Recent Dark Wave Playlists

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall bumps into future host Matt Pinfield — 9/22/91

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall bumps into future host Matt Pinfield — 9/22/91

This week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind is short and sweet, but it’s a great historical footnote for fans of the MTV Sunday night classic. As you can see in this segment, host Dave Kendall is broadcasting from a Robyn Hitchcock show in New York when he asks a fan in the crowd whether he’s looking forward to the gig.

Video: Dinosaur Jr live in Portland during MusicfestNW — watch full 30-minute set

Video: Dinosaur Jr live in Portland during MusicfestNW — watch full 30-minute set

Another great piece of video from Seattle’s KEXP this week: This time it’s a half-hour set from Dinosaur Jr recorded at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 8 during MusicfestNW. As you can see from the setlist, the trio blasts its way through five classic tracks, culminating in a run through Green Mind opener “The Wagon.”

The Replacements reunite to record vinyl-only covers EP, new album 'possible'

The Replacements reunite to record vinyl-only covers EP, new album ‘possible’

The Replacements — namely Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson — have reunited to record four cover songs for an ultra-limited, vinyl-only EP that will be auctioned off later this year to raise money to help pay for the medical expenses of former bandmate Slim Dunlap, who suffered a debilitating stroke earlier this year

Simple Minds detail ‘5X5 Live' album featuring songs originally recorded from 1979-1982

Simple Minds detail ‘5X5 Live’ album featuring songs originally recorded from 1979-1982

Simple Minds last week announced plans to release a double-CD live album culled from this year’s “5×5 Live” tour of Europe, and now comes the full tracklist, which, keeping with the tour’s concept, draws five songs apiece off of each of the band’s first five albums. Check out the full tracklist.

Video: Morrissey covers Frankie Valli, plays 'You Have Killed Me' on Jimmy Fallon

Video: Morrissey covers Frankie Valli, plays ‘You Have Killed Me’ on Jimmy Fallon

Morrissey appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday night in advance of the opening of his U.S. tour, performing a cover of Frankie Valli’s 1967 single “To Give (The Reason I Live)” for broadcast, and then sticking around to play “You Have Killed Me” as a web-only clip.

Slicing Up Eyeballs tapped as new host of Sirius XM's weekly 'Dark Wave' show

Slicing Up Eyeballs tapped as new host of Sirius XM’s weekly ‘Dark Wave’ show

We’ve got some big news today on the radio front: Slicing Up Eyeballs — that is, yours truly, site founder/editor Matt Sebastian — has been asked to host “Dark Wave,” the Sunday night show that explores the “darker side of alternative” on satellite-radio network Sirius XM’s classic-alternative station 1st Wave.

Milestones: Sinead O’Connor tore up pope’s photo on ‘SNL’ 20 years ago tonight

Milestones: Sinead O’Connor tore up pope’s photo on ‘SNL’ 20 years ago tonight

Exactly 20 years ago tonight, Sinead O’Connor largely derailed what had been a promising career when she appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and, in the most infamous of her many controversial acts, tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II while urging viewers to “fight the real enemy.”