Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 44, first aired 10/25/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from R.E.M., Skinny Puppy, The dB’s and Jane’s Addiction, plus old favorites by The Cure, Violent Femmes, Pop Will Eat Itself and the reunited Stone Roses. Replay at 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday.

Stream: Full U2 'Achtung Baby' tribute album  'AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered' from Q magazine

Stream: Full U2 ‘Achtung Baby’ tribute album ‘AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered’ from Q magazine

A few tracks from Q magazine’s tribute to U2′s ‘Achtung Baby’ dribbled out in advance of the issue’s arrival this week, but we’re now finally able to present the full set — featuring Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Jack White, The Killers, Garbage and U2 itself (in remixed form) — thanks to YouTube uploader ToneNoir.

Video: 'John Peel: Turn That Racket Down' — hour-long documentary on legendary DJ

Video: ‘John Peel: Turn That Racket Down’ — hour-long documentary on legendary DJ

In honor of John Peel Day — during which we honor the legendary U.K. DJ/tastemaker on the anniversary of his passing — we present this hour-long documentary, ‘Turn That Racket Down,’ about the life and influence of John Peel that aired on the British television in the late 1990s.

'Manchester Connection': The Smiths, New Order, Stone Roses featured in poster show

‘Manchester Connection’: The Smiths, New Order, Stone Roses featured in poster show

Posters and album art by some of Manchester’s most iconic musical acts — including The Smiths, Morrissey, Joy Division, New Order, The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays — will go on display, and up for sale, at exhibition called ‘The Manchester Connection 1976-1992’ at a London gallery next month.

Video: Jane's Addiction plays 'Underground' on 'Late Show with David Letterman'

Video: Jane’s Addiction plays ‘Underground’ on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’

With their fourth album, ‘The Great Escape Artist,’ arriving in stores today, Jane’s Addiction — Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and Chris Chaney — hit the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ last night to deliver the record’s opening track, ‘Underground.’

Video: Watch U2's 'From the Sky Down' — documentary about making ‘Achtung Baby’

Video: Watch U2’s ‘From the Sky Down’ — documentary about making ‘Achtung Baby’

For U.S. fans, the U2 documentary ‘From the Sky Down’ doesn’t premiere until this coming weekend — it’s on Showtime on Saturday night — but since it already aired in the U.K., intrepid fans like u2opia100 have uploaded the 84-minute documentary about the making of ‘Achtung Baby’ to YouTube.

Contest: Win a Jane's Addiction 'The Great Escape Artist' signed guitar — and new CD

Contest: Win a Jane’s Addiction ‘The Great Escape Artist’ signed guitar — and new CD

To celebrate the release of ‘The Great Escape Artist,’ alt-rock pioneers Jane’s Addiction have teamed up with Slicing Up Eyeballs to give away a Paul Reed Smith SE Custom 24 guitar signed by Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, and bassist Chris Chaney.