Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Vintage Video: Watch The Replacements open for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1989

Vintage Video: Watch The Replacements open for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1989

For our latest installment of Vintage Video, here’s the full 40-minute set of The Replacements opening for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the Orange County Speedway in Middletown, NY, on Aug. 18, 1989.

Full-album stream: The Cars, ‘Move Like This’

It’s been a long wait — some 24 years, in fact — but the surviving members of The Cars are back with a new album, ‘Move Like This,’ and RollingStone.com has an exclusive stream in advance of next week’s release.

X sets 7-date tour of California this June

X sets 7-date tour of California this June

The original lineup of Los Angeles roots-punk legends X will — John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake — will mount a seven-date tour up and down the California coast this June that the group has dubbed the ‘Boardwalk Beach Party.’

Milestones: New Order's 'Power, Corruption & Lies' album released 28 years ago today

Milestones: New Order’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ album released 28 years ago today

The classic second album from New Order — 1983’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ — was released exactly 28 years ago today, and to commemorate that release, here’s an equally classic five-song performance by the band filmed 18 months later, on Aug. 25, 1984, in the BBC Basement Studio.

New releases: The Slits, The Beautiful South on the BBC; new KMFDM; The Beat on vinyl

New releases: The Slits, The Beautiful South on the BBC; new KMFDM; The Beat on vinyl

This week’s new releases include a new compilation of The Slits’ BBC sessions; a brand-new KMFDM studio album; a 3CD/1DVD box set of The Beautiful South’s BBC appearances; and an audiophile vinyl reissue of The Beat’s ‘Special Beat Service.’

Video: Peter Hook covers Joy Division's 'Pictures in My Mind,' 'Atmosphere'

Video: Peter Hook covers Joy Division’s ‘Pictures in My Mind,’ ‘Atmosphere’

Peter Hook today released official music videos for his new version of Joy Division’s unfinished ‘Pictures in My Mind’ and a new re-recording of the ‘Atmosphere’ featuring onetime Happy Mondays singer Rowetta handling lead vocals.