Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Brian Eno to release new ambient album 'Lux' — part of 'Music for Thinking' series

Brian Eno to release new ambient album ‘Lux’ — part of ‘Music for Thinking’ series

Brian Eno will release his first solo album in seven years this fall, a 75-minute ambient composition titled Lux that Warp Records says “finds him expanding upon the types of themes and sonic textures that were present on such classic albums as Music For Films, Music For Airports and Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks.”

Video: Public Image Ltd. performs 'Reggie Song' on 'Later... with Jools Holland'

Video: Public Image Ltd. performs ‘Reggie Song’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

John Lydon’s reunited Public Image Ltd. took to the airwaves last night for the band’s first U.K. television performance in 20 years, appearing on BBC Two’s “Later… with Jools Holland” to play “Reggie Song,” the next single off the band’s comeback LP, This Is PiL — which you can watch right here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 89, first aired 9/25/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 89, first aired 9/25/12

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured brand-new and unreleased music from The Cure’s Robert Smith, Midnight Oil, R.E.M., Terry Bickers of The House of Love, The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg and Vince Clarke of Erasure, plus old favorites from The Lemonheads, Aztec Camera and Sad Lovers and Giants.

Stream: Robert Smith covers Sinatra standard 'Witchcraft' for 'Frankenweenie Unleashed!'

Stream: Robert Smith covers Sinatra standard ‘Witchcraft’ for ‘Frankenweenie Unleashed!’

Tim Burton’s latest stop-motion creation, “Frankenweenie,” doesn’t debut in theaters for another 10 days, but the companion album Frankenweenie Unleashed! came out today featuring a brand-new recording from The Cure’s Robert Smith: a woozy cover of the old Frank Sinatra standard “Witchcraft,” which you can stream here.

Video: The Dream Syndicate reunites for 30th anniversary concerts in Spain

On Friday night, Steve Wynn reconvened The Dream Syndicate for the first of four 30th anniversary reunion concerts in Spain, playing a 15-song set heavy on ‘The Days of Wine and Roses’ before a festival crowd in Barcelona. Not much video has yet emerged, but we’ve got a few clips posted.

Chris Lawhorn releasing 'Fugazi Edits' LP that samples every song in band's discography

Chris Lawhorn releasing ‘Fugazi Edits’ LP that samples every song in band’s discography

DJ and former punk drummer Chris Lawhorn next month will release a 22-track instrumental album titled ‘Fugazi Edits’ that, as its name suggests, is built on samples of every song released by the dormant post-hardcore band Fugazi over the course of its recording career, which spanned 1988 to 2001.

Madness to release new album 'Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da' — check out 7-minute sampler

Madness to release new album ‘Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da’ — check out 7-minute sampler

British ska-pop Madness recently announced they’ll release their 10th studio album — the cheekily titled ‘Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da’ — late next month, and, as Marco on the Bass points out, there’s now a seven-minute, full-album sampler on YouTube to whet fans’ appetites.