David Bowie (and Trent Reznor)
“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 Cure, “Open” (Wish)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Between Planets” (Automatic)
KMFDM, “Virus” (12-Inch Mix) (Extra Volume 1)
Iron Curtain, “Terror Story” (Desertion 1982-1988)
Daniel Ash, “This Love” (Coming Down)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Stuff the Turkey” (Here Cum Germs)
Fad Gadget, “Lady Shave” (Fad Gadget By Frank Tovey)
In the Nursery, “Compulsion” (Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years)
Joy Division, “Atrocity Exhibition” (Closer)
David Bowie, “I’m Afraid of Americans” (Nine Inch Nails V1 Mix) (Earthling)
A Split-Second, “Mambo Witch” (12-Inch Version) (… From The Inside)
Depeche Mode, “Stripped” (Black Celebration)
The Names, “Life by the Sea” (Swimming)
HOUR 2
Tones on Tail, “O.K. This Is The Pops” (Everything!)
Nurse With Wound, “Yagga Blues” (Who Can I Turn To Stereo)
Psychic TV, “Black Rainbow (Towards the Infinite Beat)” (Origin of the Species Vol. 3)
Front Line Assembly, “Final Impact” (Tactical Neural Implant)
The Sisters of Mercy, “More” (Vision Thing)
Coil, “Tainted Love” (Scatology)
Nitzer Ebb, “Hearts & Minds” (Mix Subsonic) (Belief)
Department S, “Going Left Right” (Substance)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “All That Jazz” (Crocodiles)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “The Killing Jar” (Peepshow)
He Said, “Could You” (Take Care)
Modern English, “Life in the Gladhouse” (Life in the Gladhouse)
HOUR 3
Bauhaus, “The Passion of Lovers” (Mask)
Skeletal Family, “Far and Near” (Eternal)
The Gun Club, “Promise Me” (Fire of Love)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Sumerland (What Dreams May Come)” (Elizium)
1,000 Homo DJs, “Supernaut” (Side Trax)
Die Warzau, “Strike to the Body” (Disco Rigido)
Severed Heads, “We Have come to Bless the House” (City Slab Horror)
SPK, “Flesh and Steel” (Machine Age Voodoo)
The Mission, “Over the Hills and Far Away” (The First Chapter)
Concrete Blonde, “Rain” (Mexican Moon)
The Smiths, “I Know It’s Over” (Live) (Rank)
Love and Rockets, “Mirror People 88” (Full Version) (Assorted!)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/24/24)
- 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)
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Hot damn that was such a commentable show. Terror story, Lady Shave, triple dose of my personal favorite male goth? More, Final Impact, and Skeletal Family? Please and thank you. Severed Heads? Quite possibly one of your top ten shows. Know what we were dangerously in lack of however? Shoegaze. You put that love of the genre in me and now I have a powerful hankerin for those dreamy sounds. So could we hear:
My Bloody Valentine- Only Shallow
It’s one of their most popular songs for a reason. Feels good in your ear. Thank you for doing the Lord’s work and for an absolutely wonderful evening.
Excuse me, how embarrassing. Four iterations of my personal favorite male goth. Youre the best
“The Tinderbox (of a Heart)” by Cocteau Twins for (the next after next) Sunday’s show
Great show tonight! For the next one:
From side to side – Lowlife
Thanks!
How about some New Dark Age by The Sound for a future show Matt ?
I’ll second this request!
Tubeway Army – Steel And You
I think this my favorite ep you’ve put together in the three years that I’ve been listening.
I have two requests, one a bit outside the box.
“Save Yourself” by the Make Up
And
“Homosapien” by Peter Shelley
Hope your holiday went well!
Thoroughly enjoyable show last night. Any show that includes Bowie is a welcome treat. I also really enjoyed the Daniel Ash superfecta, that was a nice touch. And that Nurse With Wound cut is so damn good! I need to hear more from them.
Dane got me thinking shoegaze and I have to thank you Matt for introducing me to this particular request, either last year or maybe the year before? For the holiday spectacular how about digging up “Like a Snowflake” by Ride.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Yes for the Ride request!
Hi Matt,
I’d like to request Wire – The Finest Drops.
Thanks!
A really great program Matt – I especially loved hour 1! I haven’t heard Stripped in ages! I hope you’re stuffed with turkey, and ready for some suggestions for next time!
Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
Ministry – Just Like You
Skinny Puppy – Sleeping Beast
Thanks again as always!! ｡◕‿◕｡
I’ma second this Sleeping Beast request
This episode is fan-freaking-tastic. Terror Story, my favorite Gun Club track, Mambo Witch, The Names, Dept S. Man you just nailed it this time round.
For a future episode, would like to ask for some early Bolshoi. “Sob Story” or better yet, their great cover of “Amsterdam”. “Books on the Bonfire” would be nice as well.
Thanks and have a great week.
This show never disappoints! Thank you for playing my Bowie request. And I enjoyed the extra servings of Daniel Ash.
A request for an upcoming show:
Concrete Blonde “beware of darkness”
Thank you!
Great show! I’d like to request Groove Grease (Hot Catz) by Nurse With Wound. Thank you!
Good morning Matt- I didn’t have a chance to listen Sunday night but I’ll pick it up on the app this week. With the upcoming holiday season, I would like to hear Seeing Red -Killing Joke.
Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed – In Our Sleep (1994) Apple Qobuz
The Bollock Brothers – The Slow Removal Of Vincent Van Gogh’s Left Ear (1982) Apple Qobuz
Great show as always, Matt.
My father passed unexpectedly yesterday. In his memory, I’d love to hear “If It Be Your Will” (either the Leonard Cohen or Antony version — both stunning) on a future show.
Great show!
In the Nursery. I haven’t heard that in over 30 years! Excellent selection.
Also agree with you that Open is one of the Cure’s best. Love that whole album.
An industrial request.. Chemlab – Filament
Good show!
Loved “Black Rainbow.” I got Dreams Less Sweet and Jack the Tab on vinyl and I am really digging them…
I only just discovered your show last August! Maybe not surprisingly it was while my husband and I were driving home fairly late on Sunday night from an Adrian Belew and Jerry Harrison concert in Tarrytown NY and we had the car radio still on First Wave, so I said “Hey, that Dark Wave show I’ve heard about is on now!” It was while “Lucretia My Reflection” was playing but back in 1990 I only knew it as “that Sisters of Mercy song with the catchy bass hook”. So I realized this show was useful for me to finally learn the titles of these songs.
I was a DJ for WOSR on the Ohio State campus from 1988 until its demise by 1993. Your show brings back so many memories from that slice of time in my young adulthood.
I request a really funny song by Killdozer we used to play called “Hi There”. If you can’t find that, alternatively I’d like a track from Bad Mood Guy by Severed Heads called “Dressed In Air”; it’s relatively short.
I have a shoegaze request for next time you do a segment on.
Chapterhouse- Come Heaven