Morrissey | Photo by Eamonn J. McCabe via Sire 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
Bauhaus, “Terror Couple Kill Colonel” (Bauhaus 1979–1983)
The Teardrop Explodes, “Poppies” (Kilimanjaro)
Flesh for Lulu, “Baby Hurricane” (Big Fun City)
Danielle Dax, “Big Hollow Man” (Dark Adapted Eye)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, “Nothing Wrong” (Nothing Wrong)
Lead Into Gold,“Faster Than Light” (Age of Reason)
Parade Ground, “Hollywood” (Cut Up)
Clan of Xymox, “No Human Can Drown” (Clan of Xymox)
Revolting Cocks, “You Often Forget (Malignant)” (Big Sexy Land)
The Cure, “Seventeen Seconds” (Seventeen Seconds)
The Sisters of Mercy, “This Corrosion” (Floodland)
Department S, “Is Vic There?” (Substance)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Pictures On My Wall” (Crocodiles)
HOUR 2
Depeche Mode, “Wrong” (Sounds of the Universe)
Deine Lakaien, “Return” (Kasmodiah)
Johnson Engineering Co., “Mr. Fiasco” (Unleash)
Skinny Puppy, “Glass Houses” (Remission)
Killing Joke, “The Beautiful Dead” (Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions)
Morrissey, “Will Never Marry” (Bona Drag)
Love and Rockets, “No Big Deal” (Love and Rockets)
Christian Death, “Deathwish” (Only Theatre of Pain)
The Mission, “Dance on Glass” (God’s Own Medicine)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Night Shift” (Juju)
Front 242, “Special Forces” (Backcatalogue)
Nitzer Ebb, “Control I’m Here” (Belief)
Sister Machine Gun, “Addiction” (Sins of the Flesh)
The Young Gods, “Kissing the Sun” (Only Heaven)
HOUR 3
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Some Candy Talking” (Some Candy Talking)
Joy Division, “Transmission” (Substance)
Skeletal Family, “Far and Near” (Futile Combat)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Last Exit for the Lost” (The Nephilim)
The Stranglers, “Skin Deep” (Aural Sculpture)
Blitz, “Flowers & Fire” (Second Empire Justice)
The Church, “Constant in Opal” (Remote Luxury)
The Chameleons, “As High As You Can Go” (Script of the Bridge)
Nine Inch Nails, “Happiness in Slavery” (Broken)
Ministry, “Golden Dawn” (Land of Rape and Honey)
Iron Curtain, “Terror Story” (Desertion 1982-1988)
Big Black, “The Model” (Songs About Fucking)
Galaxie 500, “Tugboat” (Today)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/7/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/31/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/24/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (8/17/25)
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Thank you for an amazing and satisfied show Matt! I loved every minute of it. I like to request “Nothing” by Depeche Mode.
Hey Matt! Awesome show and thanks for playing Glass Houses.
A little minimalist dark wave maybe?:
The Neon Judgement – The Fashion Party
Have a good week!
Hey Matt! Awesome show. I loved hearing lead into gold!
Way back when, on the Sweet FA tour I heard Love and Rockets cover “Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles. If a recorded version exists, I’d love to hear it again. If you can’t find that how about NIN’s cover of Gary Numan’s “Metal”?
Hey Matt, going to see Life of Agony this weekend for the 30th anniversary tour of their album “Ugly”. The last track on that album is a great cover of Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”. How about giving that a spin? Thanks!
For future shows:
1. The Loop – Morrissey
2. A Passage In Time – Dead Can Dance
3. Don’t Fall – the Chameleons
4. Punish Me With Kisses – the Glove
5. Coffee Homeground – Kate Bush
6. Airwaves – Kraftwerk
7. Sick For Toys – the Sugarcubes
8. Kyoto Song – the Cure
9. City of Refuge – Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
10. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
You started with my favorite Bauhaus song! I can tell it’s going to be a good week
Can you dig up very early Kraftwerk with the original members of NEU!
Plus
Joy Division – Autosuggestion
Bauhaus – King Volcano
Modern English – Carry Me Down
Blancmange – Game Above My Head
New Order – Ceremony
Always enjoy listening to Dark Wave!
How about Ticking Time Bomb by Tackhead?
The Fixx – Opinions
Hour two was especially dark! Great stuff!
Here’s a request for a possible future shoegaze block –
The Rosemarys – Catherine
Thanks!
Hello Matt! Wowza super awesome program this week – all hours stellar!! Thank you for playing my SOM request!! I am really excited to go see The Cult on October 9th (I don’t believe I’ve ever seen them). I would like to request Wild Flower or Revolution.
