Recent Dark Wave Playlists

The Primitives recording first new music since 1991, hope to release 'pretty soonish'

The Primitives recording first new music since 1991, hope to release ‘pretty soonish’

After initially cautioning that their reunion solely was about ‘nostalgia,’ the members of U.K. indie-pop act The Primitives have hit the studio to record their first new music since 1991’s ‘Galore,’ telling fans ‘hopefully there’ll be a new Primitives release pretty soonish.’

Trevor Horn announces Buggles reunion

Trevor Horn announces Buggles reunion

Trevor Horn is resurrecting The Buggles, announcing today on his website that ‘The Buggles will return… 28.09.10,’ a headline that appears alongside a vintage photo of himself and former bandmate Geoff Downes.

Vintage Video: ‘XTC at the Manor,’ 1980 BBC doc about recording ‘Towers of London’

On Aug. 24, 1980, the members of XTC set up at Richard Branson’s Manor Studio to record another version of ‘Towers of London,’ a track destined to be the second single off the band’s just-completed, but not-yet-released album ‘Black Sea’— a weekend session captured for posterity in the hour-long documentary ‘XTC at the Manor.’

Download: The Vaselines' 'Sex With an X'

Download: The Vaselines’ ‘Sex With an X’

The folks at Sub Pop Records are giving away a free mp3 download of ‘Sex With an X,’ the title track and first single from The Vaselines’ forthcoming album — only the second ever from the newly reunited Scottish indie-pop duo.

MBV Watch: My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless,’ ‘Isn’t Anything’ reissues bumped to 2011

The long-rumored, little-believed reissues of My Bloody Valentine’s two albums — 1988’s ‘Isn’t Anything’ and 1991’s ‘Loveless’ — have been delayed for the umpteenth time, and now are due Jan. 24, 2011, according to Amazon.co.uk.

B-52s' Fred Schneider releasing 'Destination... Christmas!' holiday CD with The Superions

B-52s’ Fred Schneider releasing ‘Destination… Christmas!’ holiday CD with The Superions

Ever-quirky frontman Fred Schneider will take a break from the long-running B-52s this fall to release ‘Destination… Christmas!,’ a collection of 11 original and “party friendly” holiday tunes with his Orlando, Fla.-based side project The Superions.

Soundgarden preps ‘Telephantasm’ best-of with unreleased ‘Badmotorfinger’ outtake

Soundgarden this fall will release ‘Telephantasm,’ a new best-of spanning the band’s debut on the seminal 1986 proto-grunge comp ‘Deep Six’ to its final album, ‘Down on the Upside,’ a decade later — with a previously unreleased ‘Badmotorfinger’ outtake thrown in for good measure.