Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — Slicing Up Eyeballs’ All-Covers Edition (12/14/25)

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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
Shudder To Think, “Shake Dog Shake” (Give Me the Cure) [The Cure cover]
The Cure, “World In My Eyes” (For the Masses) [Depeche Mode cover]
A Certain Ratio, “Houses in Motion” (acr:box) [Talking Heads cover]
This Mortal Coil, “Song to the Siren” (It’ll End In Tears) [Tim Buckley cover]
The Slits, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (Cut: Deluxe Edition) [Gladys Knight and the Pips cover]
Swans, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (Michael Gira Vocal Version) (Love Will Tear Us Apart) [Joy Division cover]
The House of Love, “Pink Frost” (Burn Down The World — The Fontana Years 1989-1993) [The Chills cover]
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Hall of Mirrors” (Through the Looking Glass) [Kraftwerk cover]
The Wedding Present, “You Only Live Twice” (Marc Riley Sessions Volume 3) [Nancy Sinatra cover]
The Raveonettes, “I Wanna Be Adored” (I Wanna Be Adored) [The Stone Roses cover]
I Am the World Trade Center, “Shoot You Down” (The Tight Connection) [The Stone Roses cover]
Manic Street Preachers, “This Is The Day” (This Is The Day) [The The cover]
British Sea Power, “A Forest” (NME Awards 2009 — A Tribute To Godlike Geniuses The Cure) [The Cure cover]
Dum Dum Girls, “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” (He Gets Me High) [The Smiths cover]

HOUR 2
1,000 Homo DJs, “Supernaut” (Dub Remix) (Trax! Rarities) [Black Sabbath cover]
KFMDM, “Material Girl” (Material Voices: A Vocal Tribute To Madonna) [Madonna cover]
Trent Reznor and Peter Murphy, “Warm Leatherette” (Live in Boston) [The Normal cover]
Revolting Cocks, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” (Linger Ficken’ Good) [Rod Stewart cover]
Fields of the Nephilim, “In Every Dream Home a Heartache” (Blue Water) [Roxy Music cover]
Bauhaus, “Ziggy Stardust” (Rough Demo Version) (Mask: Singles and Outtakes) [David Bowie cover]
Pixies, “In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)” (Peel Session) (Pixies at the BBC, 1988-1991) [Laurel Near cover]
Grace Jones, “She’s Lost Control” (Long Version) (The Collection) [Joy Division cover]
The Boo Radleys, “Alone Again Or” (Learning to Walk) [Love cover]
Catherine Wheel, “Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely” (30 Century Man) [Hüsker Dü cover]
My Bloody Valentine, “We Have All the Time in the World” (Peace Together) [Louis Armstrong cover]
Slowdive, “Some Velvet Morning” (Souvlaki: Expanded) [Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra cover]
Chapterhouse, “Rain” (Sunburst EP) [The Beatles cover]

HOUR 3
45 Grave, “School’s Out” (Sleep in Safety) [Alice Cooper cover]
Alien Sex Fiend, “Five to One” (Information Overload) [The Doors cover]
Christian Death, “Panic in Detroit” (Death In Detroit) [David Bowie cover]
The Flaming Lips, “Unmade Bed/No Quarter” (If You Could Blow Up the World with the Flick of a Switch) [Sonic Youth/Led Zeppelin cover]
Depeche Mode, “Route 66” (The Beatmasters Remix) (Remixes 81-04) [Nat King Cole cover]
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Paint It Black” (Live) (Crystal Days 1979-1999) [Rolling Stones cover]
The Afghan Whigs, “Regret” (Black Love: 20th Anniversary Edition) [New Order cover]
The Dismemberment Plan, “Close to Me” (Give Me The Cure) [The Cure cover]
Pavement, “The Killing Moon” (Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.) [Echo & The Bunnymen cover)
Placebo, “Bigmouth Strikes Again” (The Smiths Is Dead) [The Smiths cover]
Icehouse, “Love Like Blood” (The Berlin Tapes) [Killing Joke cover]
Concrete Blonde, “Everybody Knows” (Pump Up the Volume Soundtrack) [Leonard Cohen cover]
The Sisters of Mercy, “Gimme Shelter” (Some Girls Wander By Mistake) [Rolling Stones cover]
The Cure, “Hello, I Love You” (Slight Return) (Rubáiyát: Elektra’s 40th Anniversary) [The Doors cover]

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

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

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