Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/12/25)

The Sugarcubes

“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 The, “I’ve Been Waiting For Tomorrow (All Of My Life)” (Soul Mining)
The Damned, “Plan 9 Channel 7” (Machine Gun Etiquette)
Agent Orange, “The Last Goodbye” (Living in Darkness)
999, “Homicide” (Separates)
Dead Kennedys, “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” (Milking the Sacred Cow)
The Scientists, “Atom Bomb Baby” (Weird Love)
Bauhaus, “The Spy in the Cab” (In the Flat Field)
Christian Death, “The Blue Hour” (Catastrophe Ballet)
Spear of Destiny, “Never Take Me Alive” (Outland)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Phobia” (The Nephilim)
Depeche Mode, “Halo” (Goldfrapp Remix) (Remixes 81>04)
Severed Heads, “Triangle Tangle Tango” (Rotund For Success)
Martin Dupont, “Full Moons and Mouths” (Hot Paradox)
Front 242, “Lovely Day” (No Comment)

HOUR 2
Loop, “Be Here Now” (A Gilded Eternity)
Breathless, “Three Times and Waving” (Three Times and Waving)
Inspiral Carpets, “This Is How It Feels” (Extended) (This Is How It Feels)
The Stone Roses, “So Young” (So Young)
Adrian Borland, “We Are the Night” (Cinematic)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “92°” (Tinderbox)
Cocteau Twins, “Peppermint Pig” (7-Inch Version) (Peppermint Pig)
For Against, “Get On With It” (Echelons)
PTP, “Favorite Things” (Side Trax)
A Split-Second, “Firewalker” (Kiss of Fury)
Skinny Puppy, “Smothered Hope” (The Singles Collect)
Nitzer Ebb, “Let Your Body Learn” (That Total Age)
Ministry, “Flashback” (The Land of Rape and Honey)

HOUR 3
The Cure, “Apart” (Renholdër Remix) (Underworld: Awakening Soundtrack)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Fall” (Darklands)
Majesty Crush, “Uma” (Love 15)
Pink Turns Blue, “Touch the Skies” (Extended Club Mix) (Touch the Skies)
Joy Division, “Failures” (Substance)
Young Marble Giants, “Include Me Out” (Colossal Youth)
45 Grave, “Riboflavin” (Sleep in Safety)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Hurricane Fighter Plane” (It the Album)
Screams For Tina, “Eleven Eleven” (Screams For Tina)
The Sugarcubes, “Birthday” (Life’s too Good)
Tones on Tail, “The Never Never (Is Forever)” (Everything!)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “The Ship Song” (The Good Son)
Morrissey, “Satellite of Love” (Live) (Satellite of Love)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like the Snow” (Floodland)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/5/25)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/29/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — The Christmas Spectacular (12/22/24)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/15/24)

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