Recent Dark Wave Playlists

 Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 35, first aired 8/9/11

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 35, first aired 8/9/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured selections from The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Cure, Siousxie, The Replacements, The Human League, Mission of Burma and more.

Sony warehouse torched in London riots; Beggars, 4AD, Rough Trade records burn

Sony warehouse torched in London riots; Beggars, 4AD, Rough Trade records burn

The ongoing rioting in London struck a potentially devastating blow to the U.K.’s independent record labels last night when a 200,000-square-foot Sony DADC warehouse went up in flames, destroying countless records and CDs distributed by the PIAS Group on behalf of scores of indie labels including such famed imprints as Beggars Banquet, 4AD, Mute and Rough Trade.

Video: The Decemberists cover Sugar's 'If I Can't Change Your Mind' for The A.V. Club

Video: The Decemberists cover Sugar’s ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’ for The A.V. Club

Last week, Bob Mould ‘covered’ Sugar’s ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’ for The A.V. Club’s Undercover series. But before the song was crossed off the list, The Decemberists asked to do it, too. Watch that performance here.

Video: Big Audio Dynamite at Lollapalooza

Video: Big Audio Dynamite at Lollapalooza

Big Audio Dynamite rocked Lollapalooza over the weekend, and if you didn’t get a chance see Mick Jones and Co. on the live webcast — let alone attend the Chicago extravaganza — the festival has posted video of three songs from the band’s set.

Shriekback's 'Oil and Gold' to receive 2CD reissue with B-sides, mixes, live tracks

Shriekback’s ‘Oil and Gold’ to receive 2CD reissue with B-sides, mixes, live tracks

The celebrated third album from dancefloor-ready post-punk act Shriekback — 1985’s ‘Oil and Gold,’ featuring signature song ‘Nemesis’ — will be reissued next week in the band’s native U.K. as a 2CD set featuring a remastered edition of the original album and a bonus disc with 10 B-sides and live tracks,

New releases: The Motels' 'lost' album, plus Nick Heyward, Meat Puppets, Depeche Mode tribute

New releases: The Motels’ ‘lost’ album, plus Nick Heyward, Meat Puppets, Depeche Mode tribute

This week’s new releases include ‘Apocalypso,’ the “lost” third album from Martha Davis’ The Motels, plus a reissue of Haircut One Hundred leader Nick Heyward’s ‘Tangled,’ a new vinyl pressing of Meat Puppets’ ‘Up on the Sun’ and Alpha Matrix’s second Depeche Mode tribute.

Playlist: Sirius XM's 'Dark Wave,' 8/7/11 — guest-hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 8/7/11 — guest-hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs

Slicing Up Eyeballs guest-hosted tonight’s episode of ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave, and our hand-picked set featured Soft Cell, The The, Fields of the Nephilim, The Lucy Show, 1,000 Homo DJs, The Chameleons, Gary Numan, Dalis Car and much more.