Thanks again as always!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Great show Matt! I’d like to throw Chemlab “Suicide Jag” into the mix for next week…
Matt, you Dark Wave Devil!Great sets and mixes ta boot,couldn’t ask for anything more,but you always do,chefs smooch,lol!Here are some servings you might be inclined to serve sometime,All the best to you,always.
MANUFACTURE-Little Caesar
JOY DIVISION-No Love Lost
ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB-Mr.44
Great communion! Loved hearing “Terror Story” (It’s been awhile) I’d love to hear some newer bands/ artists, as I really think it would spice up the show every now and again. I’d recommend “Yr Body Is Nothing” by Boy Harsher or “Acid Rain” by Model/Actriz! I once again thanks for hosting Matt!
Great show as usual. I hope someone requests “The Last Day of Summer” for next Sunday’s show because of the accuracy, BUT that is not my actual request.
Instead, my request is for Oct. 5 because Luna celebrates their birthday on Oct. 6. Anything from side b of Disintegration — preferably live.
Luna and I finally saw The Cure during the 2023 tour in Michigan. It was our first time seeing the band live, and it rained the entire time. How fitting, yet totally worth it.
Another great set Matt! Thanks for playing my Parade Ground request. Gotta admit, it’s your show that turned me on to that underrated Belgian group, many thanks sir, they are great. I appreciated your Smiths/Moz hot take, (not really that hot, haha) but I totally agree with you that Bona Drag is a high water mark for the Mozzer. Great selection off that brilliant collection. It’s difficult to think of a better show closer than Tugboat, that was perfect. And as per usual, we can never ever have too much Big Black.
Feeling punky. How about “Rotten to the Core” by Rudimentary Peni on a future communion?
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Legendary Pink Dots “just a lifetime” please!
O.M.D.- 88 Seconds in Greensboro
Another great Sunday Matt!
Can you play Dogs – Christian Death
Thank you in advance!
Emanuel
Matt, you’re the best DJ ever for this unique genre. I’m so amazed you get it!
I listen to each weekly episode at work all week.
How about The Frigidettes “Spikes and Chains” It’s Fresno punk but pretty dark and awesome!
Love the Skinny Puppy. And thank you for the Nitzer Ebb and a Killing Joke song I’ve never heard before.
Thank you for Department S “Is Vic There?” that was awesome.
Fantastic show this week Matt!!
I’m hoping this request falls under the “Dark Wave” mode. Since it is a new song from a classic dark wave artist… But I’ll leave it to you, but I was wondering if you could play Peter Murphy’s “The Artroom Wonder”? That is one hell of an album. Sure hope he is able to go out on tour here soon, but his health, who knows!!!
Wow Matt – What a kick ass show!! I had to list to the show twice. Young Gods (I haven’t heard that song for years. Thanks for playing my request.) and Sister Machine Gun, plus Lead into Gold, RevCo, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Johnston Engineering, NIN (anything from Broken!) and topped off with Golden Dawn by Ministry, plus Bauhaus, Cure, Sisters of Mercy, DM (Wrong), Love & Rockets, Siouxsie, and Joy Division. Keep it coming. How about something from Die Warzau?
It is always a trip down memory lane, listening to Dark Wave. Have you played “Futter mein Ego,” by Einsturzende Neubauten lately?
Jerry Harrison – Worlds In Collision (1981) Apple Music + Qobuz
Psyche – Goodbye Horses (21st Century Immortality Mix) (2012) Apple Music + Qobuz + Bandcamp
Seconded!
WoW !! All of your shows are great Matt but this one was a favorite !! I’ve been making a playlist each week since 2019. Keep it up, sir. Monday morning is always a pleasure listening on my drive to work.
I’ll take this opportunity again to request Vociferous Mutes. You might have to play them from the YouTube But they fit the billet.
Thank you for another wonderful set of dark tunes. I loved Bauhaus to kick things off. And personal favorites from JAMC, Joy Division, and Big Black were highlights.
A request for a future communion:
The Jesus and Mary Chain “Sometimes Always”
Thank you!
On the topic of song covers, the Cocteau Twins’ The Thinner the Air gets a first class treatment by Trance to the Sun
Matt
If you could play Blancmange- living on the ceiling.
Thanks
Thank you for playing Dark Wave in this most troubling times. Soothes my . Please play anything from Cruex Lies. Young band from Sacramento. Good young men that play some great Dark Wave music. Thank you Sebastian. Great set list tonight. 9/21/2025
Wow, one of the best sets in a while. Dark, good beat and great choices!