Recent Dark Wave Playlists

U2 preps 'Achtung Baby,' 'Zooropa' reissues for expanded ZOO TV-era box set this fall

U2 preps ‘Achtung Baby,’ ‘Zooropa’ reissues for expanded ZOO TV-era box set this fall

U2 finally is set to release its long-expected reissue of 1991’s ‘Achtung Baby’ later this year paired with a re-released edition of the band’s 1993 companion album ‘Zooropa’ in a combined ZOO TV-era box set, Rolling Stone reports.

Video: Erasure plays 'My Heart... So Blue' in 1986 — off 'Wonderland' reissue (unreleased)

Video: Erasure plays ‘My Heart… So Blue’ in 1986 — off ‘Wonderland’ reissue (unreleased)

To preview its upcoming expanded reissue of 1986’s ‘Wonderland,’ Erasure has posted a live video of the duo performing ‘My Heart… So Blue’ from the set’s bonus DVD, which features a previously unreleased concert filmed in Sweden in 1986.

Video: Weezer's cover of The Cars' 'You Might Think' — from 'Cars 2' soundtrack

Video: Weezer’s cover of The Cars’ ‘You Might Think’ — from ‘Cars 2’ soundtrack

With the film opening Friday, Weezer today debuted a video for its (quite faithful) cover of The Cars’ 1984 hit ‘You Might Think,’ which appears on the soundtrack to the Disney/Pixar soon-to-be-smash ‘Cars 2.’

Video: Bad Religion plays 'Wrong Way Kids,' 'Generator' on 'Guitar Center Sessions'

Video: Bad Religion plays ‘Wrong Way Kids,’ ‘Generator’ on ‘Guitar Center Sessions’

The latest episode of DirecTV’s performance and Q&A show ‘Guitar Center Sessions’ spotlights West Coast punk survivors Bad Religion — and you can you can preview the installment with video of the band performing ‘Wrong Way Kids’ off last year’s ‘The Dissent of Man’ and the title track to 1992’s ‘Generator.’

Nirvana's 'Nevermind' to receive 4CD/1DVD 20th anniversary reissue this fall

Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ to receive 4CD/1DVD 20th anniversary reissue this fall

Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ — the album that closed the door on the college-rock era and shot so-called alternative music straight into the mainstream — will receive a mammoth 4CD/1DVD 20th anniversary reissue featuring unreleased tracks, BBC recordings, B-sides and a full concert on DVD.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 28, first aired 6/21/11

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Morrissey, a fresh live cut from Echo & The Bunnymen, old faves by INXS, Gene Loves Jezebel and Violent Femmes — plus The Afghan Whigs covering The Clash and The Cure covering Depeche Mode.

Video: Peter Murphy, 'I Spit Roses'

Video: Peter Murphy, ‘I Spit Roses’

The new video for ‘I Spit Roses’ by director Justin Coloma finds Peter Murphy — who’s done time as and-screen vampire — made up like some sort of pirate as he makes his way through the nautically themed story.