Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/7/25)

Nitzer Ebb | Photo by Steve Double

“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
Nitzer Ebb, “Warsaw Ghetto” (That Total Age)
Love and Rockets, “Holiday on the Moon” (Express)
Jane’s Addiction, “Mountain Song” (Nothing’s Shocking)
Gang of Four, “What We All Want” (Solid Gold)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Villiers Terrace” (Crocodiles)
Peter Murphy, “Swoon” (Silver Shade)
New Order, “Ruined in a Day” (Republic)
A Split-Second, “Into the Burning Hole” (Kiss of Fury)
ClockDVA, “The Hacker” (The Hacker)
The Cure, “Last Dance” (Disintegration)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Circle” (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse)
Trisomie 21, “Coming From Darkness” (Le Repos Des Enfants Heureux)
Anne Clark, “Poem For a Nuclear Romance” (Changing Places)

HOUR 2
Cocteau Twins, “Iceblink Luck” (Heaven Or Las Vegas)
Felt, “Vasco de Gama” (Ignite the Seven Canons)
Boys Next Door, “Shivers” (Door, Door)
The Church, “Myrrh” (Heyday)
Nine Inch Nails, “Terrible Lie” (Sympathetic Mix) (Head Like a Hole)
Revolting Cocks, “Attack Ships on Fire” (Big Sexy Land)
Front Line Assembly, “Mindphaser” (Tactical Neural Implant)
Die Krupps, “Germanic” (Too Much History)
1,000 Homo DJs, “Apathy” (Side Trax)
Bauhaus, “The Passion of Lovers” (Mask)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Body Electric” (First and Last and Always)
Throwing Muses, “Mania” (Hunkpapa)
Concrete Blonde, “Caroline” (Bloodletting)

HOUR 3
The Smiths, “A Rush and a Push and This Land Is Ours” (Strangeways, Here We Come)
Gavin Friday, “Caruso” (Shag Tobacco)
The Stranglers, “Strange Little Girl” (Greatest Hits 1977-1990)
The Danse Society, “Somewhere” (Seduction)
Depeche Mode, “Barrel of a Gun” (Ultra)
The Neon Judgement, “Don’t Wish Me Luck” (Blood & Thunder)
Bill Nelson, “Flaming Desire” (The Love that Whirls)
Andi Sex Gang with Marc Almond, “The Hungry Years” (The Whip)
Joy Division, “Decades” (Closer)
Adam & The Ants, “Tabletalk” (Dirk Wears White Sox)
Coil, “Love’s Secret Domain” (Love’s Secret Domain)
Front 242, “Crushed” (05:22:09:12 Off)
The Gun Club, “Promise Me” (Fire of Love)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/30/25)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/23/25)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/16/25)

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