Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Vintage Video: Depeche Mode ended European leg of Devotional Tour 20 years ago today

Vintage Video: Depeche Mode ended European leg of Devotional Tour 20 years ago today

To mark the occasion, Depeche Mode has debuted a new Archives Special on its website, a 5 1/2-minute reel compiled by webmaster Daniel Barassi that features rare performance footage of “Policy of Truth” from that July 31, 1993, concert, plus clips of “120 Minutes” host Lewis Largent interviewing each member of the band.

Kitchens of Distinction to release 'Folly' — first album in 19 years — on Sept. 30

Kitchens of Distinction to release ‘Folly’ — first album in 19 years — on Sept. 30

Kitchens of Distinction today revealed the title (Folly), artwork and tracklist of its first new studio album in 19 years — the band ‘s fifth overall and first since 1994′s Cowboys and Aliens — which is due out Sept. 30 and is now available for pre-order from 3 Loop Music in a variety of CD, LP and digital packages.

LIVE: Lollapalooza webcast featuring The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and more — full schedule

LIVE: Lollapalooza webcast featuring The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and more — full schedule

Can’t make it to Chicago this weekend for Lollapalooza? Don’t worry, you can still see the three-day festival — well part of it, anyway — thanks to weekend-long livestream of the event, which will feature webcasts of performances by The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and more.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 129, aired 7/30/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 129, aired 7/30/13

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured music by Let’s Active, Ramones, Echo & The Bunnymen, Johnny Marr, Joe Jackson, Kate Bush, XTC, Grant Hart, The Cure, Crowded House, The B-52s, Elvis Costello and The Roots, Pop Will Eat Itself and more.

Nirvana's 'In Utero' box set to feature 70 'remastered, remixed, rare, unreleased, live' tracks

Nirvana’s ‘In Utero’ box set to feature 70 ‘remastered, remixed, rare, unreleased, live’ tracks

Universal Music today announced that the forthcoming 20th anniversary reissue of Nirvana’s third and final album, 1993’s In Utero, will be released in multiple formats on Sept. 24, including a 3CD/1DVD “Super Deluxe Edition” box set that will feature more than 70 “remastered, remixed, rare, unreleased and live recordings.”

Modern English announces short tour along East Coast of U.S. this August

Modern English announces short tour along East Coast of U.S. this August

Reunited post-punk/New Wave rockers Modern English — original members Robbie Grey (vocals), Gary McDowell (guitar), Mick Conroy (bass) and Stephen Walker (keyboards), plus guitarist Steven Walker and drummer Ric Chandler — have announced a nine-date tour of the East Coast for late August.

The Cure to perform in Mexico between Austin City Limits appearances this October

The Cure to perform in Mexico between Austin City Limits appearances this October

The Cure will return to Mexico — site of the band’s epic 4-hour, 50-song performance in an earthquake-rattled stadium on Robert Smith’s birthday this past April — for an arena concert in Monterrey on Oct. 8, the first date to emerge between the band’s headlining slots at the two-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival.