Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Christmas Spectacular (12/21/25)

Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan in the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” video

“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
Bad Religion, “Father Christmas” (Father Christmas)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Stuff the Turkey” (Here Cum Germs)
The Fall, “Jingle Bell Rock” (Cerebral Caustic)
All About Eve, “Last Christmas” (Iceland)
Shock Therapy, “X-Mas Time Again” (Santa’s Little Helper: Rarities Oddities and Festive Diseases)
Al Jourgensen, “It’s Always Christmas Time” (Alien Christmas)
XTC, “Always Winter, Never Christmas” (The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead)
Captain Sensible, “One Christmas Catalogue” (The Power of Love)
Wayne Hussey, “White Christmas” (Songs of Candlelight & Razorblades)
The Wedding Present, “Step Into Christmas” (The Hit Parade)
Cocteau Twins, “Frosty the Snowman” (Snow EP)
The Flaming Lips, “Christmas at the Zoo” (Clouds Taste Metallic)
Sad Lovers and Giants, “Christmas on Easter Island” (Treehouse Poetry)
The Popular Front, “A Puppy For Christmas” (A Heartbeat of Laughter)
London After Midnight, “The Christmas Song” (Oddities)

HOUR 2
Sinead O’Connor, “Silent Night” (Silent Night)
Ramones, “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)” (Brain Drain)
Bad Manners, “Christmas Time Again” (Bollocks to Christmas)
Hüsker Dü, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
The Pogues, “Fairytale of New York” (If I Should Fall From Grace with God)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like the Snow” (Floodland)
My Bloody Valentine, “Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)” (Isn’t Anything)
Kate Bush,“50 Words for Snow” (50 Words For Snow)
Galaxie 500, “Listen, the Snow is Falling” (This Is Our Music)
The Cure, “Snow in Summer” (Join the Dots)
X, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” (Merry Xmas From X)
The Dogmatics, “X’mas Time (It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like It)” (Est 81)
Low, “Just Like Christmas” (Christmas)
The Smashing Pumpkins, “Christmastime” (Sandlands Demo) (Adore: Super Deluxe Edition)
Throwing Muses, “Santa Claus” (Hunkpapa)

HOUR 3
Absolute Body Control, “Lonely This Christmas” (Lost/Found)
Leæther Strip, “It Happened On Christmas Day” (Object ÆP)
Poly Styrene, “Black Christmas” (Black Christmas)
45 Grave, “The Snow Miser Song” (Punk Rock Christmas)
The Damned, “There Ain’t No Sanity Clause” (The Black Album)
R.E.M., “Christmas Time Is Here” (1993 Fan Club Single)
Game Theory, “Linus and Lucy” (The Big Shot Chronicles)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant” (Downside Up)
Cranes, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” (Ancienne Belgique)
Medicine, “Christmas Song” (Shot Self Living)
The Fall, “(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas” (We Wish You a Protein Christmas)
Cocteau Twins, “Winter Wonderland” (Snow EP)
The Futureheads, “Christmas Was Better in the 80s” (Silent Night, Tiny Lights)
Kate Bush, “December Will Be Magic Again” (The Single File)
Stiff Little Fingers, “White Christmas” (Live) (All the Best)
The Smiths, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” (Louder Than Bombs)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

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

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