Recent Dark Wave Playlists

Nine Inch Nails inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — watch Trent Reznor's speech

Nine Inch Nails inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — watch Trent Reznor’s speech

Trent Reznor’s speech inducting The Cure into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year was one of that ceremony’s highlights, and he’s back this year not as a presenter but as the face of inductees Nine Inch Nails. Reznor and NIN entered the Rock Hall tonight via a virtual ceremony. See it here.

Bones Hillman, Midnight Oil's 'bassist with the beautiful voice,' dies of cancer

Bones Hillman, Midnight Oil’s ‘bassist with the beautiful voice,’ dies of cancer

Bones Hillman, who joined Midnight Oil following the recording of its breakthrough album Diesel and Dust and who is described by the band as “the bassist with the beautiful voice,” died on Saturday after a battle with cancer, the group announced on social media. He was 62.

Playlist: ‘Goth: Yesterday and Today’ — 30 songs over 2+ hours from Beggars Arkive

Playlist: ‘Goth: Yesterday and Today’ — 30 songs over 2+ hours from Beggars Arkive

The musical mavens at The Arkive — the archival wing of the Beggars Group — today launch a new dark-hued playlist called “Goth: Yesterday and Today” that brings together 30 songs over more than two hours, spanning the late ’70s to today. Check out the whole thing right here.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/1/20)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/1/20)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available via Sirius XM’s On Demand service for online subscribers. Here’s tonight’s full playlist.

Gang of Four ‘77-81’ box set collects 1st two albums, unreleased live set, rare demos

Gang of Four ‘77-81’ box set collects 1st two albums, unreleased live set, rare demos

Matador Records will release a new limited-edition Gang of Four vinyl box set in December called 77-81 that will collect the band’s first two albums, singles, a previously unreleased live set from 1980 and 26 never-before-issued outtakes, demos and rarities from the era. Full details and tracklist right here.

Superchunk covers The Sisters of Mercy's 'Alice' for new Halloween single

Superchunk covers The Sisters of Mercy’s ‘Alice’ for new Halloween single

Indie-rock powerhouse Superchunk has resurrected its Halloween single tradition, today releasing the track “There’s a Ghost” — the band’s first new song in two years — with a cover of The Sisters of Mercy’s 1983 single “Alice” as the B-side. You can hear both right here via Bandcamp.

Hear Ministry's 2 ‘lost mixes’ of ‘Everyday (Is Halloween)’ and unreleased B-sides

Hear Ministry’s 2 ‘lost mixes’ of ‘Everyday (Is Halloween)’ and unreleased B-sides

Cleopatra Records today digitally released two newly unearthed and previously unreleased mixes of Ministry’s classic 1985 single “Everyday (Is Halloween),” along with thepreviously unreleased song “Playground” and an unissued instrumental version of “I See Red.” Hear the whole thing right here.