Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: Simple Minds, The Chills, A Certain Ratio, Ian Dury, Alphaville

New releases: Simple Minds, The Chills, A Certain Ratio, Ian Dury, Alphaville

This week’s new releases include a brand-new studio album from Simple Minds, plus a collection of BBC recordings by The Chills, a reissue of A Certain Ratio’s second album, a box set collecting studio albums from Ian Dury with and without the Blockheads, and a new Alphaville best-of.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/2/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave was a post-Halloween extravaganza featuring music from The Cure, Skinny Puppy, 999, Bauhaus, The Cramps, Christian Death, Xmal Deutschland, The March Violets, Samhain, The Birthday Party and more.

Siouxsie and the Banshees re-pressing 'Peepshow' reissue over 'minor mastering error'

Siouxsie and the Banshees re-pressing ‘Peepshow’ reissue over ‘minor mastering error’

The just-released reissue of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 1988 album Peepshow is being repressed following the discovery of a “minor mastering error” at the end of “Rawhead and Bloody Bones,” the band’s bassist, Steven Severin, announced today via the Banshees’ Facebook page.

Stream/Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (October 2014)

Stream/Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (October 2014)

Keeping with our unfortunate tradition of mixtape lateness, this was supposed to have been finished and posted earlier this past week to serve as a nice pre-Halloween collection of goth, post-punk and darker tunes. Oops. Still, here’s October’s entry in the Auto Reverse mixtape series, featuring two 45-minutes of dark fare.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 167, aired 10/28/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 167, aired 10/28/14

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.

New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC, Afghan Whigs, Wedding Present, Nick Cave

New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC, Afghan Whigs, Wedding Present, Nick Cave

This week’s new releases include a huge number of reissues, with re-released titles coming from Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC, The Afghan Whigs, The Wedding Present and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, plus a brand-new live album from The Fall compiled by Mark E. Smith.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/26/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/26/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from The Sisters of Mercy, Test Dept., Japan, ClockDVA, Public Image Ltd., Gary Numan, Danielle Dax, Southern Death Cult, Clan of Xymox, The Wolfgang Press, Severed Heads, Assemblage 23 and more.