Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven, Neil Finn, Devo, Clan of Xymox, ZTT Records

New releases: Camper Van Beethoven, Neil Finn, Devo, Clan of Xymox, ZTT Records

This week’s new releases include a pair of Camper Van Beethoven reissues, new studio albums from Crowded House’s Neil Finn and Clan of Xymox, a Devo DVD, an expanded best-of from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a pair of ZTT Records compilations and vinyl reissues from Orange Juice.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/9/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/9/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Fields of the Nephilim, Gary Numan, KMFDM, Danielle Dax, Alien Sex Fiend, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Sisters of Mercy, Xmal Deutschland, Love and Rockets, Ministry, Die Krupps and more.

The Replacements, Violent Femmes to play Atlanta's Shaky Knees Music Festival

The Replacements, Violent Femmes to play Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Festival

The Replacements reunion continues to be a festival-only affair, with the band following up three Riot Fest dates last year and two upcoming Coachella shows with an appearance this May at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Festival, where they’ll share the bill with fellow reunion act Violent Femmes.

ChameleonsVox to perform 'Script of the Bridge' in U.K., Europe this spring

ChameleonsVox to perform ‘Script of the Bridge’ in U.K., Europe this spring

Mark Burgess this week announced a spring tour that will find ChameleonsVox — the latest incarnation of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — performing 1983 debut album Script of the Bridge in its entirety at more than a dozen shows in the U.K. and another nine in mainland Europe.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 145, aired 2/4/14

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 145, aired 2/4/14

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured music form The Housemartins, Erasure, The Primitives, Joe Jackson, New Order, The Psychedelic Furs, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Thomas Dolby, The Pretenders, The Jam, Devo, Midge Ure and more.

The Sisters of Mercy announce European tour ahead of U.K. festival appearance

The Sisters of Mercy announce European tour ahead of U.K. festival appearance

The Sisters of Mercy this week announced a 12-date European tour in May ahead of that festival, a run of dates that will bring the goth-rock giants to Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands.

Pixies pull out unreleased song, 'Monkey Gone to Heaven' for NPR 'Tiny Desk Concert'

Pixies pull out unreleased song, ‘Monkey Gone to Heaven’ for NPR ‘Tiny Desk Concert’

The Pixies’ current U.S. tour took the band through Washington, D.C., recently, which afforded the group a chance to stop by NPR’s offices to perform a stripped-down “Tiny Desk Concert” — footage of which has just been posted by the public-radio giant.