Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 171, aired 1/20/15

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 171, aired 1/20/15

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught this week’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave requests for future shows.

Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, Ride’s Mark Gardener to release 'Universal Road' in March

Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, Ride’s Mark Gardener to release ‘Universal Road’ in March

Sure, he’s got that Ride reunion to deal with, but that’s not the only thing on Mark Gardener’s plate these days: The frontman for the reunited shoegaze legends announced that his long-in-the-works album with Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie is titled Universal Road and finally will see the light of day this March.

Watch a 9-song Throwing Muses performance filmed at Seattle's Triple Door last year

Watch a 9-song Throwing Muses performance filmed at Seattle’s Triple Door last year

The resurgent Throwing Muses last year played a few handfuls of U.S. dates to support their new double album Purgatory/Paradise, and Seattle radio station KEXP continues to show Kristin Hersh and Co. love by following up last year’s in-studio session with this just-posted footage from the band’s June 1 show at the Triple Door.

New releases: The Waterboys, Jellyfish, Pixies, Rollins Band, Information Society

New releases: The Waterboys, Jellyfish, Pixies, Rollins Band, Information Society

This week’s new releases include a brand-new studio album from Mike Scott and The Waterboys, plus expanded CD reissues of Jellyfish’s two studio albums, as well as vinyl reissues of classic albums from the Pixies (‘Doolittle’), Rollins Band (‘Weight’) and Information Society (‘Information Society’).

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/18/15)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/18/15)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from The Jesus and Mary Chain, Au Pairs, The Naked and the Dead, Bauhaus, The Sound, Rudimentary Peni, Meat Beat Manifesto, Chrome, Lard, Coil, The Wolfgang Press, Black Tape For a Blue Girl and more.

J. Spaceman taps Killing Joke's Youth to produce next Spiritualized album

J. Spaceman taps Killing Joke’s Youth to produce next Spiritualized album

After helming 2014 albums by Echo & The Bunnymen and Peter Murphy, Killing Joke bassist Martin “Youth” Glover next turns his attention to Spiritualized, having been tapped by that band’s Jason Pierce to produce the follow-up to 2012’s Sweet Heart Sweet Light.

Vintage Video: Newly surfaced Talking Heads concert from 1980’s 'Remain in Light' tour

Vintage Video: Newly surfaced Talking Heads concert from 1980’s ‘Remain in Light’ tour

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we turn to this killer Talking Heads concert that’s been making the rounds online, an 80-minute black-and-white performance filmed at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, N.J., about a month after the release of 1980′s Remain in Light.