Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: Robin Guthrie and Mark Gardener, James, Blancmange, Lloyd Cole, The La's

New releases: Robin Guthrie and Mark Gardener, James, Blancmange, Lloyd Cole, The La’s

This week’s new releases include the brand-new record from Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie and Mark Gardener or Ride, plus a new Blancmange LP, a box set combining James’ ‘Laid’ and ‘Wah Wah’ albums, plus new low-cost introductory compilations from Lloyd Cole and The La’s.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/22/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/22/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Die Warzau, Fad Gadget, Lords of the New Church, Front 242, The Names, Cabaret Voltaire, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Japan, Throwing Muses and more.

 Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode's 'I Feel You'

Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’

Former Smiths guitarist/songwriter Johnny Marr today debuted the video for his cover of Depeche Mode’s riff-heavy 1993 single “I Feel You,” a track he will release on a limited-edition 7-single on Record Store Day. Check out out the fairly dark clip right here.

Record Store Day 2015: The Replacements, Tears For Fears, JAMC, Siouxsie + more

Record Store Day 2015: The Replacements, Tears For Fears, JAMC, Siouxsie + more

With the 2015 installment of Record Store Day just a little more than a month away, the official exclusive-release lists for both the U.S. and U.K. installments have been made public, with sure-to-be-pricey vinyl pressings coming from a host of ’80s college-rock grads.

Vintage Audio: Richard Blade chats up Depeche Mode at Wherehouse in-store

Vintage Audio: Richard Blade chats up Depeche Mode at Wherehouse in-store

With this week marking the 25th anniversary of the release of Depeche Mode’s landmark album Violator, we once again dip into the Slicing Up Eyeballs cassette archives, this time for a recording of the KROQ broadcast during the band’s infamous in-store appearance at a Wherehouse record store on the album’s U.S. release date.

New releases: Simple Minds, Shriekback, Game Theory, Alien Sex Fiend, Roxy Music

New releases: Simple Minds, Shriekback, Game Theory, Alien Sex Fiend, Roxy Music

This week’s new releases include multi-disc box sets from Simple Minds, Alien Sex Fiend, Roxy Music and The Farm, new albums from Shriekback, The Rezillos and The Monochrome Set, a reissue from Game Theory, and a compilation of late-’70s and early-’80s post-punk tracks.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/15/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/15/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music The Mission, And Also the Trees, Robert Smith, Death in June, Anne Clark, Strawberry Switchblade, Meat Beat Manifesto, A Certain Ratio, The Creatures, Shriekback, Escape With Romeo, Kate Bush and more.