Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Video: Alison Moyet, 'When I Was Your Girl' — first single off new album 'the minutes'

Video: Alison Moyet, ‘When I Was Your Girl’ — first single off new album ‘the minutes’

Former Yazoo frontwoman Alison Moyet last month debuted the first material off her upcoming eight solo album the minutes, and now comes the official video for the first single, “When I Was Your Girl.” The U.S. version premiered today via USA Today (it’s been viewable in restricted form in other parts of the world since last week).

Stream: Big Country with Mike Peters, 'Hurt' — first single off upcoming 'The Journey'

Stream: Big Country with Mike Peters, ‘Hurt’ — first single off upcoming ‘The Journey’

The reconfigured Big Country — with The Alarm’s Mike Peters filling in for the late frontman Stuart Adamson and the recent addition of original Simple Minds bassist Derek Forbes — is due to release The Journey, the band’s first new album in 14 years, next month, and is previewing the disc with first single “Hurt.”

Record Store Day 2013: The Cure, R.E.M., PiL, Hüsker Dü, JAMC, Kate Bush, The Fall + more

Record Store Day 2013: The Cure, R.E.M., PiL, Hüsker Dü, JAMC, Kate Bush, The Fall + more

We’re now less than a month away from the 2013 edition of Record Store Day — it falls on April 20 this year — and now that the full U.S. and U.K. lists of exclusive releases are out, we’ve culled the title and put together this handy guide of highlights featuring releases likely to interest fans of ’80s college rock and alternative music.

Video: Pet Shop Boys cover Bruce Springsteen's 'The Last to Die' at 'Electric' tour debut

Video: Pet Shop Boys cover Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Last to Die’ at ‘Electric’ tour debut

Since surprising fans with the announcement earlier this month that they’ve got a new album set for release in June, the Pet Shop Boys haven’t said much about ‘Electric.’ On Friday, at the first concert on the band’s tour, however, the duo debuted two of the new tracks — including a Bruce Springsteen cover.

New releases: Depeche Mode, Wire, The House of Love, Edwyn Collins, Simple Minds

New releases: Depeche Mode, Wire, The House of Love, Edwyn Collins, Simple Minds

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Depeche Mode, Wire, The House of Love, Edwyn Collins, Crime & The City Solution and The Wonder Stuff, plus the U.S. release of The Waterboys’ 2011 record, new compilations from Simple Minds, Midge Ure and the Primitives, and Transvision Vamp reissues.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/24/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/24/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Nitzer Ebb, The Jesus and Mary Chain, UK Decay, Revolting Cocks, Single Gun Theory, Fields of the Nephilim, The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Pale Saints and much more.

The Week in Rock: March 17-23, 2013

The Week in Rock: March 17-23, 2013

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This week featured posts about Peter Murphy, Ian McCulloch, Depeche Mode, The Psychedelic Furs, Ramones, Simple Minds, Pixies, The Stranglers, The Smiths, Big Country, Robyn Hitchcock and more.