It’s that time of week, once again, to check in with the playlist from tonight’s “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave. While this week’s installment featured a host of all-too-usual suspects (The Cure’s “Other Voices,” Public Image Ltd.’s “Rise,” The Sisters of Mercy’s “Lucretia, My Reflection” and Siouxise and the Banshees’ “Slowdive”), there were, as always, some pleasant surprises, including “Bird Mad Girl” from the aforementioned Cure’s oft-maligned The Top,
See full ‘Dark Wave’ playlist after the jump…
Playlist: 1st Wave’s “Dark Wave,” 3/7/10
Public Image Ltd., “Rise”
The House of Love, “Christine”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Lucretia, My Reflection”
The Sugarcubes, “Birthday”
The Mission UK, “Wasteland”
The Smiths, “You Just Haven’t Earned it Yet, Baby”
Skinny Puppy, “Killing Game”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Cutter”
The Chameleons, “Soul in Insolation”
Peter Murphy, “You’re So Close”
Human League, “The Lebanon”
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Break the Chain”
Depeche Mode, “Sacred”
The Cult, “Love Removal Machine”
Killing Joke, “Twilight of the Mortal”
The Cure, “Other Voices”
Yaz, “Mr. Blue”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Cities in Dust” (Extended Version)
Chris Connelly, “Come Down Here”
Bauhaus, “Slice of Life”
The Damned, “Alone Again Or”
Cocteau Twins, “Ivo”
Joy Division, “She’s Lost Control”
Front 242, “Headhunter V3.0”
Passions, “I’m In Love with a German Film Star”
Camouflage, “Love is a Shield”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Detonation Boulevard”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Puppet”
Depeche Mode, “But Not Tonight”
Death Cult, “God’s Zoo (These Times)”
Jesus and Mary Chain, “Just Like Honey”
The Cure, “Bird Mad Girl”
Nitzer Ebb, “Godhead”
Bauhaus, “Stigmata Martyr”
Killing Joke, “Sanity”
Ministry, “What He Say”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Slowdive”
Joy Division, “Twenty Four Hours”
Peter Murphy, “Fun Time”
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
Some early New Order from Movement would be nice. And lots more Skinny Puppy. How about some Portion Control or SPK too.