Recent Dark Wave Playlists

The Jesus and Mary Chain, KMFDM, Poptone playing L.A. fest with 'strictly all black' dress code

The Jesus and Mary Chain, KMFDM, Poptone playing L.A. fest with ‘strictly all black’ dress code

The Jesus and Mary Chain will return to the U.S. this fall to headline the Cloak & Dagger Festival in Los Angeles, a two-day event that also will feature KMFDM and Poptone, featuring Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus, Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets. Full details here.

Sex Pistols' 'More Product': 1979 interview album to get expanded 3CD reissue

Sex Pistols’ ‘More Product’: 1979 interview album to get expanded 3CD reissue

The Sex Pistols’ 1979 interview compilation Some Product will be reissued in an expanded 3CD set — and rechristened More Product — later this month, with the original, out-of-print disc supplemented with two bonus discs featuring rare and unreleased interviews. See full tracklist here.

The Dream Syndicate debuts new song 'Glide,' announces December tour of U.S.

The Dream Syndicate debuts new song ‘Glide,’ announces December tour of U.S.

The reunited Dream Syndicate have debuted the second new track off their upcoming album How Did I Find Myself Here? — the band’s first new record in nearly 30 years — and announced a 12-date U.S. tour in support of that release this December. Stream the new song here, and check out tour dates.

Listen: The Smiths, 'The Queen is Dead' —  previously unreleased live recording

Listen: The Smiths, ‘The Queen is Dead’ — previously unreleased live recording

As part of the promotion for this fall’s expanded reissue of The Smiths’ landmark third album The Queen is Dead, previously unreleased live versions of each track on the record will be released each Monday for the next 10 weeks — starting today with the title track. Stream it right here.

The Jam's 40th anniversary to be commemorated with 5-disc '1977' box set

The Jam’s 40th anniversary to be commemorated with 5-disc ‘1977’ box set

The year of The Jam’s birth — 1977, the year punk broke — will be celebrated this fall with a 40th anniversary 5-disc box set, aptly titled 1977, that will include the band’s first two albums, a disc of demos, a collection of Peel session recordings and live tracks, and a DVD of TV appearances. Check out the full tracklist.

The absolute best of R.E.M.: All 282 songs ranked by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers

The absolute best of R.E.M.: All 282 songs ranked by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers

Today we unveil the results of Round 3 of our latest Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll series, a 1-to-282 ranking of R.E.M.’s entire catalog of songs recorded between 1981 — the original Hib-Tone release of “Radio Free Europe” — and the band’s eventual break-up in 2011. Check out the full list right here.

Playlist: All 282 of R.E.M.'s songs, ranked — minus the 38 that aren’t on Spotify

Playlist: All 282 of R.E.M.’s songs, ranked — minus the 38 that aren’t on Spotify

Now that we’ve unveiled the results of our latest Slicing Up Eyeballs readers poll — one that ranks 282 songs recorded by R.E.M. — it seems like a good excuse to put that data to good use. Namely, we’ve thrown together a Spotify playlist of that ranked countdown. Well, minus the 38 songs that aren’t on the streaming service.