Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Video: R.E.M.'s 'Driver 8' covered by The Walkmen for the A.V. Club's 'Undercover'

Video: R.E.M.’s ‘Driver 8’ covered by The Walkmen for the A.V. Club’s ‘Undercover’

The A.V. Club wraps up its summer-long web series ‘Undercover: 25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs, 1 Small Room’ with this final installment: Shambling indie rockers The Walkman take on R.E.M.’s 1985 single ‘Driver 8,’ from the just-reissued ‘Fables of the Reconstruction.’

Bauhaus' Peter Murphy, Japan's Mick Karn reuniting for second Dalis Car album

Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy, Japan’s Mick Karn reuniting for second Dalis Car album

Former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy today announced that he’s reuniting later this year with ailing ex-Japan bassist Mick Karn to record a second Dali’s Car album — the short-lived group’s first new record since 1984’s ‘The Waking Hour.’

New releases: Jane's Addiction live DVD, Stone Roses best-of, Claudia Brücken reissue

New releases: Jane’s Addiction live DVD, Stone Roses best-of, Claudia Brücken reissue

This week’s new releases include ‘Live Voodoo,’ a concert DVD/Blu-ray from Jane’s Addiction; ‘Collection,’ a new 16-track compilation from The Stone Roses; a 2CD reissue of ‘Love: And a Million Other Things,’ the only solo album by Propaganda’s Claudia Brücken; and ‘Neon Mirage,’ a new CD from Wall of Voodoo’s Stan Ridgway.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 8/29/10

Bookended by a pair of great Depeche Mode tracks, tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave was a strong one, featuring some very early Cure (‘Another Day’), a rare appearance by Oingo Boingo (‘Pain’) and a blast of Skinny Puppy (‘Smothered Hope’).

Milestones: Elizabeth Fraser is 47 today; see 1985 TV report on 'Cocteau Twins fever'

Milestones: Elizabeth Fraser is 47 today; see 1985 TV report on ‘Cocteau Twins fever’

Elizabeth Fraser — the incomparable voice of the Cocteau Twins — turns 47 today, and to mark the occasion, we present what has to be one of the odder moments in the dreampop group’s history: a pair of TV news reports from WBNS in Columbus, Ohio, about the so-called ‘Cocteau Fever’ surrounding the band’s Sept. 19, 1985, concert in that city.

The Stone Roses to release 'Collection,' new 16-track Silvertone-era compilation

The Stone Roses to release ‘Collection,’ new 16-track Silvertone-era compilation

Sony Music this week will release the latest in a very long line of Stone Roses compilations: the 16-track ‘Collection,’ which features an odd mix of Silvertone-era non-album singles, B-sides and ‘The Stone Roses’ album cuts — all of which have been previously released.

Video: Robyn Hitchcock plays Elvis Presley’s ‘All Shook Up’ on Memphis streetcar

In the second installment of his new ‘Tram Watch’ web-video series, bent troubadour Robyn Hitchcock finds inspiration on a recent trip to Memphis, Tenn., and breaks out into Elvis Presley’s 1957 smash ‘All Shook Up’ while riding a street car — and then continues once he jump off.