Recent Dark Wave Playlists

New releases: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, plus reissues from The Names, R.E.M., INXS

New releases: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, plus reissues from The Names, R.E.M., INXS

This week’s new releases include the U.S. release of the Bryan Ferry Orchestra’s ‘The Jazz Age,’ plus reissues of the debut from The Names, a two-for-one package by INXS combining ‘Shabooh Shoobah’ and ‘The Swing’ on one CD, and a five-disc box set from R.E.M. collecting all five post-Bill Berry albums.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/10/13)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/10/13)

Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured brand-new My Bloody Valentine, plus Echo & The Bunnymen, The Bolshoi, John Foxx, Ultravox, The Cure, Christian Death, The Teardrop Explodes, Alien Sex Fiend and much more.

Video: Beck performs David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' with 160-piece orchestra

Video: Beck performs David Bowie’s ‘Sound and Vision’ with 160-piece orchestra

The Lincoln car company this afternoon released its heavily promoted video of Beck performing David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision” with a gigantic, 160-piece orchestra in a 360-degree setting, part of the automaker’s new “Hello, Again” series that finds artists reinterpreting old works. Check it out.

The Week in Rock: Feb. 3-9, 2013

The Week in Rock: Feb. 3-9, 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 Simple Minds, Morrissey, Meat Puppets, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, New Order, Fine Young Cannibals, XTC, The Fall, The Breeders, OMD and Gibby Haynes,

Still ill: Morrissey postpones 5 more concerts as doctors order 2 more weeks rest

Still ill: Morrissey postpones 5 more concerts as doctors order 2 more weeks rest

Saying he’s been ordered to rest for two more weeks, an ailing Morrissey tonight canceled five more concerts — all in Texas — on his troubled North American tour as the former Smiths frontman continues to undergo treatment for a bleeding ulcer and Barrett’s esophagus, according to his official Facebook page.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: ‘120 X-Ray' on Mark E. Smith and The Fall with Kevin Seal — 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: ‘120 X-Ray’ on Mark E. Smith and The Fall with Kevin Seal — 1987

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we’ve selected a “120 X Ray” segment The Fall that aired on a 1987 episode around the time of the release of The “Domesday Pay-Off” Triad-Plus!, aka the U.S. version of Bend Sinister. The clip doesn’t feature any interviews, but does feature the video for “There’s a Ghost in My House.”

Full-album stream: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 'Push the Sky Away'

Full-album stream: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, ‘Push the Sky Away’

We’re still 10 days out from the release of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ 15th studio album ‘Push the Sky Away,’ but the band this morning debuted the full record via streams at NPR in the U.S. and The Guardian in the U.K.; here you can listen to the full 43-minute work courtesy of the NPR stream.