Recent Dark Wave Playlists

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.

Pixies release second 4-song EP of new material, debut video for 'Blue Eyed Hexe'

Pixies release second 4-song EP of new material, debut video for ‘Blue Eyed Hexe’

The Pixies are ringing in 2014 with a second batch of new songs, today releasing a second four-song EP of brand-new material and debuting the video for one of the songs: the rocker “Blue Eyed Hexe,” which the band debuted last September at a warm-up gig.

In Q&A, Morrissey reveals plans for new album, novel — plus failed David Bowie duet

In Q&A, Morrissey reveals plans for new album, novel — plus failed David Bowie duet

In a wide-ranging new Q&A with fans, Morrissey reveals that he’s about to start recording a new album, he’s midway through writing his first novel and that he once tried and failed to get David Bowie to record a duet of the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin.'”

Steve Kilbey releases 3-hour film documenting 1991 U.S. tour with Grant McLennan

Steve Kilbey releases 3-hour film documenting 1991 U.S. tour with Grant McLennan

The Church’s Steve Kilbey dropped a New Year’s surprise for fans, releasing a nearly 3-hour documentary that features performances, interviews and “general horsing around” that he filmed during the short 1991 U.S. tour by Jack Frost, his group with Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens.

'My Secret World' to tell story of indie-pop label Sarah Records — watch the trailer

‘My Secret World’ to tell story of indie-pop label Sarah Records — watch the trailer

Sarah Records — which released music from bands such as The Field Mice, Another Sunny Day and Boyracer between 1987 and 1995 — is the subject of a new feature-length documentary that aims to show how “you can run a successful business without surrendering personal ethics.”