Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/14/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/14/17)

“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.

Watch: U2 resurrects 'Joshua Tree' rarities and 'A Sort of Homecoming,' debuts new song

Watch: U2 resurrects ‘Joshua Tree’ rarities and ‘A Sort of Homecoming,’ debuts new song

U2 opened its The Joshua Tree 2017 global stadium tour in Vancouver, B.C., last night, a performance that not only saw the band playing its classic 1987 album in its entirety but also debuting a new song and digging up a rarely played fan favorite in The Unforgettable Fire’s “A Sort of Homecoming.”

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Dave Kendall eulogizes The Smiths following band's 1987 break-up

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall eulogizes The Smiths following band’s 1987 break-up

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we turn to a September 1987 episode that features the show’s creator and producer Dave Kendall eulogizing the The Smiths upon their breakup following the release of Strangeways, Here We Come. Check out the whole thing right here.

Vintage Video: The Dead Milkmen make a mess of 'Club MTV.' Wubba, wubba, wubba

Vintage Video: The Dead Milkmen make a mess of ‘Club MTV.’ Wubba, wubba, wubba

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we revisit The Dead Milkmen’s notorious 1988 “performance” of their improbable hit “Punk Rock Girl” on “Club MTV” — which was decidedly not the usual cable-television outlet for such unkempt college radio faves. Watch the whole thing here.

Trent Reznor on seeing Depeche Mode in 1986: 'It was spiritual and truly magic'

Trent Reznor on seeing Depeche Mode in 1986: ‘It was spiritual and truly magic’

As part of the promotion for its new album and tour, Depeche Mode has been letting a different fan take over the band’s Facebook page each day for a year, and, well, some of those fans — like skateboard legend Tony Hawk — are more well-known than others.

Watch: The surviving Go-Betweens look back in trailer for new documentary 'Right Here'

Watch: The surviving Go-Betweens look back in trailer for new documentary ‘Right Here’

Director Kriv Stenders’ new documentary on the beloved, if criminally underappreciated, Australian indie-rock act The Go-Betweens will premiere next month at the Sydney Film Festival in the band’s home country, and a new trailer offers fans an early look at the film. See the film’s trailer here.

The Cars' 'Candy-O' and 'Panorama' reissued with remastered audio, unreleased tracks

The Cars’ ‘Candy-O’ and ‘Panorama’ reissued with remastered audio, unreleased tracks

Rhino Records this summer will reissue The Cars’ second and third albums — 1979’s Candy-O and 1980’s Panorama — in expanded editions featuring audio remastered under bandleader Ric Ocasek’s supervision and previously unreleased tracks and mixes from those records’ sessions.