Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/11/26)

Depeche Mode | Photo via Sire 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
Gang of Four, “We Live As We Dream, Alone” (Songs of the Free)
Depeche Mode, “Black Celebration” (Black Celebration)
Portion Control, “Raise the Pulse” (Raise the Pulse)
Anne Clark, “Heaven” (Pressure Points)
Propaganda, “Dr. Mabuse” (A Secret Wish)
The Cure, “And Nothing is Forever” (Songs of a Lost World)
The Sugarcubes, “Traitor” (Life’s Too Good)
Virgin Prunes, “Bau Dachong” (…If I Die, I Die)
Concrete Blonde, “Still in Hollywood” (Concrete Blonde)
Bauhaus, “She’s In Parties” (Extended Version) (Burning From the Inside)
Simple Minds, “Thirty Frames a Second” (Empires and Dance)
Modern English, “Tables Turning” (After the Snow)
Death Cult, “Too Young (Riders In the Snow)” (Ghost Dance)

HOUR 2
KMFDM, “Krank” (WTF?!)
Pankow, “Me & My Ding Dong” (Gisela)
Nine Inch Nails, “Ringfinger” (Pretty Hate Machine)
Revolting Cocks, “We Shall Cleanse the World” (Big Sexy Land)
Joy Division, “Twenty Four Hours” (Closer)
Christian Death, “Figurative Theater” (Only Theatre of Pain)
1919, “Dream” (The Complete Collection)
UK Decay, “Stage Struck” (For Madmen Only)
Specimen, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” (Batastrophe)
David Bowie, “I Can’t Give Everything Away” (Blackstar)
Kate Bush, “Coffee Homeground” (Lionheart)
And Also the Trees, “Midnight Garden” (And Also the Trees)
Daniel Ash, “Coming Down Fast” (Coming Down)

HOUR 3
Electrafixion, “Sister Pain” (Burned)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Cities in Dust” (Extended Version) (Tinderbox)
The Smiths, “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle” (The Smiths)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Birthday” (Munki)
Ministry, “Over the Shoulder” (12-Inch Version) (Twitch)
Attrition, “To the Devil” (At the Fiftieth Gate)
SPK, “Flesh and Steel” (Machine Age Voodoo)
Test Dept., “New World Order” (Legacy 1990-1993)
Skinny Puppy, “Fascist Jock Itch” (Rabies)
Meat Beat Manifesto, “Radio Babylon” (Space Children Intro Mix) (Version Galore)
Front 242, “Take One” (Backcatalogue)
Nitzer Ebb, “Control I’m Here” (Belief)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Vision Thing” (Vision Thing)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/4/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/28/25)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Christmas Spectacular (12/21/25)

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