Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/15/26)

Revolting Cocks | Photo via Wax Trax! 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
Revolting Cocks, “Stainless Steel Providers” (Beers, Steers + Queers)
The Cure, “Kyoto Song” (The Head on the Door)
Breathless, “Every Road Leads Home” (The Glass Bead Game)
The Stranglers, “Midnight Summer Dream” (Feline)
The Mission, “Over the Hills and Far Away” (The First Chapter)
Depeche Mode, “World In My Eyes” (Aaron Scofield/DJ Bueller Retro Shock Mix) (Violator)
Love and Rockets, “So Alive” (DJ K’s Vibrant Nu Disco Single Edit) (So Alive Remixes)
Ministry, “Cold Life Dub” (Twelve Inch Singles)
Front 242, “Im Rhythmus Bleiben” (Front By Front)
Bauhaus, “Silent Hedges” (The Sky’s Gone Out)
39 Clocks, “Psycho Beat” (Pain It Dark)
1919, “Tear Down These Walls” (The Complete Collection)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Power” (Dawnrazor)

HOUR 2
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Blues From a Gun” (Automatic)
Band of Susans, “Throne of Blood” (Hope Against Hope)
Morrissey, “Late Night, Maudlin Street” (Viva Hate)
Public Image Ltd., “Rules and Regulations” (Happy?)
Cocteau Twins, “Cherry-Coloured Funk” (Heaven Or Las Vegas)
Ian McCulloch, “Lover, Lover, Lover” (Mysterio)
Soft Cell, “Memorabilia” (Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret)
James Ray and the Performance, “Mexico Sundown Blues” (12-Inch Version) (Merciful Releases 1986-1989)
My Bloody Valentine, “Only Shallow” (Loveless)
Velocity Girl, “A Chang” (Copacetic)
Catherine Wheel, “Intravenous” (Nowhere)
Curve, “Ten Little Girls” (Pubic Fruit)

HOUR 3
Joy Division, “Warsaw” (Heart and Soul)
Mission of Burma, “Academy Fight Song” (Signals, Calls, and Marches)
Au Pairs, “Love Song” (Stepping Out of Line)
Gang of Four, “Outside the Trains Don’t Run On Time” (Solid Gold)
Nitzer Ebb, “Lightning Man” (Showtime)
Lard, Bozo Skeleton” (The Last Temptation of Reid)
Spahn Ranch, “Vortex” (The Coiled One)
Skinny Puppy, “Rivers” (Rabies)
Nine Inch Nails, “Wish” (Broken)
The Cramps, “Caveman” (Psychedelic Jungle)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Attack!!!” (The First Alien Sex Fiend Compact Disc)
Spear of Destiny, “Never Take Me Alive” (Outland)
The Sisters of Mercy, “First and Last and Always” (First and Last and Always)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Starcrossed Lovers” (Tinderbox)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/8/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/1/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/25/26)

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