Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 5, first aired 12/28/10

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio celebrated the best new and reissued music of 2010, with tracks by Grinderman, The Jam, Depeche Mode, Hoodoo Gurus, The Cure, Concrete Blonde and more.

Video: Ramones' 'Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)' covered by Vetiver

Video: Ramones’ ‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)’ covered by Vetiver

The latest installment of the A.V. Club’s Undercover web-video series features the very folky Vetiver tackling the Ramones’ ’80s classic ‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight).’ Needless to say, it’s an entirely different take on the punk fa

Stream: Full early R.E.M. concert taped at Tyrone’s O.C. in Athens, Ga., in 1981

Public radio program Studio 360 is streaming a new piece on the inclusion of R.E.M.’s ‘Radio Free Europe’ in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry and a special bonus concert from the early ’80s recorded in Athens, Ga. Hear both here.

New releases: Shaun Ryder's new greatest hits set, 'XXX: 30 Years of Bellyaching'

New releases: Shaun Ryder’s new greatest hits set, ‘XXX: 30 Years of Bellyaching’

Not much coming out this week after Christmas, except for an import of the new Shaun Ryder best-of ‘XXX: 30 Years of Bellyaching,’ featuring tracks by Happy Mondays, Black Grape and Gorillaz.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 12/26/10

Highlights of tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave included a double shot of lesser-played Love and Rockets (‘An American Dream,’ ‘Sweet FA’) and Peter Murphy doing Iggy Pop ‘Fun Time’).

Free MP3: KMFDM's 'Rebels in Control' (DoS Mix) — supporting WikiLeaks, Julian Assange

Free MP3: KMFDM’s ‘Rebels in Control’ (DoS Mix) — supporting WikiLeaks, Julian Assange

KMFDM is offering up a free new song called ‘Rebels in Control’ in support of WikiLeaks and as a protest against the denial-of-service attacks mounted on services such as PayPal and MasterCard that were allowing supporters to contribute funds to the embattled organization.

Merry Christmas from Slicing Up Eyeballs