The Rose of Avalanche
“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 Wedding Present, “You Only Live Twice” (Marc Riley Sessions Volume 3)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Gimme Shelter” (Some Girls Wander by Mistake)
45 Grave, “Procession” (Sleep in Safety)
Joy Division, “Ice Age” (Still)
Love and Rockets, “The Dog-End of a Day Gone By” (Seventh Dream of a Day Gone By)
Ministry, “Cause We’re In Love Again” (Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records)
Depeche Mode, “So Cruel” (AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered)
Machines of Loving Grace, “Golgotha Tenement Blues” (The Crow: Original Soundtrack)
Propaganda, “Dr. Mabuse” (A Secret Wish)
Wire, “Strange” (Pink Flag)
X-Ray Spex, “Art-I-Ficial” (Germ Free Adolescents)
The Pop Group, “We Are All Prostitutes” (For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?)
Au Pairs, “Love Song” (Stepping Out of Line)
HOUR 2
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “This Wheel’s On Fire” (Through the Looking Glass)
The Mission, “Serpent’s Kiss” (The First Chapter)
Virgin Prunes, “Deadly Sins” (The Moon Looked Down and Laughed)
The Damned, “Anti-Pope” (Machine Gun Etiquette)
My Bloody Valentine, “We Have All the Time in the World” (Peace Together)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Taste of Cindy” (Live) (Automatic: Expanded Edition)
Tuxedomoon, “In a Manner of Speaking” (Solve Et Coagula)
Cocteau Twins, “Fluffy Tufts” (Victorialand)
The Rose of Avalanche, “Assassin” (L.A. Rain)
Nine Inch Nails, “March of the Pigs” (The Downward Spiral)
Revolting Cocks, “Animal Nation” (Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records)
Wiseblood, “Stumbo” (Dirtdish)
Skinny Puppy, “Rodent” (Rabies)
HOUR 3
The Creatures, “But Not Them” (Wild Things EP)
The Cure, “The Figurehead” (Pornography)
Bauhaus, “Third Uncle” (The Sky’s Gone Out)
The Cult, “Phoenix” (Love)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Ticket to Ride” (B-Sides and Live)
The March Violets, “Turn To the Sky” (Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack)
Modern English, “Swans on Glass” (Mesh & Lace)
Fools Dance, “Sa’Ha” (Fools Dance)
The Lords of the New Church, “Portobello” (The Lords of the New Church)
The The, “Perfect” (Original 7-Inch Version) (45 RPM The Singles)
Chris and Cosey, “Synesthesia” (Pagan Tango)
Throbbing Gristle, “Still Walking” (20 Jazz Funk Greats)
New Order, “Face Up” (Low-Life)
The Smiths, “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” (Strangeways, Here We Come)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/11/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/4/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — co-hosted by The Cult’s Ian Astbury (4/27/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/20/25)
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Hi Matt, good selection tonight, I really enjoyed the show. Thanks for playing Rodent!
How about a little French darkwave:
Trisomie 21 – The Last Song
Maaaaatt,you did it again my friend,terrific show old boy!I commend you & thank you very much for the request grant,much appreciated
I rummaged throught my pocket for a couple more requests,so here ya go.All the best, KEEP IT REAL KEEP IT DARK!
STUMP-Buffalo
PSYCHIC TV-United
MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT-Dementia 66
Great show last night, it was arranged beautifully. I would like to hear in an up and coming set the wonderful Loop with “ Too real to feel”
Thanks – best wishes
“Girl Afraid by the Smiths/Moz for nxt Sun’s show in honour of Moz’s 66th birthday weekend
I’ll second “Girl Afraid”.
Swans – “New Mind” please!
The Teardrop Explodes – Like Leila Khaled Said
Hey Matt,
I’d like to request one of the following covers that appeared on soundtracks for an upcoming show:
Everybody Knows – Concrete Blonde
Dead Souls – Nine Inch Nails
Summer Breeze – Type O Negative
Thanks & Cheers!
Great cover choices and balance each hour. Really good spring season DW.
Here’s a request –
The Chameleons – Here Today
Looking forward to their new album and tour this fall!
Thanks for the Wiseblood!
Saw Death Cult this bast Friday doing a one off show before Cruel World. Would love to hear some more. Your choice.
