Recent Dark Wave Playlists

'A machine to make people dance': Watch 30-minute documentary on New Order's 'Blue Monday'

‘A machine to make people dance’: Watch 30-minute documentary on New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’

Last summer, the members of New Order — Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, as well as former bassist Peter Hook — and sleeve designer Peter Saville were interviewed by Swedish National Television for a 30-minute documentary on the story behind their iconic 1983 single “Blue Monday.”

Video: The Dream Syndicate live in Cleveland — watch full 100-minute reunion set

Video: The Dream Syndicate live in Cleveland — watch full 100-minute reunion set

Steve Wynn’s reunited Dream Syndicate — featuring Dennis Duck, Mark Walton and new guitarist Jason Victor — has only played a handful of dates in the U.S. since first coming together in the fall of 2012, so, for many, this film of the band’s full 100-minute set in Cleveland last November is a godsend.

Watch Paul Weller perform a 5-song set with the London Metropolitan Orchestra

Watch Paul Weller perform a 5-song set with the London Metropolitan Orchestra

Last month, former Jam frontman Paul Weller participated in Save the Children’s Christmas Tree Sessions benefit, performing five songs — including a brand-new one called “Gravity” — while backed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra, a 20-minute set that is now available to watch.

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the 1980s: The Top 100 albums from 1980-1989

Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the 1980s: The Top 100 albums from 1980-1989

And it all comes down to this: After 1o months of voting in our year-by-year Best of the ’80s polls to determine the best albums of each year of the 1980s, we wrap it all up with the grandaddy of them all, the big all-decade poll designed to crown, once and for all, Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers favorite records of the ’80s.

Eurythmics reuniting to perform at post-Grammys tribute to The Beatles

Eurythmics reuniting to perform at post-Grammys tribute to The Beatles

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart will reunite once again as the Eurythmics to perform a yet-to-be-announced Beatles cover at “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles,” a television special that’s being taped on Jan. 27 in Los Angeles the day after the Grammy Awards.

New releases: Peter Gabriel's 'And I'll Scratch Yours' compilation of covers

New releases: Peter Gabriel’s ‘And I’ll Scratch Yours’ compilation of covers

Peter Gabriel’s companion to 2010′s Scratch My Back, out in the U.K. since September, gets a belated U.S. release this week. It features versions of his songs covered by many of the artists (Arcade Fire, Lou Reed, Paul Simon) he covered on the original release.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/5/14)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/5/14)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured music from The Cult, Morrissey, 1,000 Homo DJs, Gang of Four, The Cure, Throwing Muses, Clan of Xymox, Joy Division, Soft Cell, Coil, The Cramps, Bauhaus, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Wake, Christian Death and more.