Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: Pere Ubu's 'Drive, He Said 1994-2002' 4-disc vinyl box set

New releases: Pere Ubu’s ‘Drive, He Said 1994-2002’ 4-disc vinyl box set

Record Rack is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s notable release is a 4LP box set from Pere Ubu collecting albums released between 1995 and 2002.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/9/17)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/9/17)

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

Midnight Oil plays surprise warm-up gig in Sydney ahead of reunion tour — setlist, video

Midnight Oil plays surprise warm-up gig in Sydney ahead of reunion tour — setlist, video

Midnight Oil recently announced it would kick off its global reunion tour with a “back-to-basics pub gig” in Sydney this week, but have now pre-empted that by playing a surprise warm-up set Sunday night that marks the band’s first public performance in eight years. We’ve got the full setlist and fan-shot video here.

New Order releases 'Music Complete: Remix EP' ahead of U.S. performances

New Order releases ‘Music Complete: Remix EP’ ahead of U.S. performances

New Order today released a new five-track EP featuring remixes of songs off its latest album Music Complete, a digital release that comes ahead of the band’s appearances at the massive Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and a handful of U.S. concert dates this month.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: The The's Matt Johnson earns an MTV disclaimer while hosting in 1986

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The The’s Matt Johnson earns an MTV disclaimer while hosting in 1986

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we look back at the time The The mastermind Matt Johnson hosted the show in 1986 while promoting that year’s Infected — and earned an on-screen disclaimer because of his stridently political remarks between music videos.

Buffalo Tom's 'Let Me Come Over' to receive 25th anniversary reissue with bonus live disc

Buffalo Tom’s ‘Let Me Come Over’ to receive 25th anniversary reissue with bonus live disc

Boston-bred alt-rockers Buffalo Tom will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their third album Let Me Come Over with a new reissue next month that pairs the original record with the band’s first-live live release: a 17-song set recorded in London in 1992. See full tracklisting, and some spring tour dates, here.