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Darker Waves festival: New Order, Tears For Fears, B-52s, Echo & The Bunnymen, Devo and more

Darker Waves festival: New Order, Tears For Fears, B-52s, Echo & The Bunnymen, Devo and more

New Order and Tears For Fears will headline the inaugural edition of the Darker Waves music festival this November in Southern California.

Photos: Love and Rockets opens its tour-ending 3-night stand in Los Angeles

Photos: Love and Rockets opens its tour-ending 3-night stand in Los Angeles

Music photographer Kevin Estrada captured David J, Kevin Haskins and Daniel Ash in action once again as Love and Rockets returned to Los Angeles.

Slowdive returns with new album, first single “Kisses” — and North American tour dates

Slowdive returns with new album, first single “Kisses” — and North American tour dates

Shoegaze titans Slowdive today announced they’ll release their fifth album, Everything Is Alive, this September and it’s preceded by first single “Kisses.”

Al Jourgensen threatens to record "metal arena-rock" versions of "With Sympathy" songs

Al Jourgensen threatens to record “metal arena-rock” versions of “With Sympathy” songs

Al Jourgensen has begun softening up on the subject of Ministry’s earliest work of late, and now is apparently ready to reclaim some of those songs, Taylor Swift-style.

Teresa Taylor, drummer for Butthole Surfers who appeared in film "Slacker," dies at 60

Teresa Taylor, drummer for Butthole Surfers who appeared in film “Slacker,” dies at 60

Teresa Taylor, who, as Teresa Nervosa, helped power experimental psych-rock maniacs Butthole Surfers through the 1980s as one of the band’s two drummers, has died.

Out this week: Lloyd Cole, Dream Syndicate, Swans, The Smiths, Midnight Oil, D.O.A., Bad Manners

Out this week: Lloyd Cole, Dream Syndicate, Swans, The Smiths, Midnight Oil, D.O.A., Bad Manners

This week’s releases include new albums from Lloyd Cole and Swans, plus reissues from The Dream Syndicate, Midnight Oil, D.O.A. and more.

Depeche Mode continues 12-inch series with "Sounds of the Universe" 7LP box set

Depeche Mode continues 12-inch series with “Sounds of the Universe” 7LP box set

Depeche Mode continues its series of deluxe box sets collecting 12-inches for each album with a new collection centered around 2009’s Sounds of the Universe.

"The Complete Fun Boy Three" collects 69 tracks on 5 CDs, plus DVD of videos and more

“The Complete Fun Boy Three” collects 69 tracks on 5 CDs, plus DVD of videos and more

The output of Fun Boy Three — formed by Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple after they left The Specials — will be collected in a new 5CD/DVD box set.

Out this week: The Alarm, Pet Shop Boys, The Flaming Lips, And Also the Trees

Out this week: The Alarm, Pet Shop Boys, The Flaming Lips, And Also the Trees

This week sees the release of a new album by The Alarm, a Pet Shop Boys complication, a Flaming Lips rarities set, and an And Also the Trees reissue.

Modern English's Robbie Grey, Mick Conroy to co-host Sunday's "Dark Wave" on Sirius XM

Modern English’s Robbie Grey, Mick Conroy to co-host Sunday’s “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM

Modern English singer Robbie Grey and bassist Mick Conroy will join Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian to co-host Sunday night’s episode of “Dark Wave.”

Pixies to play "Bossanova" and "Trompe Le Monde" in five European cities in 2024

Pixies to play “Bossanova” and “Trompe Le Monde” in five European cities in 2024

The Pixies are about to begin the second leg of their massive, three-part North American tour, but they’re already looking ahead to 2024.

Out this week: Love and Rockets, Josef K, Dead Milkmen, Tears For Fears, Chameleons

Out this week: Love and Rockets, Josef K, Dead Milkmen, Tears For Fears, Chameleons

This week sees the release of an archival Love and Rockets albums and two reissues, a new album by The Dead Milkmen, and reissues of Tears For Fears, Josef K and more.

Watch: Noel Gallagher covers Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" with BBC orchestra

Watch: Noel Gallagher covers Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” with BBC orchestra

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds stopped by Maida Vale Studios this past week to play a three-song set for the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room series.