Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Video: Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace covers Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke brought his solo band Atoms for Peace to the Fox Theater in Oakland, Calif., last night as part of the group’s pre-Coachella tour, and whipped out a surprise cover: Joy Division’s classic ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart.’

Coachella webcast: Watch PiL, The Specials, Echo & The Bunnymen, Devo and more

Fans who can’t be in Indio, Calif., this weekend — or bands trapped in the U.K. by an angry volcano — can watch much of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival via free streaming webcasts on Facebook, MySpace and Verizon V Cast Video on Demand (for those with Verizon phones) beginning tonight.

Q&A: Robert Lurie, author of 'No Certainty Attached: Steve Kilbey and The Church'

Q&A: Robert Lurie, author of ‘No Certainty Attached: Steve Kilbey and The Church’

With Australian rockers The Church currently in the midst of a 30th anniversary tour of the U.S., we thought we’d check in with an expert: Robert Lurie, author of last year’s biography ‘No Certainty Attached: Steve Kilbey and The Church.’

Concrete Blonde’s ‘Bloodletting’ to receive expanded 20th anniversary reissue in July

In addition to performing 1990’s ‘Bloodletting’ in its entirety this summer, the reunited Concrete Blonde today announced it will reissue the album with six bonus tracks to commemorate its 20th anniversary.

'We Care a Lot': Chuck Mosley reunites with Faith No More on stage in San Francisco

‘We Care a Lot’: Chuck Mosley reunites with Faith No More on stage in San Francisco

Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley rejoined the recently reunited band on stage at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre last night for the first time in more than 20 years, singing his signature tune ‘We Care A Lot’ and four others during the band’s encore before a final duet with his replacement, Mike Patton.

Bad Lieutenant cancels U.S. debut, Coachella set threatened by Icelandic volcano

After already scuttling its first-ever American tour once, Bad Lieutenant — featuring Bernard Sumner of New Order — is now ‘stuck in Manchester,’ blocked from getting to the U.S. for its stateside debut because smoke billowing out of an Icelandic volcano has closed the airspace over the U.K.

Squeeze, Blondie each co-headlining U.S. shows with Cheap Trick this summer

Squeeze, Blondie each co-headlining U.S. shows with Cheap Trick this summer

New Wave vets from both sides of the pond — Brit pop-rockers Squeeze and New York mainstays Blondie — each will tour the U.S. this summer co-headlining some or all of their dates with long-running rockers Cheap Trick.