Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: The Waterboys' 'Fisherman's Box,' plus Soulsavers, Tears For Fears' Curt Smith

New releases: The Waterboys’ ‘Fisherman’s Box,’ plus Soulsavers, Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith

This week’s new releases include the slightly slimmed-down 6CD version of the new Waterboys’ ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ box set of demos and unfinished tracks, plus a reissue of Soulsavers’ album with Dave Gahan and the belated CD release of Tears For Fears co-founder Curt Smith’s new solo album.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/17/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/17/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured new music from The Mission and Throwing Muses, plus old favorites by The Glove, Peter Murphy, The Teardrop Explodes, Sad Lovers and Giants, New Order, Tones on Tail, For Against, KMDFM, Concrete Blonde, The Danse Society and more.

The Smiths' Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke re-reunite on 'How Soon Is Now,' 'Please, Please, Please'

The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke re-reunite on ‘How Soon Is Now,’ ‘Please, Please, Please’

One-half of The Smiths reunited on stage in New York on Saturday night for the second time this year, as bassist Andy Rourke showed up toward the end of Johnny Marr’s gig at Webster Hall to once again perform their former band’s classic “How Soon Is Now?” and, this time, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” as well.

Video: Johnny Marr plays gorgeous 'Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want' on Fallon

Video: Johnny Marr plays gorgeous ‘Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want’ on Fallon

Johnny Marr made a return visit to “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” last night, performing “Generate! Generate!” off the new album for broadcast, but then treating the studio audience to a gorgeous, web-only performance of The Smiths’ classic “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.”

Video: 3/4 of R.E.M. plays '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville' at 40 Watt Club in Athens, Ga.

Video: 3/4 of R.E.M. plays ‘(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville’ at 40 Watt Club in Athens, Ga.

In what’s becoming a semi-regular occurrence, the former members of R.E.M. came within spitting distance of a full-blown reunion in Athens, Ga., tonight as Mike Mills and Bill Berry joined Peter Buck onstage at the 40 Watt Club to perform the band’s 1984 single “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville.”

Contest: Win a David Bowie 'The Next Day' 6-disc CD/DVD/10-inch vinyl prize pack

Contest: Win a David Bowie ‘The Next Day’ 6-disc CD/DVD/10-inch vinyl prize pack

To help celebrate the huge comeback this year from the legendary David Bowie — not to mention the recent reissue of his widely acclaimed current album The Next Day with five new songs and a pair of remixes added on — we’ve got a killer prize back to award to one very lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader in the U.S.

Killing Joke collects 'four hours of dub annihilation' on new 'Killing Joke in Dub' set

Killing Joke collects ‘four hours of dub annihilation’ on new ‘Killing Joke in Dub’ set

Killing Joke have launched a Pledge Music crowdsourcing campaign to fund its long-in-the-works compilation Killing Joke In Dub, a triple album of remixes that, in its deluxe incarnation, will come with a bonus 40-minute DJ mix, collecting, in the words of bassist and compiler Martin “Youth” Glover, “over four hours of dub annihilation.”