Grace Jones | Photo via Island 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
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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Xtina
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 pm · Reply
For future shows:
1. Coffee Homeground – Kate Bush
2. Airwaves – Kraftwerk
3. Kyoto Song – the Cure
4. City of Refuge – Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
5. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
6. Sweetness + Light – Lush
7. Driving Your Girlfriend Home – Morrissey
8. Funtime – Iggy Pop
9. A Matter of Time – Berlin
Wow. This is amazing. Glad to see some Shudder To Think and Afghan Whigs where you least expect it. And many of these were totally unexpected versions. Amazing job!
Hell yes to The Whigs. For the Christmas show, how about “All I Want For Christmas is an Afghan Whigs Reunion” by Bicentennial Bear?
Fantastic show Matt!
Appreciate you.
Such a great covers show!!
It might be too late to request for the Xmas show, but the mention of Christmas in the song “Other Voices” by the Cure would be my request. Thanks Matt!
Amazing… still couldn’t play Soft Kill’s cover of Ministry Im Falling, but somehow Flaming Lips and the Raveonettes make it on the set. Crazy stuff.
Excellent show!
My next request:
The Smiths- Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate Demo)
really deep setlist of hard to find covers.
I would have picked Lucifer Sam over another version of Ziggy Stardust.:)
Very fun show! Thank you for this one. Pushing my previos request up – I think the Go-Betweens “Cattle and Cane” would be a fine fit for the “chill portion” of the weekly communion.
Fun show last night! I was genuinely surprised by a few of the selections, and there were even a couple covers I’d never heard before.
For a future show, would you play PIL’s “Albatross”? It’s a longer request, but that bass line is just killer.
Have a great week ahead, everyone!
Is everyone else not seeing the replay in the app?
Same glitch on my end. Hopefully, it gets added sooner than later…
Killing Joke – Adorations
Liked the Icehouse cover, went off and discovered the Berlin Tapes, some other good cuts there
Yeah! Love Icehouse and didn’t even know that cover existed. Same with Catherine Wheel. Thanks Matt!
I assume we will get “Birthday” by J*A*M*C for the Christmas show? That is a great one!
Can you dig out these covers and other songs
Galaxy 500 – Ceremony
Joy Division – Sister Ray
Siouxsie and The Banshees – Dear Prudence
Bauhaus – Third Uncle
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again
Great cover choices and some new ones that I never heard prior!
Here’s a request going into the new year (and for a future shoegaze block) –
My Bloody Valentine – New You
Thanks
I’d really love if you could play to have and to hold by Depche mode! It is a hidden gem
A really interesting cover show Matt! There were definitely some songs I’d never heard of — which of course is awesome!!! Speaking of different show formats, how about a whole show of Dark Wave artists on soundtracks?! Just a thought. Some possible suggestions for next time:
Abecedarians – Spaghetti Western
OMD – Souvenir
Japan – Nightporter
Thanks again as always!!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Wishing my mom a happy heavenly birthday tomorrow 12/16. Love you. ( ◜‿◝ )♡
What a show! The wait for this covers show was well worth it. Some awesome tracks I’d never heard before. Really cool hearing British Sea Power on the program, that’s a band I’ve loved for 20+ years. Other highlights include ACR, House of Love, more Boo Radleys, another awesome Shoegaze block, Pavement, and of course the iconic Grace Jones.
Request for a 2026 communion show: “Fireworks” by Siouxsie and The Banshees.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Happy Holidays …
I have a Christmas Holiday Song Request;
Captain Sensible – One Christmas Catalog
This was an absolute treat to listen to. It was wonderful to hear a mix of songs both familiar and not so familiar. I loved the Afghan Whigs stripped down version of “Regret” and Grace Jones radical take on Joy Division.
A request for an upcoming show:
Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch “Death Valley ’69 (from Bad Moon Rising)
Wishing Matt and the dark wavers a happy and peaceful week.
The Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus – Money Day (1999) https://creepingbent.bandcamp.com/album/alan-vega-revolutionary-corps-of-teenage-jesus-righteous-lite
Bill Nelson – Vertical Games (1981) Apple + Qobuz
Hell yes to The Whigs. For the Christmas show, how about “All I Want For Christmas is an Afghan Whigs Reunion” by Bicentennial Bear?
The DREADED covers show…..boo
Then you’re *really* going to love covers month
Matt,I was looking fwd to this show & you belted the HELL OUTTA IT…..FANTASTIC!Can’t wait for the Dark Christmas Extravaganza….yeah!
I know its late for Santa but hell,here are my wishes anyway,lol.All the best,till then
MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT-Blue Buddah
MINISTRY-Dreamsong
M.
Awesome episode, I hope you do it again! That Peter Murphy/Trent Reznor “Warm Leatherette” was amazing and the Grace Jones “I’ve Lost Control” was great. And of course the RevCo. Another highlight was the Pixies doing Lynch. I had never heard that one before. And the Pavement and Manic Street Preachers. Really loved the whole show.
Brilliant, just brilliant
Thank you
Earnie