Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Colin Hay

New releases: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Colin Hay

This week’s new releases include “One More Time With Feeling,” the documentary about the making of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ 2016 album ‘Skeleton Tree,’ plus a new 4CD box set collecting expanded editions of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry’s first four albums, and a brand-new studio album from Men at Work’s Colin Hay.

Listen: Robyn Hitchcock, 'Mad Shelley's Letterbox' — second single off upcoming LP

Listen: Robyn Hitchcock, ‘Mad Shelley’s Letterbox’ — second single off upcoming LP

Robyn Hitchcock is giving fans another taste of his upcoming self-titled record in the form of a second single, the fully plugged-in “Mad Shelley’s Letterbox,” which you can stream below. The 10-track Robyn Hitchcock, which follows up 2014’s The Man Upstairs, will be released April 21 by Yep Roc Records.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/26/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/26/17)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EST 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.

Bill Paxton, of new wave act Martini Ranch (and popular motion pictures), 1955-2017

Bill Paxton, of new wave act Martini Ranch (and popular motion pictures), 1955-2017

Sad news today for fans of Bill Paxton, the actor known for iconic mid-’80s supporting roles in “Weird Science” and “Aliens” who went on to star in blockbusters like “Twister” and “Apollo 13.” The 61-year-old died Saturday due to complications from surgery, his family announced today.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Ministry's Uncle Al Jourgensen submits to the '120 X-Ray' — 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Ministry’s Uncle Al Jourgensen submits to the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1990

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we queue up the Jan. 7, 1990, edition of “120 Minutes” for this near 4-minute “120 X-Ray” segment on Ministry. Intro’d by Dave Kendall, the “X-Ray” features bandleader Al Jourgensen about two months after the release of The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste.

Erasure to release 'World Be Gone' — first new album in 3 years — in May

Erasure to release ‘World Be Gone’ — first new album in 3 years — in May

Classic synthpop duo Erasure — Andy Bell and Vince Clarke — this week announced plans to release their 17th studio album this spring. The 10-track World Be Gone, due out May 19 on Mute Records, will be the group’s first new album since 2014’s The Violet Flame.

Listen: The Mountain Goats wrote a song about Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy

Listen: The Mountain Goats wrote a song about Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy

The John Darnielle-led Mountain Goats this week announced their 16th studio album, a guitar-less record called Goths that, as its title suggests, celebrates the dark musical genre: “the friends whose bands never made it out of Fender’s Ballroom, the Gene Loves Jezebels of the world.”