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!
I never thought I’d hear Chickasaw Mudd Puppies on Dark Wave! They were one of my first concerts back in 1989. Since we’re peeling back on the Athens scene a little bit, I’d love to hear some Pylon!
Also, always thrilled to get some MC 900!
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!
Sex Gang Children – Song And Legend
Hi Matt-
I recently became aware of the band Adorable and wanted to recommend two tracks from their 1993 album “Against Perfection.” Both are fantastic! Hope to hear them on a future show. Thanks, and happy new year!
Adorable – Against Perfection – 01 – Sunshine Smile
Adorable – Against Perfection – 02 – Glorious
Seconded, nice call monkey! This would slide in nicely to a shoegaze block. I remember seeing Adorable live in San Francisco back in the summer of 93 and they had to be the most arrogant band I’d ever seen, in a good way! “I’ll be your Saint” is another great track.
I third this!!
Fun story – i posted something on FB about Adorable and Robert ( guitarist) responded and we started a wee chat – anyway he promised he’d send me a bunch of mp3 files of Adorable music, including some unreleased stuff, and he came through after about a week. This was pre-Covid
Just amazing – such a great guy and I love Adorable !!
I fourth!
Thanks for another year of Darkwaving, Matt!
Happy New Year Matt!!! A huge thank you for another year of DW. I look forward to it each and every week. Also it is hugely appreciated that you play our requests. I really loved this program….adored the first two hours especially!!! Thank you for playing my MC 900 ft Jesus request…such a cool song. I loved the extra covers especially the Smiths cover of “Shoplifters” by TD.
Some possible suggestions for next time:
Yazoo – Winter Kills
Ultravox – Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (2009 Remaster)
Simple Minds – Glittering Prize
(going old school this week lol)
Thanks again as always!!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Glittering Prize is one of my favorite songs. That entire album is flawless!
Agreed
Matt,thanx for a great 2025 & way to go out with a Dark Bang….hellz yeah!
Can’t wait to see what 2026 has in store!
HAPPY NEW YEAR MATT…and away we go…
MY LIFE WITH THRILL KILL KULT-Blue Buddah
808 STATE-Friendly Fascism
All the Best!
M.
Stellar set to close out 2025! Magazine, Abecedarians, and Stone Roses were highlights. Really enjoyed that extra block of covers, especially Tanya doing the Smiths (never heard that before) and of course live Suede with Neil. I’ve got that cd single somewhere in the house.
“Burning for Dirt” got me thinking of a particularly groovy Thrill Kill Kult track. How about “The International Sin Set” on a future communion?
Happy new year Matt and the rest of the darkwave family! Cheers!
Helluva first hour! Thanks for another great show!
Would love to hear
The Smiths Rusholme Ruffians
Siouxsie and the Banshees Last Beat of My Heart (LIVE)
The Cure Screw
Thanks Matt! Happy New Year
Hey Matt great show, I loved the tracks by Stone Roses, The Chain, The Cure, Galaxie 500 and Joy Division. I was thinking maybe you could play Luna’s version of “ Happy New Year” off of their Live album for the new year and it would also fall in line of you playing lots of covers lately. If you could that would be great! Also I had the idea of maybe an all live songs show for the future. Thanks
Enjoyed this one! And thanks for another great year of DW.
Had to check my app – thought Suede was Placebo!
I had the exact same thought. Excellent cover.
Matt,
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the last playlist—it was absolutely fantastic and really captured the essence of the show. I’d love to hear “As the Minutes Drag” by Love and Rockets on an upcoming episode if possible. It’s such a perfect fit for the vibe you create every week.
Thanks for keeping the dark scene alive!
Hey Matt!
Awesome final show of the year! And many thanks for playing Pigface!
2025: “What a Ride… What a Head-Trip!”…. my first request of 2026 shall be a tribute to the past 365 Days of Darkness:
Tin Omen // Skinny Puppy
Cheers and Happy New Year!
Greetings Matt, a most Happy New Year to you and the dark wavers out there!!
Thanks a million for playing my Jesus Lizard request this week! It was great hearing it lead into a song by Pigface, always a welcome presence of the Darkwave playlists.
Also loved the set of leftover covers, which made for two weeks in a row of Galaxy 500 making the list! Abecedarians — still a bit of a mystery to me but always delivering, Comsat Angels and Throwing Muses.
Playing a bit of catchup…The all covers show was fantastic! A Certain Ratio, House of Love, British Sea Power, The Boo Radleys, and Chapterhouse offerings were highlights for me and of course the return of Pavement’s ‘Killing Moon’ cover. Do you think another all covers could happen in 2026? I think it’s possible! I already have a few requests cued up for that if it’s a go.
The Christmas show was lots of fun too. Christmas covers are not my forte nor the originals for that matter, but Cranes’ take on ‘Happy Xmas’ is a definite favorite and the Low and Galaxy 500 songs are absolutely my favorite songs about the season.
Looking forward to riding these dark waves in 2026!
Another fantastic show.
Would love to hear Hit the North from The Fall on a future show Matt.
Ted Milton – Love Is Like A Violence (1984)
https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/track/love-is-like-a-viol-nce
New Fast Automatic Daffodils – Music Is Shit (1988)
https://newfastautomaticdaffodils.bandcamp.com/album/kitchen-demos
Happy new year, and great show as usual.
Request for an upcoming show:
Butthole Surfers: “Jimi”
I loved this set to close out 2025. Thank you for playing my recent requests for JAMC and The Stone Roses. And the extra dose of cover songs was a nice touch.
I look forward to this show each and every week. And I enjoy reading the requests and comments from this community of listeners. Wishing Matt and the dark wavers a happy and healthy 2026.