Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 10/17/10

Notable spins on tonight’s installment of ‘Dark Wave’ include not one but two cuts off The Teardrop Explodes just-reissued 1980 debut ‘Kilimanjaro,’ a track from Bauhaus’ 2008 reunion album ‘Go Away White’ and a lesser-played Yazoo album cut.

Download: Alan Wilder's Recoil offers free 'Want: The Architect Mixes' digital EP

Download: Alan Wilder’s Recoil offers free ‘Want: The Architect Mixes’ digital EP

With his North American tour now underway, former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder today offered up a free Recoil multimedia EP — ‘Want: The Architect Mixes’ — that fans can download from Mute Records in exchange for a name and e-mail address.

Video: Bassist Eric Avery calls Jane's Addiction reunion 'complicated emotional experience'

Video: Bassist Eric Avery calls Jane’s Addiction reunion ‘complicated emotional experience’

Bassist Eric Avery, who has now twice quit Jane’s Addiction, has decided to open up for the first time about his experience on last year’s reunion tour by submitting to a series of video interviews conducted by long-running fan site Xiola.org.

Milestones: Bob Mould is 50 today; watch Sugar play 'Helpless' on BBC's 'Late Show'

Milestones: Bob Mould is 50 today; watch Sugar play ‘Helpless’ on BBC’s ‘Late Show’

Bob Mould’s turning 50 today, so to celebrate, here’s a clip of Sugar — whose debut, ‘Copper Blue,’ is arguably the former Husker Du leader’s finest moment — playing ‘Helpless’ on the BBC in 1993.

The Cars debut video clip of 'Blue Tip,' first new song since 1987, on Facebook

The Cars debut video clip of ‘Blue Tip,’ first new song since 1987, on Facebook

The surviving members of The Cars revealed their reunion this past summer by simply posting a photo of the band in the studio on Facebook; now they follow that up with the first musical proof they’re back together: a 1:13-long video clip of the new song ‘Blue Tip.’

Download: Wire's 'Two Minutes,' first track from new album 'Red Barked Tree'

Download: Wire’s ‘Two Minutes,’ first track from new album ‘Red Barked Tree’

Pared-down U.K. postpunk act Wire today announced it will self-release its 12th studio album — and third post-reunion effort — on Jan. 11, an 11-track collection called ‘Red Barked Tree’ that is preceded by a free MP3 download of the song ‘Two Minutes.’

The Sisters of Mercy set 30th anniversary concerts in U.K., Europe in early 2011

The Sisters of Mercy set 30th anniversary concerts in U.K., Europe in early 2011

The enigmatic Andrew Eldritch will take Doktor Avalanche and the rest of the current incarnation of The Sisters of Mercy back out on the road early next year for what’s being billed as a 30th anniversary tour, with dates announced so far in the U.K. and Europe in February and March.