“It was Christmas Eve, babe…”
“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 via the Sirius XM app.
HOUR 1
Alien Sex Fiend, “Stuff the Turkey” (Here Cum Germs)
The Fall, “(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas” (We Wish You a Protein Christmas)
Kate Bush, “December Will Be Magic Again” (The Single File)
X, “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” (Merry Xmas From X)
The Flaming Lips, “Christmas at the Zoo” (Clouds Taste Metallic)
Wayne Hussey, “White Christmas” (Songs of Candlelight & Razorblades)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like the Snow” (Floodland)
Yaz, “Winter Kills” (Upstairs at Eric’s)
All About Eve, “Last Christmas” (Iceland)
Cocteau Twins, “Winter Wonderland” (Snow EP)
London After Midnight, “The Christmas Song” (Oddities)
Absolute Body Control, “Lonely This Christmas” (Lost/Found)
Depeche Mode, “Christmas Island” (Singles Box)
Marc Almond, “Christmas in Vegas” (Christmas in Vegas)
Sad Lovers and Giants, “Christmas on Easter Island” (Treehouse Poetry)
HOUR 2
Ramones, “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)” (Brain Drain)
Bad Religion, “White Christmas” (Christmas Songs)
Hüsker Dü, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
Stiff Little Fingers, “White Christmas” (Live) (All the Best)
Galaxie 500, “Listen, The Snow is Falling” (This Is Our Music)
My Bloody Valentine, “Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)” (Isn’t Anything)
Medicine, “Christmas Song” (Shot Fort Self Living)
Cranes, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” (Ancienne Belgique)
Ride, “Like a Snowflake” (Like a Snowflake)
The Futureheads, “Christmas Was Better in the 80s” (Silent Night, Tiny Lights)
Poly Styrene, “Black Christmas” (Black Christmas)
Cocteau Twins, “Frosty the Snowman” (Snow EP)
X, “Jingle Bells” (Merry Xmas from X)
The Fall, “No Xmas for John Quays” (Live at the Witch Trials)
The Wedding Present, “Step Into Christmas” (The Hit Parade)
Throwing Muses, “Santa Claus” (Hunkpapa)
HOUR 3
Low, “Just Like Christmas” (Christmas)
XTC, “Always Winter, Never Christmas” (Peter Pumpkinhead)
Alison Moyet, “The Coventry Carol” (A Very Special Christmas)
Xmal Deutschland, “Xmas in Australia” (Tocsin)
The Popular Front, “A Puppy for Christmas” (A Heartbeat of Laughing)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant” (Downside Up)
The Smashing Pumpkins, “Christmastime” (Sadlands Demo) (Adore: Super Deluxe)
Game Theory, “Linus and Lucy” (The Big Shot Chronicles)
Sonic Youth, “Santa Doesn’t Cop Out on Dope” (Just Say Noel)
45 Grave, “The Snow Miser Song” (Punk Rock Christmas)
The Pogues, “Fairytale of New York” (If I Should Fall From Grace From God)
Captain Sensible, “One Christmas Catalogue” (The Power of Love)
The Fall, “Jingle Bell Rock” (Cerebral Caustic)
Three Wise Men, “Thanks For Christmas” (Thanks for Christmas)
Iggy Pop, “White Christmas” (White Christmas)
Sinead O’Connor, “Silent Night” (Silent Night)
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.
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/17/23)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/10/23)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/3/23)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/26/23)
Great show. My birthday is Dec. 27. May I ask for a belated birthday gift of some live Gary Numan? Thank you.
Hi Matt! Excellent Christmas Edition last night! I am looking forward to next week’s New Years Eve show. That should be a fun episode! Merry Christmas everyone!
Really fun show last night. 3 songs by The Fall wow, Santa came early! So many great cover versions too. Really glad you ended with Iggy and Sinead, that was perfect.
Merry Christmas to you Matt and all of the darkwave family, cheers!
Merry Christmas Dee Dee!!
Hey Matt!
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Thanks for all that you do – !! :)
Well, we can never request enough Rozz W. on Dark Wave! IMO. Listened to Catastrophe Ballet in its entirety earlier today – and then followed that up with Ashes! So here’s a related request ….
Face // Christian Death
Cheers!
Great great Christmas Eve show (by the setlist) …. so many favorites! With today’s festivities I haven’t listened to it past the first hour, but am looking forward to it! Thank you for giving all of us this outlet every week. It soothes the dark soul.
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Public Image Ltd – Solitaire
Merry Christmas, Matt. Thanks for a great year of music and moldy oldies! Hell of a Christmas special and you ended it on a perfect note. Thanks.
And for the next punk block:
Devil Doll – X
Yes, I’ll second that request!
Thank you for playing the Galaxy 500 request! I’m glad it worked for the Christmas playlist. I loved the variety of the show. I was thrilled to hear the Low song – that Christmas ep is a gem.
And I love that Ramones song too!
Thank you Matt for the awesome weekly soundtrack. Cheers to you and the Dark Wave listeners!
Two of my favorites are “Shouldn’t Have Given Him a Gun For Christmas” by Wall of Voodoo and “There Ain’t No Sanity Clause” by The Damned…hope everyone had a lovely Christmas
Hi Matt
Happy Holidays and hope you are feeling better.
I do love the shoegaze hour, a good way to wind down from the week.
My request is LYCIA Band Song – Incenerate from Wake album. ***Hints of Cocteau Twins and The Lucy show.
Thanks for playing Captain Sensible on your Xmas show.
Great set! New contender for fav galaxie 500 / Luna track… sorry, Indian Summer. Sinead’s closer was perfect. Thanks and happy new year!
thanks for another great show.
I do not know if you have stumbled across the GREAT covers album by Icehouse “The Berlin Tapes” but it hits a lot of amazing artists with Iva Davies brilliant vocals..always saw him as the perfect fusion of Bowie/Murphy. There is a wonderful cover of “Love Like Blood.”
respect
Happy New Year! I am sorry I missed this show, live and on the Sirius app.
Some great songs I remember playing on annual Christmas show back in the late 80’s and some I didn’t know.
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