A lot of my favorite bands on this one, I would love it if you could play Limiter- Machines Of Loving Grace or Disease- Sister Machine Gun.
Excellent program Matt!!! I really loved each hour. Thank you for playing Procession for me!!!! I never heard that DM cover of U2 before – very cool!! I’m in a retro state of mind. Some possible suggestions for next time:
The Lords of the New Church – Dance With Me
Depeche Mode – Dreaming of Me
The Cure – I Want to Be Old
Thanks again as always!!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Also thank you for my Echo request too – I forgot to add that earlier!!!!
Nice episode – really dug the covers, so many were new to me!
I’m still in a ‘Surprising records that were on Wax Trax!’ kick so bear with me while i request something off The KLF’s album Chill Out! – the greatest comedown record ever made IMO. 3AM Somewhere Out Of Beaumont or Madrugada Eterna, perhaps? Definitely not the typical darkwave fare but might just work in the right context!
Thanks as always for our Sunday night required listening, Matt!
Awesome show last night! I gotta give the slight edge to hour 3 although all three hours were brilliant. 7″ version of ‘Perfect’ tips the scale, I love that song so much.
I too had never heard that Bunnymen cover of the Beatles. What a nice surprise, thank you Tina! How about their version of ‘Paint it Black’ on a future show just so we can balance the Beatles with the Stones?
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
You’re welcome Nathan!!
Clan of Xymox
Back Door (original from Medusa album, not remake)
Thanks Matt
great show last night, Matt
Could you please possibly play either Alien Sex Fiend or 45 Grave and even the original horror rocker ( Alice Cooper )’s version of
“Schools Out” since this is the last week of school. Thanxxx
Hey Matt, great show! Some highlights for me among many great moments…. the run of post punk songs from Wire to Au Pairs; Swans on Glass, what an absolutely perfect song, the best of everything; more JG Thirwell a la Wiseblood’s Stumbo!!
I’ve got a bit of an odd request but will give it a shot. the band Pavement has been much on my brain since seeing the wonderfully weird documentary about them that recently came out. While I would not go so far as suggesting them as a Dark Wave regulars, I have two songs in mind that I will humbly submit as requests for your consideration.
First, The Wedding Present’s version of Box Elder, which was a Bizarro bonus track… (joining the ranks of requests for The Wedding Present, and requests for covers, and requests for The Wedding Present doing covers). Second is Pavement themselves doing the Echo & The Bunnymen’s The Killing Moon…one of my all-time favorite covers. Have a great week!
I’ve even had the good fortune of seeing Pavement play Killing Moon live, so good. Great calls on both of those covers David!
That must’ve been incredible! Like you, I’m also looking forward to seeing the Wedding Present. This Friday over here…It’ll be my first time getting to see them live!
You’re in for a treat! Just don’t expect an encore, Gedge hates encores.
Cucumber, cucucumber, cuhcuhcuhcuhcucabbage… cucumber, cucucucucacabbage…
Hi Matt, love the show here in Orange County. I would love to hear Gene loves Jezebel, Bruises. For a friend Daniela.
My request for The Smiths came on just as I was arriving at work – perfect timing to help put me in a positive mood to start the day. Thank you – it’s always appreciated to hear a request in the mix.
And I loved all of the cover songs, Wire, X-Ray Spex, Love and Rockets…
A request for an upcoming episode:
The Jesus and Mary Chain “Some Candy Talking”
Thanks!
Weimar Gesang – Chantal’s Secret
Finished listening to the most recent episode & I loved it. Your show is my favorite on 1st Wave. My requests for this week are:
Pitchshifter – Genius
Voodoo Church – Rest in peace
And One – Deutschmaschine
Thanks for reading & considering!
Tom Waits – Goin’ Out West (1992) Apple Music + Qobuz
MC 900 Ft Jesus – Too Bad (1988) Bandcamp + Qobuz
I loved Stumbo!
I just discovered the website and the playlists.
Thank you so much for listing these!
Thank you Matt for keeping the music coming! Another great show. Loving it every Sunday and play in my office at work during the week! Love the Wire, Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey and always Skinny Puppy!!!
How about a great song from an obscure 80’s darkwave band Pylon: M-train.
Or Throbbing Gristle: United. Pretty dark and creepy that one. Actually, anything by TG or Psychic TV is pretty out there!
John from Tucson