Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Athens PopFest video: Dead Milkmen do Pylon; full Bob Mould, Throwing Muses sets

Athens PopFest video: Dead Milkmen do Pylon; full Bob Mould, Throwing Muses sets

This past week, Bob Mould, Throwing Muses and Dead Milkmen headlined the 2011 Athens PopFest, and thanks to YouTube user MisterLettuce, we can share video of their full sets — plus what may just be the highlight, the Milkmen covering local heroes Pylon with that group’s lead singer.

Stream: Skinny Puppy, 'Village'  — first track released off upcoming 'hanDover' album

Stream: Skinny Puppy, ‘Village’ — first track released off upcoming ‘hanDover’ album

With their 11th album arriving next week, electro-industrial icons Skinny Puppy offer up the first taste of the record via a stream of the song ‘Village.’ The track, which premiered at RevolverMag.com last week, can be heard here.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 10/16/11

The playlist from Sunday night’s ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Skinny Puppy, The Smiths, Joe Strummer, Kate Bush, The March Violets, Death Cult, Kraftwerk and much more.

Video: New Order reunites in Brussels with Gillian Gilbert, without Peter Hook (setlist)

Video: New Order reunites in Brussels with Gillian Gilbert, without Peter Hook (setlist)

New Order reunited on stage tonight in Brussels for its first concert in five years, the first of two planned European charity gigs that find the dormant group performing without long-feuding bassist Peter Hook — but with keyboardist Gillian Gilbert for the first time in a decade. See video here.

Q&A: Joey Santiago on Pixies' 'Doolittle' tour, possible 'Surfer Rosa' shows, new album talk

Q&A: Joey Santiago on Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ tour, possible ‘Surfer Rosa’ shows, new album talk

Joey Santiago tells Slicing Up Eyeballs that the Pixies have discussed making a new record, but that notion remains in the ‘chit-chat phase.’ The guitarist, however, is all for it: ‘I’d like to give it a shot, just to see what we’d come out with. Certainly, we don’t have to put it out if it sucks.’

Stone Roses reunion: Buzz builds for reported announcement of shows, possible album

The buzz about a possible reunion of The Stone Roses built over the weekend, with no official denial from the band’s members and seeming confirmation from friends such as Shaun Ryder and Tim Burgess — plus fresh rumors that not only are the Roses mounting a series of concerts, but recording a new album as well.

New releases: Jane's Addiction, The Smiths, R.E.M., Robert Smith, PWEI, The Proclaimers

New releases: Jane’s Addiction, The Smiths, R.E.M., Robert Smith, PWEI, The Proclaimers

This week’s new releases include Jane’s Addiction’s new studio album (‘The Great Escape Artist’), the U.S. release of The Smiths’ ‘Complete’ box set, R.E.M.’s ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong’ digital single, The Japanese Popstars’ remix EP of the Robert Smith-assisted ‘Take Forever’ and reissues form Pop Will Eat Itself and The Proclaimers.