Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/1/26)

Danielle Dax

“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
Lead Into Gold, “A Giant On Earth” (Age of Reason)
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Twenty Killer Hurts” (The House of Dolls)
Flesh For Lulu, “Seven Hail Marys” (Blue Sisters Swing)
Danielle Dax, “Bed Caves” (Dark Adapted Eye)
Peter Murphy, “I’ll Fall With Your Knife” (Cascade)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Sex, Money, Freaks” (C.O.D.E.)
HULA, “Poison” (Club Mix) (Best of HULA)
Clan of Xymox, “Stumble and Fall” (Clan of Xymox)
Depeche Mode, “A Question of Time” (Live) (101)
Kommunity FK,“Something Inside Me Has Died” (Close One Sad Eye)
Virgin Prunes, “Pagan Lovesong” (Heresie)
Love and Rockets, “Saudade” (Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven)
Play Dead, “T.V. Eye” (The First Flower)

HOUR 2
The Cure, “Push” (The Head on the Door)
Wire, “Eardrum Buzz” (12-Inch Version) (It’s Beginning To and Back Again)
The Smiths, “Still Ill” (The Smiths)
Modern English, “Life in the Gladhouse” (Life in the Gladhouse)
Front 242, “Terminal State” (Front By Front)
A Split-Second, “Crimewave” (Kiss of Fury)
MCL (Micro Chip League), “New York” (New York)
Nitzer Ebb, “Join in the Chant” (Burn! 12-Inch Mix) (That Total Age)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Just a Touch Away” (Evergreen)
Shriekback, “The Big Hush” (Oil & Gold)
Joy Division, “Leaders of Men” (Substance)
Wall of Voodoo, “They Don’t Want Me” (Call of the West)
Killing Joke, “Let’s All Go (To the Fire Dances)” (Fire Dances)

HOUR 3
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)” (The Scream)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Alice” (Some Girls Wander By Mistake)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, “West Wakes Up” (Blow)
The Bolshoi, “A Way II” (Away)
Throwing Muses, “Albatross” (Moonlight Concessions)
The Gun Club, “Preaching the Blues” (Fire of Love)
All About Eve, “Flowers In Our Hair” (All About Eve)
The Sound, “New Dark Age” (From the Lion’s Mouth)
Bauhaus, “Telegram Sam” (Bauhaus 1979–1983)
Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows” (I’m Your Man)
John Foxx, “Underpass” (Metamatic)
Fad Gadget, “Lady Shave” (Fad Gadget By Frank Tovey)
The Comsat Angels, “What Else?” (Fiction)
The The, “Heartland” (Infected)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/22/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/15/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/8/26)

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