Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Video: Jane's Addiction, 'End to the Lies'

Video: Jane’s Addiction, ‘End to the Lies’

Last week, Jane’s Addiction debuted the first video from its forthcoming album ‘The Great Escape Artist,’ a somewhat NSFW clip (there’s a naked lady!) for the track ‘End to the Lies’ that was directed by ShadowMachine Films.

Contest: Win Depeche Mode 'Remixes 2: 81-11' 6LP deluxe vinyl, 3CD editions

Contest: Win Depeche Mode ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ 6LP deluxe vinyl, 3CD editions

The fine folks at Rhino Records have provided us with a copy of the super-limited 6LP deluxe vinyl edition of Depeche Mode’s forthcoming ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ set to award to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader — and copies of the 3CD version for five runners up.

Help fund 'Just Gimme Indie Rock! The Story of an Underground Uprising' documentary

Help fund ‘Just Gimme Indie Rock! The Story of an Underground Uprising’ documentary

Filmmaker Brad Katz is appealing to music fans to help fund his documentary ‘Just Gimme Indie Rock! The Story of an Underground Uprising,’ a film project he describes as ‘an epic trilogy that spans a generation’ — tracing the rise of the independent label scene in the early ’80s through the alternative explosion of the ’90s and into indie resurgence of the 2000s.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 25, first aired 5/31/11

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured two new Depeche Mode remixes, new live tracks from Primal Scream and Marshall Crenshaw, plus old favorites by The Mission, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Sugar, Dinosaur Jr and Echo & The Bunnymen.

Video: The Cure plays 44-song ‘Reflections’ concert with Lol Tolhurst, Roger O’Donnell

The Cure has just wrapped up a 44-song, nearly four-hour performance at Australia’s famed Sydney Opera House — a concert that found Robert Smith & Co. running through the band’s first three albums in their entirety and reuniting with former keyboardists Lol Tolhurst and Roger O’Donnell.

Contest: Win a copy of Primal Scream's 'Screamadelica Live' CD/DVD

Contest: Win a copy of Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica Live’ CD/DVD

To celebrate the release today of Primal Scream’s CD/DVD set ‘Screamadelica Live’ — filmed/recorded last fall during a performance of the band’s landmark 1991 album ‘Screamadelica’ in London — the folks at Universal Music have given us three copies to award to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

New releases: Primal Scream, David Byrne, Peter Hook, Blondie, Elvis Costello

New releases: Primal Scream, David Byrne, Peter Hook, Blondie, Elvis Costello

This week’s new releases include concert DVDs/Blu-rays from Primal Scream and David Byrne; a live album of Peter Hook performing ‘Unknown Pleasures’; a reissue of Elvis Costello’s ‘Get Happy!!’ on audiophile vinyl; and the U.S. CD release of Kate Bush’s ‘Director’s Cut.’