Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Video: Wedding Present's 'My Favourite Dress' covered by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump

Video: Wedding Present’s ‘My Favourite Dress’ covered by Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump

This week on the A.V. Club’s ‘Undercover’ series, Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump goes solo-acoustic to offer his take on The Wedding Present’s 1987 single ‘My Favourite Dress.’

Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious,’ ‘Big Thing’ deluxe reissues pushed back to late September

Now that EMI has come out defending its last set of expanded Duran Duran reissues, the label has pushed back the release of the band’s next pair: 1986’s ‘Notorious’ and 1988’s ‘Big Thing,’ both now due on Sept. 27, nearly four months after their original June release date.

Video: Bryan Ferry's 'You Can Dance,' first single off forthcoming 'Olympia' album

Video: Bryan Ferry’s ‘You Can Dance,’ first single off forthcoming ‘Olympia’ album

We reported last week on news of Bryan Ferry’s star-studded new solo album ‘Olympia’ as well as upcoming Roxy Music reunion dates — and now comes the video for that disc’s first single, ‘You Can Dance,’ which premiered at RollingStone.com this morning.

Johnny Vatos Dead Man's Party plans Oingo Boingo Halloween tribute in San Diego

Johnny Vatos Dead Man’s Party plans Oingo Boingo Halloween tribute in San Diego

Southern California fans longing for that old Oingo Boingo Halloween experience can still get a taste of those epic late-’80s, early-’90s shows this fall when drummer John ‘Vatos’ Hernandez rounds up some former bandmates for his annual ‘Dead Man’s Party’ bash.

New releases: Propaganda's 'A Secret Wish' reissue, Art of Noise best-of, Devo blue vinyl

New releases: Propaganda’s ‘A Secret Wish’ reissue, Art of Noise best-of, Devo blue vinyl

This week’s new releases include a pair of 2CD sets from famed synthpop label ZTT Records (an expanded reissue of Propaganda’s ‘A Secret Wish’ and the Art of Noise comp ‘Influence’), as well as a blue-vinyl issue of Devo’s new ‘Something for Everybody’ and the debut from The High Confessions, featuring Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley and Chris Connelly (Ministry, Revolting Cocks).

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 7/18/10

Tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured many of the usual suspects, but a few gems stuck out, including a mid-period single from the rarely played Cabaret Voltaire (‘Sensoria’), a dash of Die Warzau (‘Funkopolis’) and some off-base picks for some of the show’s bigger bands (The Smiths’ ‘Never Had No One Ever,’ The Cure’s ‘Siamese Twins,’ Depeche Mode’s ‘Shame’).

Ministry preps 'MiXXXes of the Molé,' 'trance metal' remix of 2004's 'Houses of the Molé''

Ministry preps ‘MiXXXes of the Molé,’ ‘trance metal’ remix of 2004’s ‘Houses of the Molé”

Breaking up two years ago hasn’t slowed Ministry’s output: Al Jourgensen’s defunct industrial-metal juggernaut next month will release ‘MiXXXes of the Molé,’ a track-by-track ‘trance metal’ remix of the band’s 2004 album ‘Houses of the Molé.’