Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Audio: Hear full Primavera Sound sets by Wire, Gary Numan, Marc Almond via WFMU

Audio: Hear full Primavera Sound sets by Wire, Gary Numan, Marc Almond via WFMU

New Jersey-based radio station WFMU is once again streaming full sets from the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain, today and Saturday, with performance on tap from Wire, Gary Numan, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond and Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera, among others.

Video: Midnight Oil rocks Exxon building in Valdez protest 20 years ago this weekend

Video: Midnight Oil rocks Exxon building in Valdez protest 20 years ago this weekend

With BP’s disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil leak now surpassing the Exxon Valdez as the worst oil spill in U.S. history, it’s only fitting that we mark Sunday’s 20th anniversary of the Midnight Oil ‘guerrilla action’ in front of the Exxon building in New York City.

Soft Cell's Marc Almond releasing 'Variete,' first original album in a decade, in June

Soft Cell’s Marc Almond releasing ‘Variete,’ first original album in a decade, in June

Former Soft Cell singer Marc Almond this summer will release ‘Variete’ — his first new album of “self-written songs” in a decade and possibly his last — before embarking on the ’30 Year Celebration: My Hits and A Sides’ U.K. tour later this year, which are ‘likely to be his last British concerts for some time.’

Milestones: Siouxsie Sioux is 53 today; watch a complete Banshees concert from 1981

Milestones: Siouxsie Sioux is 53 today; watch a complete Banshees concert from 1981

Today we observe another dark-hued milestone, as goth queen Siouxsie Sioux — aka Susan Janet Ballion, erstwhile leader of The Banshees and The Creatures — turns 53.

Elvis Costello releasing 'Pomp & Pout' comp, new 'American Ransom' album this year

Elvis Costello releasing ‘Pomp & Pout’ comp, new ‘American Ransom’ album this year

Details are scarce, but Elvis Costello fans have two releases to look forward to in the coming months: a new compilation called ‘Pomp & Pout: The Universal Years,’ due out this summer, and a brand-new studio album, ‘American Ransom,’ expected in the fall.

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult preps 'Sinister Whisperz' '87-'91 comp, touring U.S.

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult preps ‘Sinister Whisperz’ ’87-’91 comp, touring U.S.

Industrial mainstays My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult will revisit their late-’80s, early-90s tenure on Chicago’s trailblazing Wax Trax! Records with a new compilation this summer and tours with Psychotica and Lords of Acid.

Video: The Jam's Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton reunite on stage; first time since 1982

Video: The Jam’s Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton reunite on stage; first time since 1982

Last night at London’s Royal Albert Hall, former Jam bandmates Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton reunited on stage for the first time since 1982 to play three songs together during the second night of Weller’s five-gig residency.