Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Peter Principle, bassist for experimental post-punk act Tuxedomoon, 1954-2017

Peter Principle, bassist for experimental post-punk act Tuxedomoon, 1954-2017

Peter Dachert, better known as Peter Principle, the bassist for the San Francisco-born, Brussels-based experimental post-punk act Tuxedomoon, died earlier this week while the group was working on new music and preparing to tour Europe, the band announced on its site.

Listen: Paul Westerberg's 'Feelin' Good' on twangy new song — 3rd from mystery project

Listen: Paul Westerberg’s ‘Feelin’ Good’ on twangy new song — 3rd from mystery project

For the third Saturday in a row, Paul Westerberg has released a new song via his anonymous Soundcloud account — and this time it’s a twangy, acoustic shuffle called “Felin’ Good” that’s the most conventional of the batch of new songs he’s released over the course of this month. Stream it here.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman talks about the end of the world

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman talks about the end of the world

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this 1991 interview segment with Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman, conducted by “120 Minutes” host Dave Kendall in what appears to be a crossover piece for MTV Europe’s edition of the show. Watch the full segment right here.

The Smiths' 'The Queen is Dead' 3CD/1DVD reissue to include unreleased 1986 live album

The Smiths’ ‘The Queen is Dead’ 3CD/1DVD reissue to include unreleased 1986 live album

The upcoming expanded reissue of The Smiths’ classic 1986 album The Queen is Dead, it turns out, will be bigger than originally thought. Rhino Records this morning formally announced the first-ever expanded reissue from the legendary band, revealing that it will be be released as a 3CD/1DVD boxed set.

Vintage Video: Perry Farrell bares all for the (not so) final Jane's Addiction show in 1991

Vintage Video: Perry Farrell bares all for the (not so) final Jane’s Addiction show in 1991

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we offer up what was, at the time, the final performance by Jane’s Addiction, a concert on Sept. 26, 1991, in Honolulu that saw frontman Perry Farrell and drummer Stephen Perkins strip completely naked for several songs at the end of the main set. Watch it here.

Peter Hook to bring Joy Division/New Order 'Substance' tour back to North America

Peter Hook to bring Joy Division/New Order ‘Substance’ tour back to North America

Peter Hook & The Light this week announced a 28-date North American tour for the spring of 2018, a trek that once again will see the band performing Joy Division’s and New Order’s classic Substance compilation albums in their entireties each night. See full dates here.

Watch: Teaser for new doc 'Something Quite Peculiar: The Life & Times of Steve Kilbey'

Watch: Teaser for new doc ‘Something Quite Peculiar: The Life & Times of Steve Kilbey’

Director Mike Brook’s “warts and all” documentary on Steve Kilbey of The Church — based on the frontman’s memoir, and titled “Something Quite Peculiar: The Life & Times of Steve Kilbey” — will premiere next month at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia. Watch it here.