Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Top 100 Albums of 1989: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s — Part 10

Top 100 Albums of 1989: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s — Part 10

Well, here we are: the end of the ’80s. Today we present the results of Part 10 of our year-long Best of the ’80s feature, a year-by-year poll of Slicing Up Eyeballs’ readers to determine the best albums of each year of the 1980s. Next week we’ll wrap it all up when we launch a huge best-of-the-decade poll.

New releases: Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, The Jam, Soundgarden, Fields of the Nephilim

New releases: Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, The Jam, Soundgarden, Fields of the Nephilim

This week’s new releases include new Beggars Archive ‘5 Albums’ box sets from Bauhaus, Fields of the Nephilim and Gene Loves Jezebel, plus reissues of Peter Murphy’s ‘Love Hysteria’ and Soundgarden’s ‘Screaming Life’ and ‘Fopp’ EPs, plus a vinyl box set of The Jam albums and a CD box of Simple Minds records.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/24/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/24/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured new music from Gary Numan and new live Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, plus cuts from Love and Rockets, Fad Gadget, Death in June, Lard, Alien Sex Fiend, The Chameleons, Swans, The Creatures and more.

The Mission debut new 'Swan Song' music video, will release digital EP of mixes

The Mission debut new ‘Swan Song’ music video, will release digital EP of mixes

The Mission is going all-out for the release of its next single off reunion album The Brightest Light, today debuting a new music video for the track “Swan Song” and then, on Dec. 3, releasing a digital EP for the track that features five different version of the song plus a new track recorded during the sessions for the album.

Mark Burgess' ChameleonsVox debuts video for 'Sycophants' — first new music in 10 years

Mark Burgess’ ChameleonsVox debuts video for ‘Sycophants’ — first new music in 10 years

Mark Burgess this month released long-awaited new music under the ChameleonsVox banner — the latest incarnation of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — in the form of the 4-song M+D=1(8) EP, and this morning he’s treated fans to a music video for lead-off track “Sycophants.”

U2, The Clash, INXS, English Beat and more featured on 'US Festival 1983’ DVD

U2, The Clash, INXS, English Beat and more featured on ‘US Festival 1983’ DVD

Thirty years after drawing an alleged 670,000 music fans into the middle of nowhere in California, the 1983 installment of the US Festival — a four-day event over Memorial Day Weekend — will be commemorated next month with a DVD concert film featuring performances by U2, The Clash, English Beat, INXS and more.

Black Francis, Kristin Hersh, Juliana Hatfield on board for Wes Anderson tribute 'I Saved Latin!'

Black Francis, Kristin Hersh, Juliana Hatfield on board for Wes Anderson tribute ‘I Saved Latin!’

American Laundromat Records next spring will release a double-CD tribute to quirky director Wes Anderson titled I Saved Latin!, a collection that will feature indie artists such as Black Francis, Kristin Hersh, Juliana Hatfield, Mike Watt and more covering songs featured in films.