Daniel Ash of Love and Rockets
“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
New Order, “Sunrise” (Low-Life)
Concrete Blonde, “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” (Bloodletting)
Death Cult, “A Flower in the Desert” (Paradise Now)
Japan, “The Art of Parties” (Tin Drum)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Scarecrow” (Peepshow)
Remnant Three, “The Gilded Infancy” (A Gentle Collapsing)
The The, “Infected” (12-Inch Remix) (Infected)
Joy Division, “Disorder” (Unknown Pleasures)
999, “Inside Out” (The Biggest Prize in Sport)
Love and Rockets, “So Alive” (DJ K’s Vibrant Nu Disco Single Edit) (So Alive Remixes)
Massive Attack, “Blue Lines” (Blue Lines)
Front 242, “The Untold” (Tyranny For You)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Talking Time” (The Crackdown)
HOUR 2
Depeche Mode, “Nothing” (Music For the Masses)
Nine Inch Nails, “That’s What I Got” (Pretty Hate Machine)
Trisomie 21, “The Last Song” (Chapter IV and Wait and Dance Remixed)
The Neon Judgement, “The Sea” (Horny As Hell)
The Smiths, “The Headmaster Ritual” (Meat is Murder)
The Wedding Present, “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted” (Tommy)
Wire, “Indirect Enquiries” (154)
XTC, “Complicated Game” (Drums and Wires)
My Bloody Valentine, “Come in Alone” (Loveless)
Lush, “Leaves Me Cold” (Gala)
Seefeel, “More Like Space” (More Like Space EP)
Chapterhouse, “Treasure” (Whirlpool)
Ride, “Twisterella” (Going Blank Again)
HOUR 3
Ministry, “Golden Dawn” (Land of Rape and Honey)
Skinny Puppy, “Tear or Beat” (Cleanse Fold and Manipulate)
Tackhead, “Reality” (Tackhead Tape Time)
PTP, “Rubber Glove Seduction” (Side Trax)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Adrenochrome” (Some Girls Wander By Mistake)
Bauhaus, “In the Night” (The Sky’s Gone Out)
Morrissey and Siouxsie, “Interlude” (Interlude)
Killing Joke, “Twilight of the Mortals” (Brighter Than a Thousand Suns)
Rowland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch, “Some Velvet Morning” (Some Velvet Morning)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds featuring PJ Harvey, “Henry Lee” (Murder Ballads)
The Damned, “In Dulce Decorum” (Anything)
Lowlife, “A Sullen Sky” (Diminuendo)
The Cure, “Funeral Party” (Faith)
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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Tonight was quite the treat. Love to hear anything from Pretty Hate Machine (it’s just good, can’t deny it). Shoe gaze set tonight killed. Has anyone mentioned how appreciated it is today? I’m too old to Tik Tok, but I think I would be ok if the youngins did something with Rubber Glove Seduction. It’s been a frivolous dream of mine. Someone do that. How we feeling something a little exotic yet familiar? Could we hear:
Parálisis Permanente – Héroes
Way too many bangers to individually gush over. These are my favorite shows you do. Thank you for doing the Lord’s work.
Hi Matt, great show tonight as usual!
Hard Corps – Desolation Land
Thanks.
Great show tonight! Thanks for playing Lowlife.
For the next show, Identity House by Pink Turna Blue please.
Thanks!
That is a great song by Remnant Three. Thanks for playing it. Will be on the look out for the album.
Kind of hard to call it tonight, but I agree with Dane that the Shoegaze block was great. So Hour 2. But the end of Hour 3 gave it a run for the money.
On a future episode maybe something from Paul Barker’s/Bill Rieflin’s pre-Ministry band, the Blackouts. Maybe “Idiot” or “Chipped Beef”.
Thanks for the great music. Have a great week.
Second some Blackouts!
Great Labor Day show Matt! I really liked the song by Remnant Three. Goodnight!
Heart and Soul – Joy Division
A Forest – The Cure
The Witch – The Cult
Modern English – Carry Me Down
great fire – XTC
Halo – Depeche Mode
“Motorway To Roswell” by Pixies for (the next after next) Sunday’s show
I second this one!
