Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/20/24)

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“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, explores the darker side of classic ’80s alternative, including vintage goth, post-punk and industrial. The shows airs at 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.

Got a request? Requests will be considered for future episodes as long as they fit the show’s format and fall generally within the 1st Wave era — and provided the host doesn’t harbor an intense dislike of the song. If there’s something you’d like to hear, drop it in the comments below.

HOUR 1
The Chameleons, “Time, The End of Time” (Strange Times)
Time Zone featuring John Lydon, “World Destruction” (World Destruction)
Clock DVA, “Sound Mirror” (Buried Dreams)
Depeche Mode, “Any Second Now (Voices)” (Speak and Spell)
Camouflage, “That Smiling Face” (Early Singles EP)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, “Driving Black” (Ding’s Remix) (Driving Black EP)
Killing Joke, “We Have Joy” (Revelations)
The Comsat Angels, “I’m Falling” (7 Day Weekend)
The Rose of Avalanche, “L.A. Rain” (L.A. Rain)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Emma” (Floodland)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Snakedriver” (The Crow soundtrack)
Nitzer Ebb, “Lightning Man” (Showtime)
Ministry, “You Know What You Are” (Land of Rape and Honey)

HOUR 2
The Cure, “Prayers for Rain” (Disintegration)
Southern Death Cult, “False Faces” (The Southern Death Cult)
Virgin Prunes, “Baby Turns Blue” (…If I Die, I Die)
Skeletal Family, “Promised Land” (7-Inch Version) (The Singles Plus 1983-85)
Rozz Williams, “Time” (Goth Oddity)
Dead Kennedys, “Jock-O-Rama (aka Macho-Rama)” (Frankenchrist)
Wire, “Lowdown” (Pink Flag)
The Damned, “Grimly Fiendish” (Phantasmagoria)
Stiff Little Fingers, “Suspect Device” (Inflammable Material)
Lard, “The Power of Lard” (Power of Lard)
Skinny Puppy, “Dogshit (Censor)” (VIVI Sect VI)
Peter Murphy, “Hurt” (Live) (Hurt)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Cities in Dust” (Extended Version) (Tinderbox)

HOUR 3
Magazine, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)” (The Correct Use of Soap)
Joy Division, “Day of the Lords” (Unknown Pleasures)
The Lucy Show, “The White Space” (…Undone)
For Against, “Sabres” (December)
The Bolshoi, “Looking For a Life to Lose” (Friends)
Adams & The Ants, “Killer in the Home” (Kings of the Wild Frontier)
Kate Bush, “Hounds of Love” (Hounds of Love)
Bauhaus, “St. Vitus Dance” (In the Flat Field)
Pailhead, “I Will Refuse” (12-Inch Version) (Side Trax)
Lords of Acid, “I Sit on Acid” (Private Parts)
Doubting Thomas, “Father Don’t Cry” (Father Don’t Cry)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “Hand in Hand” (Confessions of a Knife)
The Wedding Present, “Monochrome” (Monochrome)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/13/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/6/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/29/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/22/24)

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