Recent Dark Wave Playlists

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim ready 'Here Lies Love,' their Imelda Marcos concept album

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim ready ‘Here Lies Love,’ their Imelda Marcos concept album

Tweet David Byrne and Fatboy Slim next month finally will release Here Lies Love, the duo’s long-gestating, star-laden 22-track concept album about former Filipino first […]

Peter Murphy to perform solo classics, rare Bauhaus songs in ‘Secret Bee’ webcasts

Tweet Peter Murphy has announced plans to produce and direct a new series of live webcasts — dubbed the “Secret Bee Series” — that will […]

Video: Death Cab for Cutie's 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' tribute to John Hughes

Video: Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ tribute to John Hughes

Tweet In what’s likley to be a staple of this year’s awards season, tonight’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles featured a tribute to […]

808 State's 'Ninety,' 'ex:el,' 'Gorgeous,' 'Don Solaris' re-reissued with 'restored' artwork

808 State’s ‘Ninety,’ ‘ex:el,’ ‘Gorgeous,’ ‘Don Solaris’ re-reissued with ‘restored’ artwork

Tweet Expanded 2CD reissues of Manchester acid-house outfit 808 State’s second, third and fourth albums are being re-reissued with “restored” artwork and new packaging under […]

Robyn Hitchcock's 'Propellor Time' to feature Peter Buck, Johnny Marr, John Paul Jones

Robyn Hitchcock’s ‘Propellor Time’ to feature Peter Buck, Johnny Marr, John Paul Jones

Tweet Robyn Hitchcock this spring will release the 3-years-in-the-making Propellor Time, an album recorded with current back-up band The Venus 3 — R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, […]

The Cure's Robert Smith: '4.13 Dream' follow-up 'slowly taking shape'

The Cure’s Robert Smith: ‘4.13 Dream’ follow-up ‘slowly taking shape’

Tweet A day after we learned The Cure’s Robert Smith has recorded a rare solo track for Tim Burton’s live-action “Alice in Wonderland,” the frontman […]

Dannie Flesher, co-founder of Chicago's famed Wax Trax! Records, 1951-2010

Dannie Flesher, co-founder of Chicago’s famed Wax Trax! Records, 1951-2010

Tweet This week saw the passing of a key figure in the ’80s and early-’90s industrial-dance scene: Dannie Flesher, co-founder of Chicago’s hugely influential Wax […]