Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night celebration of the “darker side of classic alternative” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured new and recent music from Morrissey and Gary Numan, plus selections from Joy Division, Dalis Car, Bigod 20, Coil, The Sisterhood, Lowlife, Alien Sex Fiend, This Mortal Coil, KMFDM 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 — 8/10/14
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like the Snow”
The Cure, “The Big Hand”
Alien Sex Fiend, “I’m Doing Time In A Maximum Security Twilight Home”
Front 242, “Until Death (Do Us Part)”
Bauhaus, “In Fear of Dub”
This Mortal Coil, “I Am the Cosmos”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Villiers Terrace”
Morrissey, “Staircase at the University”
Cabaret Voltaire, “Do Right”
KMDFM, “Megalomaniac” (Single Mix)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, “Heaven”
Depeche Mode, “Everything Counts” (Live)
Martin Dupont, “Just Because” (1985 Remix)
Joy Division, “Leaders of Men”
The Psychedelic Furs, “Sister Europe”
Lowlife, “From Side to Side”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Night Shift” (Live)
Killing Joke, “Twilight of the Mortal” (Chris Kimsey Mix)
Tones on Tail, “The Never Never (Is Forever)”
Viscous Pink, “Fetish”
Gary Numan, “A Shadow Falls On Me”
Dalis Car, “His Box”
Coil, “Tainted Love”
Medicine with Elizabeth Fraser, “Time Baby III”
The Smiths, “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Just Out of Reach” (88 Version)
Love and Rockets, “Sorted”
The Sisterhood, “The Jihad”
Ministry, “Smothered Hope”
The Comsat Angels, “Be Brave”
Bigod 20, “Like a Prayer”
The Mission, “Sacrilege”
Public Image Ltd., “The Order of Death”
Clan of Xymox, “Muscoviet Mosquito”
The Birthday Party, “Jennifer’s Veil”
The Cult, “Dreamtime” (Live)
Psi Com, “Xiola”
For Against, “Get On With It”
Astaron, “Finale (The Beginning)”
Peter Murphy, “The Light Pours Out of Me”
Japan, “European Son”
New Order, “Sister Ray”(Live)
Nice to see Coil make the list, although there are far better examples of their work than this cover.
I was also happy to see the addition of Coil, but I am fond of this cover (for very sentimental reasons). I’d love to hear more Coil; “Ostia” is one of my favorite tracks from Horse Rotorvator (which is a radio-friendly release, generally speaking). I’m sure you could play some of their more esoteric stuff to the delight of Coil fans, but I know you’ve got a whole show to program. If you ever decide to do a covers show (or a covers hour), their version of “Who By Fire” is worth consideration.
thumbs up for Comsat Angel’s Be Brave. My favorite Comsat track.
Hey Matt, how about “God In an Alcove”, by Bauhaus for Sunday. Unless you want to play “Crippled Children Suck” by the Meatmen. God, how could you even think of that, you sick bastard?!