Recent Dark Wave Playlists

MBV Watch: My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless,’ ‘Isn’t Anything’ reissues delayed until August

So much for these month-at-a-time incremental delays: The endlessly pushed-back reissues of My Bloody Valentine’s two albums — 1988’s ‘Isn’t Anything’ and 1991’s ‘Loveless’ — now have been bumped until Aug. 23

'Hot Tub Time Machine' soundtrack features New Order, Replacements, Echo & Bunnymen

‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ soundtrack features New Order, Replacements, Echo & Bunnymen

Out March 23, the soundtrack to ‘Hot Tube Time Machine’ features such ’80s film staples as Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Bring On the Dancing Horses’ and New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle,’ plus tracks by The Replacements (‘I Will Dare’), INXS (‘What You Need’) and The English Beat (‘Save it For Later’).

Public Image Ltd. sets 16-date North American club tour to follow Coachella appearance

Public Image Ltd. sets 16-date North American club tour to follow Coachella appearance

John Lydon with Public Image Ltd.

John Lydon will take the reformed Public Image Ltd. on its first North American tour in 18 years this spring, today announcing a 16-date club tour to follow the band’s performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

David Byrne concert film 'Ride, Rise, Roar' to premiere at South By Southwest in March

David Byrne concert film ‘Ride, Rise, Roar’ to premiere at South By Southwest in March

‘Ride, Rise, Roar’ — a new concert film documenting the creation and staging of David Byrne’s ambitious ‘The Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno’ tour in 2008 and 2009 — will receive its world premiere next month at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

Hoodoo Gurus set U.S. release for 'Purity of Essence,' mock Metallica in making-of video

Hoodoo Gurus set U.S. release for ‘Purity of Essence,’ mock Metallica in making-of video

Australia’s Hoodoo Gurus today announced a May 11 U.S. release date for their ninth studio album, ‘Purity of Essence,’ which the band is teasing with a six-part web mockumentary that pokes fun at Metallica’s self-help doc ‘Some Kind of Monster.’

Video: Alan Wilder, Martin Gore soundcheck Depeche Mode's 'Somebody' in London

Video: Alan Wilder, Martin Gore soundcheck Depeche Mode’s ‘Somebody’ in London

Depeche Mode has released HD footage of former member Alan Wilder sounchecking the band’s classic ballad ‘Somebody’ with Martin Gore last Wednesday in advance of their performance of that song at a Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall that night.

Sonic Youth reissuing 'Confusion is Sex,' 'Bad Moon Rising,' 'EVOL,' 'Sister' on vinyl

Sonic Youth reissuing ‘Confusion is Sex,’ ‘Bad Moon Rising,’ ‘EVOL,’ ‘Sister’ on vinyl

Sonic Youth will reissue four of its early classics — Confusion is Sex (1983), Bad Moon Rising (1985), EVOL (1986) and Sister (1987) — on 180-gram audiophile vinyl this winter as part of Original Recordings Group’s new “Official and Definitive Sonic Youth Vinyl Series.”