Recent Dark Wave Playlists

MBV Watch: My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless,’ ‘Isn’t Anything’ reissues pushed to September

MBV Watch: My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless,’ ‘Isn’t Anything’ reissues pushed to September

In our last installment of MBV Watch, we reported a new May release date for the long-rumored, near-mythical reissues of My Bloody Valentine’s two albums: 1988’s ‘Isn’t Anything’ and 1991’s ‘Loveless.’ Now they’ve been bumped to September.

Free MP3: Thurston Moore, 'Circulation'

Free MP3: Thurston Moore, ‘Circulation’

With three week left before Thurston Moore’s new solo album, ‘Demolished Thoughts,’ arrives, the folks at Matador Records are offering a second free MP3 from the Sonic Youth frontman’s record.

The Cure playing first 3 albums in Sydney with ex-members Lol Tolhurst, Roger O'Donnell

The Cure playing first 3 albums in Sydney with ex-members Lol Tolhurst, Roger O’Donnell

Ousted keyboardist Lol Tolhurst will rejoin The Cure after 22 years to help perform the band’s first three albums — 1979’s ‘Three Imaginary Boys,’ 1980’s ‘Seventeen Seconds’ and 1981’s ‘Faith’ — in their entirety on May 31 and June 1 at the Vivid Live Festival at Australia’s famed Sydney Opera House.

Milestones: Ian McCulloch is 52 today; watch full Echo & The Bunnymen show from 1984

To commemorate Ian McCulloch’s 52nd birthday today, here’s a full, 53-minute Echo & The Bunnymen live performance filmed in Madrid and broadcast on Spanish TV on Sept. 4, 1984.

Stream: Peter Murphy, ‘I Spit Roses’ — new single inspired by Bauhaus break-up

Back in March, we brought you a stream of ‘I Spit Roses,’ the first new single in more than six years from Peter Murphy.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 5/1/11

The playlist from Sunday night’s ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly Sunday night ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — features tracks by Cocteau Twins, The Sisters of Mercy, Boshoi, Kate Bush, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, New Order and more.

Video: Human League's 'Don't You Want Me' covered by Rocky Votolato, Matt Pond PA

Video: Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’ covered by Rocky Votolato, Matt Pond PA

The latest installment of the AV Club’s ‘Undercover’ series finds Rocky Votolato and the members of Matt Pond PA doing a stripped-down take on The Human League’s 1981 synthpop classic ‘Don’t You Want Me.’ Check out the video here.