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“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes are also available to subscribers to stream on demand via the SXM app.
HOUR 1
The Lords of the New Church, “Dance With Me” (Killer Lords)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “The Living End” (Psychocandy)
Suicide, “Rocket U.S.A.” (Suicide)
Nina Hagen, “Born in Xixax” (Nunsexmonkrock)
Gary Numan, “Remind Me to Smile” (Telekon)
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee featuring James Murphy, “Los Angeles” (Los Angeles)
A Certain Ratio, “Houses in Motion” (acr:box)
TGT, “Machine Gun” (12-Inch Mix) (Machine Gun)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “A Girl Doesn’t Get Killed By a Make-Believe Lover Cuz It’s Hot” (My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult)
The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project featuring Dave Gahan, “Mother of Earth” (The Task Has Overwhelmed Us)
The Cure, “Sinking” (The Head on the Door)
The Smiths, “I Know It’s Over” (The Queen is Dead)
Danielle Dax, “Whistling For His Love” (Dark Adapted Eye)
HOUR 2
Skinny Puppy, “Dead Lines” (Bites)
Revolting Cocks, “No Devotion” (Big Sexy Land)
KMFDM, “Vogue” (Money)
Ministry, “The Missing” (The Land of Rape and Honey)
Spacemen 3, “Losing Touch With My Mind” (Sound of Confusion)
Lush, “Ladykillers” (Lovelife)
Suede, “Europe Is Our Playground” (Sci-Fi Lullabies)
Inspiral Carpets, “This Is How It Feels” (Extended) (This Is How It Feels)
The The, “Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)” (Mind Bomb)
The Damned, “The Shadow of Love” (10 Inches of Hell Mix) (Phantasmagoria)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “All My Colours” (Heaven Up Here)
Peter Murphy, “Stay” (Should the World Fail to Fall Apart)
HOUR 3
Joy Division, “Atrocity Exhibition” (Closer)
The Sisters of Mercy, “No Time to Cry” (First and Last and Always)
Farenheit 451, “Strangers On a Train” (Fahrenheit 451: The Gothic Years)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “We Hunger” (Hyaena)
Love and Rockets, “Sweet F.A.” (Rough Mix) (My Dark Twin)
Public Image Ltd., “The Order of Death” (This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get)
Kissing the Pink, “Watching Their Eyes” (Naked)
The Bolshoi, “A Way” (Friends)
Kraftwerk, “The Robots” (The Man-Machine)
John Foxx, “Burning Car” (Metamatic)
Nine Inch Nails, “Something I Can Never Have” (Pretty Hate Machine)
Front 242, “Im Rhythmus Bleiben” (Front By Front)
Nitzer Ebb, “Lightning Man” (The Industry vs. The Ebb Mix) (Showtime)
Bauhaus, “Antonin Artaud” (Burning From the Inside)
Got a request? Requests will be considered for future episodes as long as they fit the show’s format and generally within the 1stWave era — and provided the host doesn’t harbor an intense dislike of the song.
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- Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (7/9/23)
While the Nina Hagan, TGT, and Spaceman 3 were all great cuts, Hour 3 was the winner. Bolshoi, Farenheit 451, Kissing the Pink, and John Foxx all put it over the edge for the win.
Thanks for the great show. Have a good week.
“Have-A-Go Merchant” by Morrissey for (the next after next) Sunday’s show
How about “Caution” by The Chameleons?
Let’s celebrate 40 years
Death Cult:
God’s Zoo or With Love (Sea and Sky)
And some pre JAMC sounding Ramones:
My My Kind of a Girl
Danielle Dax and any cut from Pretty hate Machine are always welcome cuts. FYI Whistling for His Love can also be found on one of the “Just Say Yes” Compilations, Just say Mao :D
Jesus and Mary Chain – Teenage Lust
Awesome as always Matt! Thanks so much for the Inspiral Carpets track ….. hour 2 crushed it for me!! Some possible suggestions for next time:
The Cure – The Last Day of Summer
Sisters of Mercy – Dominion/Mother Russia
Echo and the Bunnymen – Stormy Weather
Thanks again as always!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Could you play human fly by the cramps? Thanks!
How about some Specimen. Returning from a journey.
The Mighty Lemon drops , Everything you do
Piggy in the Mirror by the Cure
Mussolini Headkick – Empire
Thanks Matt
What a spectacular set start to finish, finely tuned! Loved hearing the new tracks. Suicide, Spacemen 3, and Suede were highlights. Also ACR and Fahrenheit 451.
I was spinning Burning from the Inside on the turntable a couple hours before the show started and thought to myself, ‘I can’t recall Matt having ever played Antonin Artaud.’ And then it’s the show closer! How about what may be Bauhaus’s loveliest song for a future show: ‘Hope’
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Hour 3 was especially triumphant…nicely done, Matt!
Would love to hear in the future:
Dead Can Dance – “Eleusis”
Trent Reznor & Peter Murphy – “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
Front 242 – “Born To Breathe”
Cocteau Twins – “The Thinner The Air”
Revolting Cocks – “Beers, Steers & Queers”
This Mortal Coil – “Til I Gain Control Again”
Hi really enjoyed the public image limited song-order of death. I remember that from a miami vice episode.
Can you play Killing Joke – Change next week
Awesome show Matt!!!! Thank you for the uptick in Shoegaze . Also great Inspiral Carpets choice!! Could we maybe hear Inspiral Carpets Niagara on the next show? Thanks Matt!
“Europe is Our Playground” was unexpected perfection this week, thank you.
“Terrorvision”
Genitorturers
This is a band which practices what it preaches.
Gen is a true ringleader- talented, cerebral, beautiful, and more balls than any man I know…
Hi, Matt! Thank you so much for playing my request – Now I can say I was mentioned on my favorite radio show. :D
Loved hearing Lords of the New Church right off the bat, and of course The The in hour 2.
It would also be great to hear Torment by Marc and the Mambas during a future installment.
Thanks again, and hope you have a great week! <3
You’ve made me a lowlife fan.. only heard a few but every time you play them damn.. more lowlife please, you never disappoint!
Black Heart or Catch a Fallen Star by Marc and the Mambas would be great too!
Another great show! Can you squeeze in Parade Ground, “Moans”? Heard that recently in a skateboard video and that reminded me how great that song is. Thanks, again for another 3 hrs of pure enjoyment.
Thrilling episode.
This week’s Darkness Award:
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “A Girl Doesn’t Get Killed By a Make-Believe Lover Cuz It’s Hot”
Oh how I love this song!
A wonderful song to play in the middle of a summer night would be Star Roving by Slowdive.
Geezus goddamn, someone else remembers The Bolshoi. Thank you.
Bauhaus – “Departure”
Lucky Pierre – “Communiqué”
Skinny Puppy – “Tear or Beat”
KMFDM A Drug Against War turns 30! Would love to hear it!
Hey Matt great show a few request
Generals – the damned
Nature of love – ministry
And a newer dark wave act, porcelain by the Agnes circle