Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Video: Dead Milkmen cover Fugazi's 'Waiting Room' — plus, West Coast gigs in May

Video: Dead Milkmen cover Fugazi’s ‘Waiting Room’ — plus, West Coast gigs in May

Having released their first album in 15 years last year, The Dead Milkmen continue to play live sporadically, and this week shared video of a performance in Washington, D.C., last month that saw the punk jokesters trot out a location-appropriate cover: Fugazi’s classic ‘Waiting Room.’

Video: The Wedding Present, 'You're Dead' — spot references to 29 Weddoes' songs/albums

Video: The Wedding Present, ‘You’re Dead’ — spot references to 29 Weddoes’ songs/albums

The Wedding Present this week released their eighth studio album ‘Valentina,’ and accompanying it is a new short film set to opening track ‘You’re Dead’ by director Nick Power. The 5:46-long clip reportedly features 29 different visual references to past Wedding Present songs and/or albums.

Video: Paul Weller, 'Green' — off 'Sonik Kicks'

Video: Paul Weller, ‘Green’ — off ‘Sonik Kicks’

Paul Weller this week released his brand-new solo record ‘Sonik Kicks’ in the U.K. (it’s out in the U.S. next week), and now comes the fourth video from the album, a potentially seizure-inducing montage of brightly colored images, words and computer graphics set to opening track ‘Green.’

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part IV’ 4-track EP

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part IV’ 4-track EP

The reunited Dead Can Dance this week released the fourth installment in its series of free, four-track digital EPs collecting live material recorded on the band’s 2005 tour. ‘Live Happenings — Part IV,’ which can be downloaded here, features in-concert recordings of ”I Can See Now,” “American Dreaming” “Sanvean” and “Rakim.”

Stream: Nick Cave's 'Grinderman 2 RMX'

Stream: Nick Cave’s ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’

Nick Cave will say goodbye to his garage-blues side project Grinderman with the release next week, in the U.K., of the 12-track remix album called ‘Grinderman 2 RMX,’ collecting new and previously released mixes of cuts from the band’s sophomore album by members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, UNKLE and Queens of the Stone Age.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 64, first aired 3/20/12

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs featured new music from The Wedding Present and Dexys, plus old favorites by the likes of Billy Bragg, Lightning Seeds, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Go Betweens, Howard Jones, Close Lobsters, Iggy Pop and Frank Black.