Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Erasure to release 'Complete Tomorrow's World' box set with videos, unreleased mixes

Erasure to release ‘Complete Tomorrow’s World’ box set with videos, unreleased mixes

Erasure on Friday will announced and put on sale a limited-edition collectors’ box set called ‘The Complete Tomorrow’s World,’ a release that caps off the promotion cycle of the band’s 2011 album by collecting commercially unavailable tracks and mixes, plus all of the promotional videos made for the record’s singles.

Ryan Adams producing Lemonheads reunion album that goes 'back to the punker sounds'

Ryan Adams producing Lemonheads reunion album that goes ‘back to the punker sounds’

Alt-country rocker Ryan Adams took to Twitter tonight to announce he’s producing — and playing drums on — a new album by The Lemonheads, with not only Juliana Hatfield returning to play bass, but with Evan Dando being joined by the band’s co-founder and original co-songwriter, Ben Deily of Varsity Drag, who left in 1989.

Video: Adam Ant opens first U.S. tour in 16 years with Los Angeles concert (Setlist)

Video: Adam Ant opens first U.S. tour in 16 years with Los Angeles concert (Setlist)

Fans had to wait an extra seven months after his February tour was rescheduled, but Adam Ant finally opened his first U.S. tour in 16 years last week, performing a hit-filled, 28-song set at Los Angeles’ Mayan Theatre on Thursday night. We’ve lined up 18 clips from the show for your viewing pleasure.

Bernard Sumner: New Order to begin work on 'electronic synth album' early next year

Bernard Sumner: New Order to begin work on ‘electronic synth album’ early next year

Bernard Sumner previously has hinted that New Order — which reunited last year without bassist Peter Hook — may write new music, but now he’s talking about it in detail for the first time, telling interviewers that the band will meet early next year to begin writing new material with an eye on making an ‘electronic synth album.’

Video: Tom Tom Club, 'Downtown Rockers' — with Debbie Harry, Richard Hell cameos

Video: Tom Tom Club, ‘Downtown Rockers’ — with Debbie Harry, Richard Hell cameos

Talking Heads spinoff Tom Tom Club — husband-and-wife rhythm section Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz — today premiered the music video for “Downtown Rockers,” the title track of their just-released new EP, the duo’s first new release in a dozen years. The video features cameos from Debbie Harry and Richard Hell.

New releases: Dinosaur Jr, Ian McCulloch, Aztec Camera, Aimee Mann, Paul Weller

New releases: Dinosaur Jr, Ian McCulloch, Aztec Camera, Aimee Mann, Paul Weller

This week’s new releases include brand-new albums from Dinosaur Jr (‘I Bet on Sky’) and Aimee Mann (‘Charmer’), plus expanded reissues of multiple titles from Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch and Aztec Camera, and a special U.S.-only 7-inch single from Paul Weller.

Playlist: Sirius XM's 'Dark Wave,' 9/16/12

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 9/16/12

The playlist from tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Teardrop Explodes, Death Cult, Camouflage, The Cure, PiL and much more. “Dark Wave,” hosted by Swedish Egil, airs Sundays from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern.