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“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
Peter Gabriel, “Intruder” (Peter Gabriel 3: Melt)
The Cramps, “The Creature From the Black Leather Lagoon” (Stay Sick!)
The Jazz Butcher, “The Jazz Butcher Meets Count Dracula” (Draining the Glass: 1982-1986)
New York Dolls, “Frankenstein” (New York Dolls)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Halloween” (Peel Session) (At the BBC)
Ministry, “Every Day is Halloween” (Squirrely Version) (The Squirrely Years Revisited)
Moev, “Crucify Me” (12-Inch Version) (Yeah, Whatever)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness” (Confessions of a Knife)
Front 242, “Until Death (Do Us Part)” (Front By Front)
The Cure, “Fear of Ghosts” (Join the Dots)
Cocteau Twins, “Blood Bitch” (Garlands)
Lydia Lunch, “Dance of the Dead Children” (13:13)
The Birthday Party, “Release the Bats” (Hits)
HOUR 2
Dead Kennedys, “Halloween” (Milking the Sacred Cow)
Social Distortion, “The Creeps (I Just Wanna Give You)” (Mommy’s Little Monster)
The Damned, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (The Black Album)
45 Grave, “Evil” (Evil Tracks)
Bauhaus, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (Crackle)
The Specials, “Ghost Town” (Extended Version) (Ghost Town)
13th Chime, “Coffin Maker” (The Singles 1981-1983)
Concrete Blonde, “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” (Bloodletting)
Tones on Tail, “Movement of Fear” (Everything!)
Kate Bush, “Hammer Horror” (Lionheart)
UK Decay, “Werewolf” (For Madmen Only)
HOUR 3
The Misfits, “Horror Business” (Collection)
Samhain, “To Walk the Night” (Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire)
Death Cult, “Ghost Dance” (Ghost Dance)
Rudimentary Peni, “The Horrors in the Museum” (Cacophony)
Nick Cave & The Cavemen, “I Put a Spell On You” (Peel Session)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Now I’m Feeling Zombified” (Curse)
Inflatable Boy Clams, “Skeletons” (Inflatable Boy Clams)
Fun Boy Three, “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” (Fun Boy Three)
Nine Inch Nails, “Dead Souls” (The Crow Original Soundtrack)
Switchblade Symphony, “Witches” (Bread and Jam for Frances)
Japan, “Halloween” (In Vogue)
Love and Rockets, “Haunted When the Minutes Drag” (USA Mix) (Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven)
Suicide, “Frankie Teardrop” (Suicide)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/19/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/12/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/5/25)
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Hi Matt, great selection as always, especially the outro!
My request:
Skinny Puppy – Love In Vein
Happy Halloween!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEK, MATT!!!!
For future shows:
1. Don’t Fall – the Chameleons
2. Coffee Homeground – Kate Bush
3. Airwaves – Kraftwerk
4. Kyoto Song – the Cure
5. City of Refuge – Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
6. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
7. Sweetness + Light – Lush
8. A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours – Smiths
9. Driving Your Girlfriend Home – Morrissey
10. Deep Water – Strawberry Switchblade
11. Aloysius – Cocteau Twins
12. Funtime – Iggy Pop
13. I Dream of Wires – Gary Numan
Excellent show! Thanks for playing my request. Happy Halloween week, everyone!
My first Dark Wave Halloween did not disappoint. Great show.
Charge – Revenge Of The Midsummer Night’s Dream
M.S.,you Evil Entity of the Dark Arts!Grand Show indeed!Thoroughly vexed and laced with the spirit of Halloween,much thanx for that and the request play!Let NOVEMBERS COMING FIRE proceed!Here to help usher in are some morsels,All the best as always:
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR-Shivers
MINISTRY-Faith Collapsing
PENAL COLONY-Reconciled
M.
Second The Boys Next Door! Hell yeah to some early Birthday Party, great call Murdoch.
Excellent Halloween Spectacular last night! Happy Halloween Week everyone!
Spectacular show of ghoulish goodness indeed! Love that Cure b-side. Cramps, Jazz Butcher, Dolls, Siouxsie was a tasty appetizer before the industrial block. Loved hearing a double whammy of Mr. Cave with that cover and The Birthday Party. The punk four punch leading into Bela was also awesome. And thank you so much for kicking off hour 3 with my Misfits request! Will be replaying this episode all week.
I just discovered this band record shopping in Santa Cruz this past weekend and would like to request “At the Hop” by Sunglasses After Dark.
Happy Halloween week to you Matt and fellow darkwavers. Cheers!
Nathan, Earlier this week I was driving behind a pick-up truck with a Misfits skull sticker and I automatically started to sing “Too much horror business…Psycho 78”.
Haha, that’s awesome! Misfits rule.
Love the Jazz Butcher! R.I.P.
Great Halloween show!
Here’s a request –
My Bloody Valentine – Map Ref. 41N 93W
Thanks!
Thanks!
A truly ghastly dark wave – in the best sense of the word!!! Thank you for playing my Moev request!!! I adored this Halloweeny installment!!! Bravo! I especially loved The Specials – we need more ska!
Some possible suggestions for next time:
Little Bitch – The Specials
Save It For Later – English Beat
Madness – It must Be Love
Thanks again as always! Happy Halloween everyone!!!!!
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Hi Matt,
May I please request The Shroud covering the Cure’s ‘Sinking’? Thank you!
Very Spooky. Only got to hear the first two hours, but I think Hour 1 is going to be hard to beat. Great selection of opening tracks.
Enjoy your Halloween.
Cheers to you Matt for this extra dark and spooky mix! Such a treat to stream this all week. Thanks for playing my request for Social Distortion. The whole set was awesome from start to finish. And I loved the punk and ska mixed in.
A request for a future dark communion:
The Fall “Big New Prinz”
Wishing everyone a happy Halloween week.
Seconded!
Enjoying it as always. Intruder was a pleasant surprise! And the Fun Boy Three song was also exceptionally well-received.
How about “Bea” by Throwing Muses for a future show?
Probably the best dark wave ever! I have listened to this like 6 times already and it’s only Wednesday! Always a Bauhaus junky!
Great show as always Matt!
Request for future show, Hamburger Lady – Throbbing Gristle
Thank you!
Nearly God – Poems (featuring Terry Hall) (1996) Apple Music
Diatribe – Ha Fucking Ha (1984) https://the-original-diatribe.bandcamp.com/music
Great galloping ghosts, what a good Halloween Show! I think the only way you coulda gotten more creepy and disturbing to close it out would have been with some Whitehouse. Happy Halloweeeeeeeen Dark Wavers!!!!
Fun show. Always look forward to this show helping reset the commercialization of this joyous day. Thank you.
Earnie
Great Halloween show! Good to hear ministry and bauhaus!
By any stretch, as a sort of precursor, would young Genesis qualify here? If so, “The Musical Box” please. Think about it. Also Rosetta Stone, “Deeper”. Siouxsie “Metal Postcard”. That’s it for now