Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Stream: Mission of Burma, 'Second Television' — 2nd track from 'Unsound'

Stream: Mission of Burma, ‘Second Television’ — 2nd track from ‘Unsound’

Mission of Burma are previewing their new album Unsound with a double A-side digital single that’s due out June 25, two weeks before the record arrives. We’ve already brought you a stream of one side, ‘Dust Devil,’ a Roger Miller-penned track. So here’s the flip side: Clint Conley’s ‘Second Television.’

Video: Hood Internet covers The Pretenders' 'Back on the Chain Gang' for The AV Club

Video: Hood Internet covers The Pretenders’ ‘Back on the Chain Gang’ for The AV Club

This week’s installment of The AV Club’s Undercover 2012 series finds mash-up stars The Hood Internet doing a number on The Pretenders’ 1982 single ‘Back on the Chain Gang,’ slowing it down and punching it up with samples of rappers Rick Ross and Gucci Mane.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 74, first aired 6/12/12

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs featured brand-new and previously unreleased music from The dB’s, Ian McCulloch and The Beat, plus old favorites from The Go-Betweens, The Stone Roses, Hoodoo Gurus, A Certain Ratio, The Mission, Rain Parade, Billy Bragg and more.

On eve of libel trial, NME apologizes to Morrissey: 'We do not believe he is a racist'

On eve of libel trial, NME apologizes to Morrissey: ‘We do not believe he is a racist’

With Morrissey’s libel case against the NME slated to go to trial in a month, the music weekly today apologized to the singer, writing, ‘We wish to make clear that we do not believe that he is a racist; we didn’t think we were saying he was and we apologise to Morrissey if he or anyone else misunderstood our piece in that way.’

Dinosaur Jr to release 'Bug: Live' on super-limited purple vinyl — watch animated trailer

Dinosaur Jr to release ‘Bug: Live’ on super-limited purple vinyl — watch animated trailer

Dinosaur Jr next month will follow up this spring’s release of the DVD and Blu-ray ‘Bug Live at 9:30 Club: In the Hands of the Fans’ with a super-limited, purple-vinyl pressing of that performance, recorded June 25, 2011,at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Check out the animated trailer by political cartoonist Scott Bateman.

Video: Robyn Hitchcock, 'Twitch 4 Sam Surfer' — part of 'Phantom 45s' series

Video: Robyn Hitchcock, ‘Twitch 4 Sam Surfer’ — part of ‘Phantom 45s’ series

Last month, we brought you downloads of two new Robyn Hitchcock songs — the latest in his ‘Phantom 45s’ series — plus a video for one of them, the KT Tunstall-featuring ‘There Goes the Ice.’ Now we can present the second clip, a pub-style hootenanny for the song ‘Twitch 4 Sam Surfer.’

The Stone Roses eyeing U.S. dates in 2013?

The Stone Roses eyeing U.S. dates in 2013?

Since announcing their reunion, The Stone Roses have booked dates across Europe and into the Far East, yet no official mention has been made of North American concerts. According to a fan at this weekend’s Barcelona tour kickoff, though, John Squire confirmed the Roses will play the U.S. ‘next year.’