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 Tones on Tail, The Church, KMFDM, Skeletal Family, The Wolfgang Press, This Mortal Coil, Bauhaus, Tubeway Army, Skinny Puppy, Swans, Love and Rockets 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 — 10/6/13
Joy Division, “Disorder”
Ministry, “Burning Inside”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Do It Clean” (Live)
The Wolfgang Press, “Going South” (7-Inch Version)
The Cure, “Figurehead”
Tones on Tail, “Go!” (Club Mix)
Julian Cope, “Trampolene”
Skeletal Family, “Burning Oil”
Front 242, “Welcome to Paradise”
Adam & The Ants, “Deutscher Girls” (Peel Session)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Don’t Argue”
This Mortal Coil, “The Jeweller”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Emma”
The Damned, “Wait for the Blackout”
The The, “Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)”
KMFDM, “Virus” (12-Inch Mix)
Depeche Mode, “Wrong”
Morrissey, “Hold On To Your Friends”
Public Image Ltd., “Ease”
Sister Machine Gun, “Addiction”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Tower of Song”
Revolting Cocks, “Crackin’ Up”
The Bolshoi, “Someone’s Daughter”
The Mission, “Butterfly on a Wheel”
Modern English, “Mesh and Lace”
Bauhaus, “Spirit”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Red Light”
The Church, “Ripple”
XTC, “Fly on the Wall”
Killing Joke, “Follow the Leaders”
The Cult, “Ressurection Joe”
Love and Rockets, “**** (Jungle Law)”
Swans, “Like a Drug (Sha La La La)”
Nina Hagen, “Dread Zone”
Japan, “Talking Drum”
The Glove, “Mouth to Mouth” (Landray Vocal Mix)
New Order, “Dreams Never End”
Peter Murphy, “Blind Sublime”
Skinny Puppy, “Dig It”
Tubeway Army, “Praying to the Aliens”
The Smiths, “I Won’t Share You”
Nice playlist. However, I’ve noticed that the same big name bands show up over and over again: New Order, Bauhaus, The Smiths, Joy Division, The Cure, etc. They’re in every show. Why not start reaching deeper in the crate, instead of playing minor songs by big bands? How about some minimal synth (e.g., Iron Curtain) and EBM? Or second-tier goth bands? There are literally thousands of good to great songs out there by bands that you never play.
Yes, they certainly do. My goal is to mix those “core” bands — which are, for a number of people who listen to the show, the main attraction — with more varied and somewhat obscure stuff.
Before I started hosting “Dark Wave,” you’d usually see those bands played 2 even 3 times per show, and generally the same small group of songs from them. So I try to draw from throughout those bands’ catalogs, while mixing in a far more diverse set of bands than previously had been played on the show.
For example, I have played Iron Curtain, and will be happy play more from them. If you’ve got any other specific requests/suggestions, by all means, let me know…
Another great show!
How about Soft Cell’s ‘The Girl With The Patent Leather Face’?
Happens to be my favorite Soft Cell track, and my second favorite track on the Some Bizarre album behind Illustration’s Tidal Flow (which would be another cool track to hear).
Thanks
Ed