Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Midnight Oil details huge new 12-disc box set: Demos, rarities, B-sides, hours of live video

Midnight Oil details huge new 12-disc box set: Demos, rarities, B-sides, hours of live video

Back in February, when Midnight Oil announced its global reunion tour, the band also revealed plans for not one but three giant box sets: a collection of the band’s 13 albums and EPs on vinyl, another compiling those releases on CD plus a DVD of videos, and a third featuring a truckload of unreleased material.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Red Hot Chili Peppers light up the '120 X-Ray' in 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Red Hot Chili Peppers light up the ‘120 X-Ray’ in 1989

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this “120 X-Ray” segment from 1989 that focuses on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, pre-megastardom. The band had just released its fourth album and the segment leads into the world premiere of the “Knock Me Down” video.

Poptone — featuring Bauhaus’ Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins — to release live album

Poptone — featuring Bauhaus’ Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins — to release live album

Poptone, the new project that reunites former Bauhaus, Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets bandmates Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins, today announced plans to release a live album following the group’s inaugural tour — a still-expanding U.S. run of concerts that opens next week in Tempe, Ariz.

Saxa, The English Beat's saxophonist and Jamaican-born ska player, 1930-2017

Saxa, The English Beat’s saxophonist and Jamaican-born ska player, 1930-2017

Lionel Augustus Martin, the Jamaican-born saxophone player better known as Saxa, who played with ska legends Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker before helping lead the second wave with The Beat, died on Wednesday at the age of 87, his former band announced.

Vintage Video: Hoodoo Gurus tear through 'Stoneage Romeos'-era set in Sydney in 1984

Vintage Video: Hoodoo Gurus tear through ‘Stoneage Romeos’-era set in Sydney in 1984

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we head down under for this hour-long performance broadcast by Australian television of the Hoodoo Gurus playing in Sydney in 1984 in the months following the release of their debut, Stoneage Romeos.

Listen: Alison Moyet, 'Reassuring Pinches' — icy synthpop off upcoming album 'Other'

Listen: Alison Moyet, ‘Reassuring Pinches’ — icy synthpop off upcoming album ‘Other’

Former Yazoo frontwoman Alison Moyet gave fans the first taste of her upcoming ninth solo album Other via its spare title track back in March. But now comes the official first single, “Reassuring Pinches,” an electronic chiller that you can hear below in its original form and radio mix.

The Afghan Whigs announce 28-city North American tour in support of 'In Spades'

The Afghan Whigs announce 28-city North American tour in support of ‘In Spades’

As The Afghan Whigs prepare to release their second post-reunion album, In Spades, on Friday, the Greg Dulli-helmed outfit this week announced a 28-city North American tour in support of the record this September and October. The Whigs also have released a music video for In Spades track “Oriole.”