Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant playing Chicago, New York; full U.S. tour in 2010
Bad Lieutenant, Bernard Sumner’s just-launched New Order spinoff, will make it U.S. debut this fall with headlining concerts in New York and Chicago — in […]
Recent Dark Wave Playlists
New releases: Kraftwerk reissues, new CDs from Mission of Burma, Lou Barlow
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Kraftwerk RELEASES: Autobahn, Radio-Activity, Trans Europe Express, […]
Video: U2 and Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday cover David Bowie’s ‘The Jean Genie’
Stadium headliners U2 did something pretty unusual last night: Bono and Co. served as a backing band for longtime friend Gavin Friday at the Irish […]
C86 vets Close Lobsters to reissue singles on ‘Forever, Until Victory!’ compilation
Short-lived Scottish indie-pop outfit Close Lobsters — one of the 22 bands included on the NME’s genre-defining and now-legendary C86 compilation cassette — next […]
Vintage Video: Radiohead covers The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order
With Radiohead and Thom Yorke each releasing new songs recently — and Yorke debuting his new solo band, featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea […]
The Stranglers plot 2010 tour of the UK
Despite hints they might call it a day, The Stranglers — one of the longest-surviving bands to emerge from the British punk scene of the […]
Video: Gary Numan and Nine Inch Nails perform ‘Cars,’ ‘Metal’ in HD
Perhaps ramping up excitement for a possible Gary Numan collaboration, Trent Reznor this week posted a pair of high-quality HD videos on Nine Inch Nails’ […]
