Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 149, aired 3/11/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 149, aired 3/11/14

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured music by David Byrne, Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, Love and Rockets, New Order, The Modern Lovers, Paul Weller, Black Flag, The Cure, Big Audio Dynamite, Roddy Frame, The House of Love, The Jesus and Mary Chain and more.

The Replacements continue festival-only reunion with slot at Montreal’s Osheaga fest

The Replacements continue festival-only reunion with slot at Montreal’s Osheaga fest

The Replacements reunion returns to Canada — where it began — this summer with a just-announced appearance at the Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, just the latest in what continues to be a festival-only affair for the reunited ‘Mats. The band joins Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Aug. 1-3 festival.

Siouxsie and the Banshees to reissue 'Hong Kong Garden' on double 7-inch vinyl

Siouxsie and the Banshees to reissue ‘Hong Kong Garden’ on double 7-inch vinyl

Siouxsie and the Banshees will commemorate “Hong Kong Garden” next month with a double 7-inch reissue of the single that will include the original A- and B-sides and the version from Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” film and the recording of “Voices” from 1984’s The Thorn EP.

Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame debuts 'Forty Days of Rain' off upcoming 'Seven Dials'

Aztec Camera’s Roddy Frame debuts ‘Forty Days of Rain’ off upcoming ‘Seven Dials’

Former Aztec Camera mastermind Roddy Frame returns this May with his first solo album in eight years, a record called Seven Dials that is preceded by the debut today of lead-off single “Forty Days of Rain,” which you can stream below via AED Records.

Download: The Clash's Mick Jones, Paul Simonon team up with Frank Ocean, Diplo on 'Hero'

Download: The Clash’s Mick Jones, Paul Simonon team up with Frank Ocean, Diplo on ‘Hero’

The Converse sneaker company continues its “Three Artists, One Song” series of musical collaborations this week with some creative math, bringing in four people — Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash, plus R&B star Frank Ocean and producer Diplo — to craft the track “Hero.”

New releases: Dean Wareham's solo debut, plus John Foxx live DVD, Jasmine Minks anthology

New releases: Dean Wareham’s solo debut, plus John Foxx live DVD, Jasmine Minks anthology

This week’s new releases include the first-ever solo album from Galaxie 500 and Luna frontman Dean Wareham, plus a live DVD from John Foxx filmed in 1983 and a new anthology from The Jasmine Minks that contains all four of the band’s albums plus a new song.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/9/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/9/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Fad Gadget, PTP, Japan, The Birthday Party, Front 242, Alien Sex Fiend, Magazine, Gary Numan, Mission of Burma, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Cocteau Twins, The Sisters of Mercy, Lowlife, Noise Unit, Killing Joke and more.