Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night celebration of the “darker side of classic alternative” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured brand-new music from Morrissey, The Mission and Daniel Ash, plus favorites from X-Ray Spex, Alien Sex Fiend, Cassandra Complex, Balaam and the Angel, Shriekback, Cranes, Front 242, Soft Cell and 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 — 5/18/14
Soft Cell, “Bedsitter”
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “And This is What The Devil Does”
Depeche Mode, “Two Minute Warning”
Balaam and the Angel, “I’ll Show You Something Special”
Morrissey, “World Peace Is None of Your Business”
Anne Clark, “Our Darkness”
999, “Homicide”
Ian McCulloch, “Lover, Lover, Lover”
Bauhaus, “Silent Hedges”
Alien Sex Fiend, “Now I’m Feeling Zombified”
The Mission, “Atomic Heart”
Joy Division, “Atmosphere”
Ministry, “Lay Lady Lay”
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Scheming”
Liquid Liquid, “Rubbermiro”
Gary Numan, “Crash”
FM, “Phasors on Stun”
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Jubilee Street”
Inflatable Boy Clams, “Skeletons”
The Jazz Butcher, “Caroline Wheeler’s Birthday Present”
Daniel Ash, “So Alive (2014)”
The Smiths, “Unloveable”
Revolting Cocks, “Beers, Steers & Queers”
The Cure, “Three Imaginary Boys”
X-Ray Spex, “Identity”
Cassandra Complex, “One Millionth Happy Customer”
The The, “The Beat(en) Generation”
The Sisters of Mercy, “A Rock and a Hard Place”
The Gun Club, “Ghost on the Highway”
Killing Joke, “A New Day”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “You Trip Me Up”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “The Last Beat of My Heart”
Nitzer Ebb, “Backlash” (William Orbit Mix)
The Cult, “Love”
Concrete Blonde, “Tomorrow, Wendy” (Live)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Ocean Rain”
Shriekback, “Malaria”
Front 242, “Welcome to Paradise”
Love and Rockets, “Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven”
Cranes, “Inescapable”
The Chameleons, “Paper Tigers”
Awesome show.
Thanks for playing my Inflatable Boy Clams request.
You used to give props! I miss those props!
Anyways, keep up the great work.
Never play Balaam and the Angel again.
And, take care of yourself!
-The Wingard Manor
Oh, next week I’d feel honored if you spun The Upstairs Room by The Cure.
THANK YOU!
I know it’s probably not the only example of a song that’s not a good fit for a darkwave show, but I cringed when “The Beat(en) Generation” came on. Sure it’s cynical, but it’s pop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ustXRPke9lM
GREAT show as always! Requests for next week?
LUSH: Superblast!
XYMOX: Evelyn
Thanks man – Cheers!
Love the Shriekback! Play more… Under the Lights/My Careful Hands – Shriekback