Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/24/24)

The Sugarcubes | Photo by Paul Cox via Elektra Records

“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
Mission of Burma, “(That’s When I Reach For My) Revolver” (Signals, Calls and Marches)
James Ray and the Performance, “A New Kind of Assassin” (Merciful Releases 1986-1989)
Skinny Puppy, “Fascist Jock Itch” (Rabies)
Depeche Mode, “Sweetest Perfection” (Violator)
Killing Joke, “Frenzy” (Fire Dances)
The Wedding Present, “Bewitched” (Bizarro)
The Smiths, “Barbarism Begins at Home” (Meat is Murder)
Concrete Blonde, “Tomorrow, Wendy” (Live) (Bloodletting: 20th Anniversary)
The Lords of the New Church, “Open Your Eyes” (Killer Lords)
The Cure, “Other Voices” (Faith)
For Against, “Paperwhites” (December)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Rollercoaster” (Crystal Days 1979-1999)
Chrome, “Firebomb” (Anthology 1979-1983)

HOUR 2
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Bring Me the Head of the Preacher Man” (Hyaena)
The Danse Society, “Clock” (Seduction)
The Sugarcubes, “Sick for Toys” (Life’s Too Good)
Alan Vega, “Saturn Drive” (Saturn Strip)
Kitchens of Distinction, “Prize” (Love Is Hell)
Microdisney, “Singer’s Hampstead Home” (39 Minutes)
Danielle Dax, “Fizzing Human Bomb” (Dark Adapted Eye)
New Model Army, “I Love the World” (Thunder and Consolation)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Sensoria” (12-Inch Version) (Micro-Phonies)
Moev, “Crucify Me” (12-Inch Version) (Yeah, Whatever)
HULA, “Poison” (Club Mix) (Best of HULA)
MCL (Micro Chip League), “New York” (New York)

HOUR 3
Joy Division, “She’s Lost Control” (12-Inch Version) (Unknown Pleasures)
Ski Patrol, “Extinguish” (Dub) (Versions of a Life)
Gang of Four, “I Found that Essence Rare” (Entertainment!)
Public Image Ltd., “Careering” (BBC Session) (Plastic Box)
Bauhaus, “Drink the New Wine” (Drink the New Wine)
Lard, “Hellfudge” (Power of Lard)
Clan of Xymox, “Agonised By Love” (Medusa)
Ministry, “Deity” (The Land of Rape and Honey)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Alice” (Some Girls Wander By Mistake)
Snake Corps, “Animals All” (Flesh On Flesh)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Vet For the Insane” (Dawnrazor)
Home and Garden, “From the Life of King John” (History and Geography)
45 Grave, “Black Cross” (Only the Good Die Young)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/17/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/10/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — The Halloween Spectacular (10/31/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/27/24)

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