be compiled in 'The Wasted Years' box set

The Jazz Butcher’s first 4 albums to be compiled in ‘The Wasted Years’ box set

Fire Records this fall will release a box set — or, rather, a “bookback” set, as the label’s dubbed it — called The Wasted Years that will collect the first four studio albums by The Jazz Butcher, the long-running U.K. indie-pop outfit helmed by Pat Fish. Check out a sampler with a track from each album.

Listen: The Darling Buds cover The Go-Go's 'Our Lips Are Sealed' for Cassette Store Day

Listen: The Darling Buds cover The Go-Go’s ‘Our Lips Are Sealed’ for Cassette Store Day

Reunited U.K. indiepop outfit The Darling Buds have recorded a cover of The Go-Go’s 1981 hit “Our Lips Are Sealed” — written by Jane Wiedlin and The Specials’ Terry Hall — that will be released on the Neon Maniacs compilation on Cassette Store Day this October. Stream the full song right here.

Trashcan Sinatras to mark 30th anniversary with stripped-down acoustic tour of U.S.

Trashcan Sinatras to mark 30th anniversary with stripped-down acoustic tour of U.S.

A stripped-down Trashcan Sinatras — singer/guitarist Frank Reader, lead guitarist Paul Livingston and rhythm guitarist John Douglas — will celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary this fall with an acoustic tour of the U.S. dubbed “All Night with the Trashcan Sinatras.” See full dates here.

Suspect arrested, $20,000 in stolen audio equipment recovered from 40 Watt Club

Suspect arrested, $20,000 in stolen audio equipment recovered from 40 Watt Club

Police in Athens, Ga., this week arrested a former contractor accused of stealing $20,000 in audio gear from the 40 Watt Club, a burglary that had drawn offers of more than $15,000 in rewards from members of R.E.M., Camper Van Beethoven and others. The gear has been recovered, police said.