Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Bryan Ferry announces 8-date West Coast swing around Coachella appearances

Bryan Ferry announces 8-date West Coast swing around Coachella appearances

Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry will treat fans to “an incredible set list of hits, favorites rarities and covering 40 years of career highlights” during a short run of eight dates along the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada this April that have been scheduled around his twin appearances at Coachella.

Throwing Muses announce handful of U.S. dates — including 2 with Tanya Donelly

Throwing Muses announce handful of U.S. dates — including 2 with Tanya Donelly

The Throwing Muses have announced a select number of U.S. dates on both the East and West coasts in late February and early March in support of the band’s new book/album combo Purgatory/Paradise — including a pair of shows that will feature opening sets by Tanya Donelly.

New releases: Sex Pistols, Tears for Fears on Blu-ray, plus The Verlaines, Stiff Little Fingers

New releases: Sex Pistols, Tears for Fears on Blu-ray, plus The Verlaines, Stiff Little Fingers

This week’s new releases include Blu-ray reissues of ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’ and Tears For Fears’ ‘The Hurting’ on Blu-ray, plus a reissue of The Verlaines’ 1987 compilation ‘Juvenilia’ and a five-record box set from Stiff Little Fingers.

Ministry's Al Jourgensen to enter rehab for alcohol abuse: 'I need help on this one'

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen to enter rehab for alcohol abuse: ‘I need help on this one’

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has decided to check himself into rehabilitation for alcohol issues, his label 13th Planet confirmed tonight, after the legendary industrial-metal frontman let the cat out of the bag himself on Facebook, writing, “Kicked dope and crack by myself… but I need help on this one.”

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/19/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/19/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Shriekback, Ministry, Alien Sex Fiend, Meat Beat Manifesto, 23 Skidoo, Skeletal Family, The Cure, Kate Bush, Cranes, Sad Lovers and Giants, Love and Rockets and more.

Morrissey signs worldwide record deal, promises new album, tour in 2014

Morrissey signs worldwide record deal, promises new album, tour in 2014

After several years of bemoaning that no label would have him, Morrissey has signed a “worldwide recording agreement” with Harvest Records, which announced the former Smiths frontman will release a yet-to-be-recorded new album in the second of 2014 and plans to resume tour this year.

Camper Van Beethoven's 'Sweetheart,' 'Key Lime Pie' due for expanded reissues

Camper Van Beethoven’s ‘Sweetheart,’ ‘Key Lime Pie’ due for expanded reissues

Omnivore Recordings next month will reissue seminal college-rock act Camper Van Beethoven’s two major-label albums — 1988’s Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and 1989’s Key Lime Pie, with its hit cover of Status Quo’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men” — in expanded CD versions and on 180-gram vinyl.