Dead Can Dance
“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
Public Image Ltd., “Swan Lake” (Metal Box)
Nitzer Ebb, “Join in the Chant” (Burn 12-Inch Mix) (That Total Age)
Ministry, “Revenge” (With Sympathy)
Depeche Mode, “Pleasure, Little Treasure” (Glitter Mix) (Never Let Me Down Again)
Simple Minds, “Theme For Great Cities” (Sister Feelings Call)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like the Snow” (Floodland)
Concrete Blonde, “Caroline” (Bloodletting)
Love and Rockets, “An American Dream” (Express)
The Mission, “Butterfly on a Wheel” (BBC Live Session) (The Mission at the BBC)
Pixies, “Into the White” (Peel Session) (Pixies at the BBC)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “It’s So Hard” (Psychocandy)
Chrome, “New Age” (Chrome Box)
Gary Numan, “Observer” (The Pleasure Principle)
HOUR 2
Peter Murphy, “A Strange Kind of Love” (Version 2) (Deep)
The Smiths, “You’ve Got Everything Now” (Hatful of Hollow)
Cocteau Twins, “Spooning Good Singing Gum” (Blue Bell Knoll)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Heroin” (Live) (Crystal Days 1979-1999)
Nine Inch Nails, “She’s Gone Away” (Not the Actual Events)
Controlled Bleeding, “Words of the Dying” (Buried Blessings)
Front Line Assembly, “Gun” (Tactical Neural Implant)
Front 242, “Moldavia” (Re-Boot: Live ’98)
The Cure, “The Big Hand” (Join the Dots)
Dead Can Dance, “Advent” (Spleen and Ideal)
Xmal Deutschland, “Mondlicht” (Tocsin)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Happy House” (Kaleidoscope)
HOUR 3
Joy Division, “No Love Lost” (Substance)
UK Decay, “Jerusalem Over (The White Cliffs of Dover)” (For Madmen Only)
Au Pairs, “Sex Without Stress” (Sense and Sexuality)
Bauhaus, “Hair of the Dog” (Mask)
Spiritualized, “Run” (Lazer Guided Melodies)
Psychic TV, “Eve ov Destruction” (Ex Sex: The Singles)
45 Grave, “Partytime” (Sleep in Safety)
Crass, “Bata Motel” (Penis Envy)
A Split-Second, “Crash Course in Seduction” (Industrial Mix) (Kiss of Fury)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Do Right” (Micro-Phonies)
Meat Beat Manifesto, “Re-Animator Pt. 1” (Storm the Studio)
PTP, “Show Me Your Spine” (Side Trax)
Morrissey, “The Loop” (World of Morrissey)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/14/25)
- 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)
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incredible playlist tonight!!!
For future episodes:
DAF – The Gun
Fatal Error – Fatal Error
Fini Tribe – 101 (Weatherall Remix)
St Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (how can you resist a Neil Young cover!)
The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
Or, if your feeling froggy, how about Billie Ray Martin & Spooky covering Throbbing Gristle’s Persuasion?
Great show tonight, Matt. I love when you play tracks from Floodland by the sisters. That is my favorite album!
Some industrial for next time:
Meg Lee Chin – Nutopia
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Requesting “The Width and the Height” off of last year’s RSD In Reflection by Marty Wilson-Piper
Matt
How bout Doubt by The Cure
Constantine
Hi Matt! I’d like to hear That’s When I Reach for My Revolver by Mission of Burma
For future shows:
1. A Passage In Time – Dead Can Dance
2. Don’t Fall – the Chameleons
3. Punish Me With Kisses – the Glove
4. Coffee Homeground – Kate Bush
5. Airwaves – Kraftwerk
8. Sick For Toys – the Sugarcubes
9. Kyoto Song – the Cure
10. City of Refuge – Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
11. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
12. Sweetness + Light – Lush
13. A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours – Smiths
fantastic set! Theme For Great Cities is an all-time fave. I think you mentioned that covers are a way to your request heart… a few came to mind for future shows:
Alien Sex Fiend – Echoes (Pink Floyd cover – the original is probably my favorite song of all time and ASF’s does a fun, spacey take on it)
Big Black – He’s a Whore, The Big Payback, or Heartbeat
Green River – Queen Bitch (Bowie cover… if it’s not too grunge-y)
Thanks Matt!
