Gene Loves Jezebel | Photo by Paul Cox via Beggars Arkive
“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
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Heartache” (Discover)
Bauhaus, “The Man With X-Ray Eyes” (Mask)
Magazine, “Shot By Both Sides” (Real Life)
The Psychedelic Furs, “Sister Europe” (The Psychedelic Furs)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Trophy” (Kaleidoscope)
Fad Gadget, “Collapsing New People” (Gag)
Clan of Xymox, “Back Door” (Medusa)
Ministry, “Dream Song” (The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “Burning Dirt” (Confessions of a Knife)
The Cure, “Faith” (Faith)
Joy Division, “Walked in Line” (Still)
The Mission, “Kingdom Come” (Children)
The Comsat Angels, “Dark Parade” (Sleep No More)
HOUR 2
The Jesus Lizard, “7 vs. 8” (Head)
Pigface, “Ten Ground and Down” (Fook)
MC 900 Ft. Jesus, “The City Sleeps” (Welcome to My Dream)
Abecedarians, “Smiling Monarchs” (Eureka)
Tanya Donelly with Dylan in the Movies, “Shoplifters of the World Unite” (Please, Please, Please: A Tribute to The Smiths)
The Afghan Whigs, “Lost in the Supermarket” (Burning London: The Clash Tribute)
Morrissey and Siouxsie, “Interlude” (Interlude)
Suede with Neil Tennant, “Rent” (Live) (Filmstar)
Galaxie 500, “Ceremony” (On Fire)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Fall” (Darklands)
The Sisters of Mercy, “A Rock and a Hard Place” (First and Last and Always)
Love and Rockets, “Earth Sun Moon” (Earth Sun Moon)
The Stone Roses, “Made of Stone” (The Stone Roses)
HOUR 3
Lard, “Pineapple Face” (The Last Temptation of Reid)
Skinny Puppy, “The Choke” (12-Inch Anthology)
Portion Control, “Fiends” (I Staggered Mentally)
The Young Gods, “Skinflowers” (T.V. Sky)
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, “Cold Blue” (8 Track Stomp)
The Gun Club, “Sex Beat” (Fire of Love)
Throwing Muses, “Fall Down” (Hunkpapa)
The Cult, “Horse Nation” (Dreamtime)
All About Eve, “December” (Scarlet & Other Stories)
Belfegore, “Belfegore” (Belfegore)
The Lords of the New Church, “Russian Roulette” (Killer Lords)
Virgin Prunes, “Caucasian Walk” (…If I Die, I Die)
Xmal Deutschland, “Young Man” (Fetisch)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Christmas Spectacular (12/21/25)
- 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)
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Great show Matt, happy new year everyone!
Can’t wait for the 1st Dark Wave show of ’26 next Sunday! 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
10. Blue-Eyed Pop – the Sugarcubes
Happy New Year, Matt!
Some requests for the New Year
Dinosaur Jr. – Just Like Heaven
The Cure – Untitled
Nitzer Ebb – Let Your Body Learn
The Chameleons – Seriocity
Also,
Anne Clark – Heaven
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Night Shift
Cocteau Twins – Sea, Swallow Me
Happy new year!
I really dug your covers show, how about Coil’s cover of “Who by Fire?”
Great show! Hearing the Chickasaw Mudd Puppies was a welcome surprise!
As an aside, “Sister Europe” is such an underrated track by the Furs.
On 1/11, that week’s edition will coincide with my birthday. This might be cutting it close, but I’d like to request “Roads” by Portishead.
Have a great week ahead, everyone! We made it through a turbulent 2025. Cheers.
Great show! Thank you for giving Throwing Muses’ Hunkpapa a lot of play recently. It’s one of my favorite albums. Also loved hearing Tonya Donnelly’s cover of Shoplifters of the World Unite.
Matt… thank you for honouring a request of mine earlier this year (B-MOVIE… nowhere girl… original version).
Just wanted to say… Great job this year. Have an awesome 2026. I look forward to your next shows…
– Farooq
Hey Matt, this was an excellent last show for 2025.
One really good cover song that The Cure did was Purple Haze around 93/94. Maybe you could play that sometime in the future months.
See you next week!