Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Video: Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle, John Grant cover Morrissey’s ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’

As we gear up for the release of yet another Morrissey compilation CD — and a single backed by some unreleased B-sides —here’s a look at one of the The Smiths frontman’s greatest compositions: ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday,’ as performed in Sweden this past January by former Grandaddy leader Jason Lytle and John Grant.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 19, first aired 4/12/11

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Jane’s Addiction, Kate Bush and INXS, plus favorites both old and new from Killing Joke, Nitzer Ebb, Havana 3 a.m., The Sugarcubes and Johnny Marr + The Healers.

Stream: Peter Murphy's 40-minute interview, live set on Pittsburgh's 91.3 FM WYEP

Stream: Peter Murphy’s 40-minute interview, live set on Pittsburgh’s 91.3 FM WYEP

Last week, as Peter Murphy’s just-completed U.S. tour made its way through Pittsburgh, the former Bauhaus frontman dropped by the studios of 91.3 FM WYEP for a nearly 40-minute on-air interview and live acoustic performance — which can be streamed in its entirety.

The The to release 'Moonbug' score

The The to release ‘Moonbug’ score

Just a year after releasing the first new The The album in a decade — the soundtrack to the serial-killer film ‘Tony’ — bandleader Matt Johnson is readying a second new film score, this time for the documentary ‘Moonbug,’ about a photographer’s journey to document America’s space pioneers.

Linkage: The Cure covers Paul McCartney; plus Johnny Marr, The Untouchables, Wax Trax

Linkage: The Cure covers Paul McCartney; plus Johnny Marr, The Untouchables, Wax Trax

This round of tidbits includes stories about The Cure covering Paul McCartney for a new tribute, Johnny Marr quitting The Cribs, the history of The Untouchables’ 1985 album ‘Wild Child’ and rock critic Greg Kot’s 10 favorite Wax Trax! releases.

Stream: Depeche Mode, 'Personal Jesus (The Stargate Mix),' off 'Remixes 2: 81-11'

Stream: Depeche Mode, ‘Personal Jesus (The Stargate Mix),’ off ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’

For the third straight Monday, Depeche Mode has dropped a new track off its upcoming remix compilation — ‘Remixes 2: 81-11,’ featuring contributions from former members Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder, and due June 7.

Record Store Day 2011: R.E.M., The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Kate Bush, New Order

Record Store Day 2011: R.E.M., The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Kate Bush, New Order

There’s less than a week left before that holiest of holy days for vinyl junkies: Record Store Day 2011, which, this year, will see special releases in the U.S. and the U.K. by R.E.M., The Smiths, New Order and Joy Division, Kate Bush, Sonic Youth and many more.