Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Haircut One Hundred reunites to play 1982 debut 'Pelican West' at London concert

Haircut One Hundred reunites to play 1982 debut ‘Pelican West’ at London concert

Haircut One Hundred will reunite once again later this month to perform its 1982 debut ‘Pelican West’ — home to hit singles ‘Love Plus One’ and ‘Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)’ — in its entirety for the first time ever at a one-off London concert.

Wire streams new album 'Red Barked Tree,' sets short North American tour in April

Wire streams new album ‘Red Barked Tree,’ sets short North American tour in April

Wire will embark on a short nine-date North American tour this April in support of their 12th studio album — the 11-track ‘Red Barked Tree’ — which is due out on Tuesday, although you can now stream the record in its entirety on NPR’s website.

Stream: Social Distortion, ‘California (Hustle & Flow)’ off ‘Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes’

Fans of Social Distortion today got another taste of the L.A. punk warriors’ forthcoming ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes’ this week with the premiere of the track ‘California (Hustle and Flow)’ on the L.A. Times’ Pop & Hiss blog.

Mike Watt to release 'Hyphenated-Man' in March, sets 51-date North American tour

Mike Watt to release ‘Hyphenated-Man’ in March, sets 51-date North American tour

Mike Watt will release his third punk opera in March — the 30-track, Minutemen-inspired ‘Hyphenated-Man’ — and then embark on a massive North American tour in which he and his band The Missingmen will play the album ’51 times in 52 days.’

Stream: R.E.M.’s ‘Oh My Heart,’ third new track off upcoming ‘Collapse Into Now’

R.E.M. has posted a ‘lyric video’ to the song ‘Oh My Heart,’ the third track off the forthcoming ‘Collapse Into Now’ to make its way onto the web in the last three weeks.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 6, first aired 1/4/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured music by The Smiths, Recoil, The Lucy Show, John Foxx, The Specials, Vision, Joe Strummer and more. Hear the replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

Mick Karn, of Japan and Dalis Car, 1958-2011

Mick Karn, of Japan and Dalis Car, 1958-2011

Mick Karn — who played bass in the acclaimed art-rock act Japan from the mid-’70s through the early ’80s and teamed up with Peter Murphy for the singer’s post-Bauhaus project Dalis Car — died today following a six-month battle with cancer. He was 52.