Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: Morrissey, The Ocean Blue, New Model Army, KMFDM, Paul Weller

New releases: Morrissey, The Ocean Blue, New Model Army, KMFDM, Paul Weller

This week’s new releases include the DVD reissue of the long-out-of-print “Introducing Morrissey” concert film, plus a reissue of The Ocean Blue’s “Waterworks” EP, the new New Model Army studio/live album, a KMFDM concert album and a box set featuring Paul Weller’s first five solo albums.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/7/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/7/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Joy Division, A Split-Second, John Foxx, Revolting Cocks, Pink Turns Blue, Colin Newman, Bauhaus, 1,000 Homo DJs, Southern Death Cult, Front 242, The Stranglers, Tubeway Army, The Sisters of Mercy, Love and Rockets and more.

Decades after 'SNL' ban, The Replacements returning to 30 Rock to play 'Tonight Show'

Decades after ‘SNL’ ban, The Replacements returning to 30 Rock to play ‘Tonight Show’

More than 28 years after being banned from “Saturday Night Live” — reportedly over a drunken and profane performance — The Replacements will return to NBC’s famed 30 Rockefeller Center next week to perform as musical guests on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”

Chrissie Hynde sets 25-date North American tour in support of solo debut 'Stockholm'

Chrissie Hynde sets 25-date North American tour in support of solo debut ‘Stockholm’

Iconic Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde will embark on a 25-date North American tour this fall in support of her solo debut Stockholm, hitting U.S. cities from coast to coast after departing from Toronto in late October. And yes, she’s going back to Ohio.

XTC's 'Drums and Wires' audiophile reissue to include new 5.1 mix, demos, rehearsal tracks

XTC’s ‘Drums and Wires’ audiophile reissue to include new 5.1 mix, demos, rehearsal tracks

The audiophile reissue of XTC’s classic 1979 album Drums and Wires — with its new 5.1 Surround mix that frontman Andy Partridge last summer boasted is “so good it’s upped my opinion of the album” — finally arrives Oct. 27 on CD and Blu-ray, with the latter format stuffed with bonus material.

New Order signs to Mute, heads back to studio to work on new album

New Order signs to Mute, heads back to studio to work on new album

In a move that once might have seemed unthinkable, New Order — a flagship act of the iconic Factory Records imprint — has signed to the equally legendary Mute label, long home to contemporaries Depeche Mode and Erasure, as the group continues to work on its new album.

Stream/Download: Auto Reverse Mixtape (September 2014) — A Tribute to John Peel

Stream/Download: Auto Reverse Mixtape (September 2014) — A Tribute to John Peel

Well, that last mea culpa, back in May, deserves a mea cupla all of its own. But here we are, four months later. And we’ve finally coughed up a new entry in our Auto Reverse mixtape series. But it’s a good one: A tribute to the late, great BBC DJ and tastemaker John Peel.