Rosetta Stone – The Witch
please n’ thanks Matt
I like the looks of the playlist. Will listen today on my drive to Lousiana.
Great playlist tonight, heard cuts I hadn’t in a long time. 999 and wire were especially nice treats. And a Deep cut from Pretty hate machine. a nice cherry on this Sunday!
Hey Matt, haven’t heard anything from Cranes in awhile! How about Sun and sky?
I’m streaming right now and have enjoyed New Order, Love and Rockets, Massive Attack…and always happy for a block of shoegaze.
A request: JAMC “about you” the perfect closer from Darklands
I’m looking forward to the JAMC book coming soon!
Hugh Cornwell – Venus in Furs
Hoping you can play VAST ” pretty when you cry”
Damn, what a show! Perfect New Order cut indeed to kick things off. Remnant Three track was fantastic, great find, I will be ordering their record. So Alive remix is nice and groovy, and following that with Massive Attack was ace. You know we love the shoegaze block and this was one of the best, Seefeel, hell yeah (they just released a new EP). Thanks for playing Headmaster Ritual! Already have the show on replay this morning.
Remnant Three remind me a little bit of The Wake. How about a dealer’s choice cut from them on a future show?
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Hey Matt,
I’m finally seeing the Sisters next month and I’d like to request one of the following for an upcoming show:
Nine While Nine
Colors
I Was Wrong
Thanks & cheers!
A hugely awesome show tonight Matt! Thank you for playing my NIN request….there are just some albums that stay with you!! I loved the variety and of course the shoegaze block! Keep the brilliance coming!! Some possible suggestions for next time:
Kraftwerk – The Model
Garbage – Crush
Butthole Surfers – Whatever (I Had A Dream)
(2 selections above are both from the Romeo and Juliet 1996 soundtrack)…it’s quite good!
Thanks again as always!!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
The Sisterhood- Rain from Heaven
Cop Shoot Cop from Spiritualized would really be cool I would love to hear that. Loved that shoegaze block fantastic! – Rob
Great hours and duet choices!
Here are some requests –
The Birthday Party – Mr. Clarinet
For Against – Daylight
Thanks!
Nirvana – Moist Vagina (1993)
100 Flowers – Presence Of Mind (1983)
many favorites in there this week, thank you!! Reality, Golden Dawn, The Untold, and Complicated Game in particular.
If you are in a No Wave mood for a future episode, a couple ideas:
DNA – Blonde Redhead
Suicide – Ghost Rider
The Dance – Do Dada
thanks Matt!
Enjoyed the show Matt. How about Bad Boys get Spanked- Joan Jett
Awesome show I would love to hear Another Journey By Train by The Cure for a future show
Matt
Great Set as usual. Some interesting ones you played like Remnent Three was very good. Also that Shoegaze block I always love that! Others were The The, Love and Rockets, Joy Division, New Order and Cure.
I have a request for China Crisis – Wake Up or Public Image Limited- Rules and Regulations.
If you are gonna do another Shoegaze block I would like to hear Lush – Monochrome
Thanks!!
Loved those duets, especially “Interlude.” Was just listening to some Eno and it reminded me of something I’ve been wanting to request — the Bauhaus cover of “Third Uncle.”
This was an especially great playlist. Thanks for the music as always, Matt!
This show is always the highlight of my week. Thanks for the great playlists. Lately, I’ve had songs from Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration stuck in my head. I’d love to hear Sometimes or Here is the House from that album. Thanks!
Hooky performing both New Order and Joy Division Substance versions was really amazing! I saw them in Chicago on 9/7 and they’ll be in Denver on 9/28. How about a twofer of confusion and love will tear us apart?
LOVE the show. You mentioned them the a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t play them. For Against, can you play something off the their Coalesced Release (words on music for the CD, Cercle Social Reocrds for the vinyl). Outside a Heart or the Namesake of the release, Coalesced would be great! Thank Matt!
Let’s try putting this in the right place! LOVE the show. Snake Cops and Sad Lovers in the same show! Epic (pun intended!)
You mentioned them the a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t play them. For Against, can you play something off the their Coalesced Release (words on music for the CD, Cercle Social Reocrds for the vinyl). Outside a Heart or the Namesake of the release, Coalesced would be great! But anything will do! Thanks Matt!
Kurt