Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now’ out March 22 on CD, LP with up to 6 bonus tracks

Duran Duran finally will issue its new album ‘All You Need Is Now’ in physical formats — CD, vinyl and a CD/DVD “Deluxe Edition’ package — on March 22 in North America, with up to six new songs added to the original nine-song tracklist, depending on which format you buy.

Stream: Dum Dum Girls cover The Smiths' 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'

Stream: Dum Dum Girls cover The Smiths’ ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’

Next month, Los Angeles’ Dum Dum Girls — equal parts The Ronettes and The Jesus and Mary Chain — will follow up their 2010 Sub Pop debut with a four-track EP called He Gets Me High that includes a blissfully fuzzed-out cover of The Smiths high-water mark ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes’ Out.” T

Wax Trax! 'Retrospectacle': Front 242, Thrill Kill Kult, members of KMFDM, RevCo

Wax Trax! ‘Retrospectacle’: Front 242, Thrill Kill Kult, members of KMFDM, RevCo

Former members of KMFDM and Revolting Cocks will join Front 242 and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult this spring at the Wax Trax! Records Retrospectacle: 33⅓ Year Anniversary, a two-night multimedia concert in Chicago celebrating the legendary record store and industrial music label.

Linkage: Pixies say ‘there’s talk’ of new CD, plus ‘Dance Craze,’ Nick Lowe, Soundgarden

Today’s roundup of interesting web nuggets includes two members of the Pixies discussing a new album, the 30th anniversary of ‘Dance Craze,’ a new streaming song from Nick Lowe’s ‘Labour of Lust’ album and a word from Soundgarden.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 12, first aired 2/15/11

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music by Eleventh Dream Day and J Mascis, plus favorites old and new by Robyn Hitchcock, Red Flag, Tin Machine, The The, Prefab Sprout and more.

Video: OMD, 'History of Modern (Part I)'

Video: OMD, ‘History of Modern (Part I)’

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark today released the video for the third single off their 2010 album ‘History of Modern,’ a cool stop-motion/animated clip for ‘History of Modern (Part I)’ created by Sweden’s Lapantafilm, winner of a make-our-next-video contest hosted by the group.

Peter Murphy to release 'Ninth' album in June, finalizes 29-date U.S. tour this spring

Peter Murphy to release ‘Ninth’ album in June, finalizes 29-date U.S. tour this spring

Former Bauhaus leader Peter Murphy has set a June 7 release date for his ninth solo album — the aptly titled ‘Ninth,’ originally due out last fall — while also finalizing and formally announcing a 29-date U.S. tour this spring.