Recent Dark Wave Playlists

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.

Reminder: Slicing Up Eyeballs guest-hosts 'Dark Wave' on Sirius XM's 1st Wave tonight

Reminder: Slicing Up Eyeballs guest-hosts ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave tonight

If you’re a satellite radio subscriber, be sure to tune in to tonight’s of “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s classic-alternative station 1st Wave — Slicing Up Eyeballs is filling in for regular host Swedish Egil, and has hand-picked three hours of dark-wave, industrial, post-punk and other moody music.

Peter Murphy rolls out 20-date tour of U.K., Europe this fall in support of 'Ninth'

Peter Murphy rolls out 20-date tour of U.K., Europe this fall in support of ‘Ninth’

After an extensive U.S. trek this spring and a second round of well-timed CD-release performances in June, Peter Murphy will take his tour in support of new album ‘Ninth’ across Europe in October — a 20-date campaign that includes five shows in the U.K. and four in Germany.

Erasure reveals cover art, final tracklist for 'Tomorrow's World' — due in October

Erasure reveals cover art, final tracklist for ‘Tomorrow’s World’ — due in October

Erasure today unveiled the artwork and tracklist for its first new album in four years, the nine-song ‘Tomorrow’s World’ — which, when it’s released this fall, also will come in a special deluxe edition with a second CD loaded with as-yet-undisclosed “remixes, demos and a bonus track.”

Dinosaur Jr to reissue 'Dinosaur,' 'You're Living All Over Me,' 'Bug' on vinyl

Dinosaur Jr to reissue ‘Dinosaur,’ ‘You’re Living All Over Me,’ ‘Bug’ on vinyl

Following this summer’s cassette-only reissue of ‘Bug,’ the reunited Dinosaur Jr this fall will re-release that 1988 album along with the band’s first two records — 1985’s ‘Dinosaur’ and 1987’s ‘You’re Living All Over Me’ — on vinyl this fall, the trio’s current label, Jagjaguwar, announced this week.