Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured new music from Daniel Ash and New Model Army, plus old favorites from Ski Patrol, Morrissey, The Damned, Cabaret Voltaire, Meat Beat Manifesto, 13th Chime, The Sisters of Mercy and more.

We interrupt our (somewhat sporadic of late) regular programming for a bit of housekeeping: Slicing Up Eyeballs is taking a bit of vacation, and likely will be incommunicado for the next two weeks. Apologies in advance for the lack of news, but we’ll be back and ready to resume our regular news coverage and features by Oct. 20.

R.E.M. this November will unleash a mammoth video package documenting 30 years of live performances, award show highlights and TV appearances on MTV’s networks, a six-DVD set called “REMTV” that will collect 14 hours of material, including a new feature-length documentary called “R.E.M. by MTV.”

This week’s releases include brand-new studio albums from the Buzzcocks, The Vaselines and Stiff LIttle Fingers, plus a reissue of Big Country’s “Steeltown” to marks its 30th anniversary, a collection of David Byrne/Fatboy Slim remixes from their stage production about Imelda Maros.

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from Peter Murphy, PTP, The Sisters of Mercy, Dead Can Dance, John Foxx, Echo & The Bunnymen, Lords of the New Church, Die Warzau, Swans, Controlled Bleeding, Shriekback, A Certain Ratio, Chrome, Front 242 and more.

A year after reissuing their debut The Hurting in a bonus-stuffed box set, Tears For Fears is set to do the same for their monstrously successful second album, with an ambitious, multi-format reissue of 1985’s smash Songs From the Big Chair due out this fall.