Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night celebration of the “darker side of classic alternative” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured music from Lords of the New Church, The The, Big Black, The Sisters of Mercy, Cranes, Nitzer Ebb, Flesh for Lulu, Lead Into Gold, Joy Division, Asylum Party, Cocteau Twins and much, much more.
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs founder/editor Matt Sebastian, airs every Sunday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available as part of Sirius XM’s new On Demand service for online subscribers.
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Playlist: “Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian — 7/21/13
Ministry, “N.W.O.”
The Cult, “Love”
Morrissey, “The Boy Racer”
The Bolshoi, “A Way II”
The Cure, “A Forest”
Asylum Party, “Pictures”
KMFDM, “Don’t Blow Your Top”
Cocteau Twins, “In Our Angelhood”
The Mission, “Deliverance” (BBC Session)
Cranes, “Inescapable”
Big Black, “The Model”
Luxuria, “Redneck”
Tones on Tail, “When You’re Smiling”
1,000 Homo DJs, “Supernaut” (Featuring Trent Reznor)
Joy Division, “Shadowplay”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Ornaments of Gold”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Rust”
The The, “Kingdom of Rain” (Featuring Sinead O’Connor)
Soft Cell, “Bedsitter”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Cherry Came Too”
John Foxx, “Europe After the Rain”
Lead Into Gold, “Faster Than Light”
Killing Joke, “Love Like Blood”
Fields of the Nephilim, “Preacher Man”
The Normal, “T.V.O.D.”
Bauhaus, “Rosegarden Funeral of Sores”
The Smiths, “Headmaster Ritual”
Felt, “Primitive Painters” (Featuring Elizabeth Fraser)
Flesh for Lulu, “Cat Burglar”
Gary Numan, “Walking With Shadows”
Depeche Mode, “Lie to Me”
The Church, “Already Yesterday”
Lords of the New Church, “Live For Today”
And Also the Trees, “Talk Without Words”
Love and Rockets, “Love Me”
Public Image Ltd., “Memories”
New Order, “Procession”
Modern English, “After the Snow”
Nitzer Ebb, “Let Your Body Learn”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Poison Door”
How about ‘Amplifier’ by the db’s on a future show?
Great band, but The dB’s don’t really fit in the goth/post-punk/industrial theme of ‘Dark Wave’…