Recent Dark Wave Playlists

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.

Stream: Sample of Kate Bush’s reworked ‘Lily,’ off ‘Director’s Cut’ compilation

A week after revealing the tracklist to her forthcoming collection ‘Director’s Cut’ — featuring 10 retooled songs form 1989’s ‘The Sensual World’ and 1993’s ‘The Red Shoes’ — Kate Bush today dropped a sample of a second track off the album, ‘Lilly.’

New releases: Feelies, Meat Puppets return, plus a-ha's final concert on CD, DVD, Blu-ray

New releases: Feelies, Meat Puppets return, plus a-ha’s final concert on CD, DVD, Blu-ray

This week’s new releases include brand-new albums from veterans The Feelies (‘Here Before’) and Meat Puppets (‘Lollipop’), plus CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases celebrating a-ha’s final concert last December in Oslo, Norway.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 4/10/11 — hosted by skateboard legend Tony Hawk

Tonight’s “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured a rare guest host, in the form of skateboard legend Tony Hawk, who, prior going on the air, tweeted he would be ‘playing music us weirdos were listening to while you were at the bitchin’ kegger.’

Video: U2 plays 'Zooropa' in Sao Paulo, Brazil — first performance of song in 18 years

Video: U2 plays ‘Zooropa’ in Sao Paulo, Brazil — first performance of song in 18 years

At tonight’s U2 concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil, fans were treated to the first performance of “Zooropa” since 1993; it’s only the fourth time the band has ever performed the song live. Watch it right here.