The Damned – Fan Club
Suede – She’s not Dead
Hey Matt, I’d love to hear Siouxsie and the Banshees’ version of The Passenger. I think it’s a great cover.
Hi Matt! Super awesome program this week by the looks of the playlist!! Thank you so much for my Front 242 request!! I cannot believe it’s the near ish end of September….dang. Anywho some possible suggestions for next time:
Get Down Make Love – NIN
On the Wire – Sisters of Mercy
Somebody New – My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Thanks again as always!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
I hadn’t heard that Front 242 song in ages… brought me back. thanks for the request!
My pleasure! It is an oldy but still sooo good!!
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Matt….the Maestro of the Dark Wave Arts!You weaved a luxurious tapestry of dark tones and rhythms with exquisite sets and requests…thanx!
Here are a few more to delve into next time:
JOY DIVISION/WARSAW-Leaders of Men
MANUFACTURE-Little Caesar
MINISTRY-Faith Collapsing
As always,all the best to you.
M.
Seconding “MINISTRY-Faith Collapsing” – stellar track from Uncle Al and Co.
Hey Matt!
Awesome work as per usual … love that Controlled Bleeding song (one of my ATFs by them!) and what a sweet John Peel session version of the Pixies! Thanks so much – really enjoy Mr. Santiago’s exceptional riffs on that track!
Sooo, found myself enjoying many festive *lager beers* lately – being nearly Oktober and all ;-) – so thought to request a song from Love and Rockets self-titled album circa ’89. How about one of these coming Sunday Eve’s we all take an SXM Dark Wave trip on that train that’s… “Bound for Hell” !!!
Cheers!
Great one!
I want to suggest anything from Heaven or Las Vegas by the Cocteau Twins, as it celebrated its 35th(!) anniversary of its release this past week.
Thanks!
Great show Matt, thanks for playing Gun!
Always good. I have nothing to add. Keep it up, Matt—your playlists are incredible.
Loved the communion tonight, I’d love to hear either Acid Rain by Model/Actriz or Yr body is nothing by Boy Harsher on one of these soon!
The Plasmatics’ “Master Plan” for a future show would be pretty cool.
Have a great week, everyone!
Exceptional set this week maestro! Thanks so much for playing “The Big Hand.” You are absolutely correct, should have been on Wish. Maybe instead of that Friday song? Loved hearing the Bunnymen do the Velvets, that was sublime. Always great to have Spiritualized on the show, props to Nicole. And the industrial selections are always on point but this week was particularly strong. Love that PTP track.
Request for a future communion: how about a visit to “My New House” by The Fall.
Have a great week Matt and fellow darkwavers, cheers!
Great show. Giving it to Hour 3 this week. Great selections from Split Second, Au Pais, and Psychic TV put it over the to.
Please play Clock DVA “Beautiful Losers” on an upcoming episode. Thanks
Excellent! Thanks for playing the Dead Can Dance track
Bravo for another top notch show! And thank you for playing my request for Spiritualized – much appreciated. A few highlights include PIL, Love and Rockets, Peter Murphy and the Bunnymen covering the Velvets…
A request for a future communion – a nod to this site…
Pixies “Debaser”
Thanks! Wishing all a good week.
Cyclic Amp – Gun (1988) Apple Music + Bandcamp
Talking Heads –Drugs (1979) Apple Music + Qobuz
Controlled Bleeding! A real blast from the past. Actually that industrial block of four starting with NIN was the best mix I’ve heard in a very long time.
I would like to hear Crawl from that same Trudge album. Thanks!