Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Cover art for 'Very Best of Morrissey' comp, new 'Glamorous Glue' single revealed

Cover art for ‘Very Best of Morrissey’ comp, new ‘Glamorous Glue’ single revealed

As we reported last month, Morrissey is poised to release yet another compilation this spring — the 18-track ‘The Very Best of Morrissey,’ due out April 25 — and today we get a first glimpse at the cover art.

'Color Me Obsessed,' documentary about The Replacements, premiering at Florida film fest

‘Color Me Obsessed,’ documentary about The Replacements, premiering at Florida film fest

The long-in-the-works documentary about The Replacements and their rabid fans — a film dubbed, appropriately, ‘Color Me Obsessed’ — finally is finished and will make its world premiere later this month at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Fla.

Free MP3: Eleventh Dream Day, ‘Satellite’

To help promote ‘Riot Now!,’ the upcoming 10th studio album from Chicago’s Eleventh Dream Day, indie mainstay Thrill Jockey Records is offering up a free download of the track ‘Satellite.’

Milestones: Robyn Hitchcock is 58 today; watch the Egyptians on 2Hip4TV in 1988

Today is oddball troubadour Robyn Hitchcock’s birthday — he’s 58 — and to mark the occasion, we dug up a pair of rare clips on YouTube featuring The Egyptians performing on something called ‘2Hip4TV’ in 1988.

Video: Gang of Four, ‘It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good,’ off 2011’s ‘Content’

Gang of Four today unveiled the second music video filmed for its new album ‘Content’: a moody, live performance clip for the slow-burner ‘It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good.’ Watch it here.

Free MP3: Meat Puppets, 'Damn Thing'

Free MP3: Meat Puppets, ‘Damn Thing’

The Meat Puppets today offered the first taste of their upcoming 13th studio album, ‘Lollipop,’ in the form of a free MP3 of the track ‘Damn Thing'” via RollingStone.com.

Stream the Godfathers’ four-song live set and on-air interview at KDHX in St. Louis

When The Godfathers hit Chicago last week on their first U.S. tour in 20 years, the band stopped by radio station KDHX to record an in-studio session. Hear the four-song set and a 15-minute interview here.