The Fall | Photo by Carole Segal 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
The Fall, “Bombast” (This Nation’s Saving Grace)
The Cure, “Siamese Twins” (Pornography)
The Birthday Party, “Mutiny in Heaven” (Mutiny/The Bad Seed)
Tones on Tail, “OK This Is the Pops” (Everything!)
Sex Gang Children, “Beasts” (The Singles 1982-1984)
Ministry, “So What” (The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste)
Nine Inch Nails, “She’s Gone Away” (Not the Actual Events)
The Gruesome Twosome, “Hallucination Generation” (Candy From Strangers)
A Split-Second, “The Colosseum Crash” (…From the Inside)
Death Cult, “Christians” (Live) (Paradise Live)
Christian Death, “Skeleton Kiss” (The Iron Mask)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Preacher Man” (Revelations)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Walk Away” (First and Last and Always)
HOUR 2
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Ornaments of Gold” (Peepshow)
Peter Murphy, “Deep Ocean Vast Sea” (Deep)
Gary Numan, “Films” (The Pleasure Principle)
Wire, “Practice Makes Perfect” (Chairs Missing)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Spies in the Wires” (Micro-Phonies)
Workforce, “Skin Scraped Back” (Dreams to Fill the Vacuum)
Suspiria, “Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy” (Primitive Attentions…)
Severed Heads, “Triangle Tangle Tango” (Rotund for Success)
Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus” (Live) (Memento Mori: Mexico City)
Killing Joke, “Love Like Blood” (Night Time)
Skinny Puppy, “Smothered Hope” (The Singles Collect)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Mine’s Full of Maggots” (Maximum Security)
HOUR 3
Bauhaus, “Dark Entries” (1979-1983, Vol. 1)
Joy Division, “Day of the Lords” (Unknown Pleasures)
Sad Lovers and Giants, “Things We Never Did” (Epic Garden Music)
The Essence, “Endless Lakes” (Dancing in the Rain)
45 Grave, “Procession” (Sleep in Safety)
Voodoo Church, “Eyes (Second Death)” (Voodoo Church)
X, “Nausea” (Los Angeles)
The Damned, “Life Goes On” (Strawberries)
999, “Inside Out” (The Biggest Prize in Sport)
Love and Rockets, “Kundalini Express” (Express)
Colin Newman, “Alone” (A-Z)
Danielle Dax, “Brimstone in a Barren Land” (Dark Adapted Eye)
The Psychedelic Furs, “Highwire Days” (All of This And Nothing)
Electrafixion, “Zephyr” (Burned)
Yaz, “Winter Kills” (Upstairs at Eric’s)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/25/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/18/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/11/26)
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For future shows:
1. Kyoto Song – the Cure
2. City of Refuge – Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
3. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
4. Sweetness + Light – Lush
5. A Matter of Time – Berlin
6. Blue-Eyed Pop – the Sugarcubes
7. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts – X
8. The Ordinary Boys – Morrissey
9. Wonderful Woman – the Smiths
Only ONE of the “The Three S’s” this week (Siouxsie, Shoegaze and Shriekback)?
How about a deep cut from Shriekback next week? Hubris from Jam Science or Mothloop from Tench?
As always, thanks for another GREAT show!
Let me jump on that Shriekback bandwagon. Hand On My Heart would be lovely.
Honestly, any of the 3 S’s would be great. MBV’s Slow would be a great Valentine’s Day song. As would Siouxsie’s Melt (since you just played Ornaments).
I would like to request: We care a lot (Faith no more) and World Destruction (Timezone). Thanks Matt!
Requests
Consolidated friendly fascism
cabaret Voltaire Don’t argue extended remix
Psychic tv just like Arcadia
Thank you for playing my Electrafixion request! I just love the energy of that album. I greatly appreciate it : – )