Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/15/26)

The Jesus and Mary Chain | Photo via Rhino Entertainment

“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 Jesus and Mary Chain, “Sugar Ray” (Honey’s Dead)
Revolting Cocks, “Get Down” (Trax! Box)
Machines of Loving Grace, “Golgotha Tenement Blues” (The Crow soundtrack)
Executive Slacks, “Say It Isn’t So” (Fire and Ice)
Anne Clark, “Our Darkness” (Joined up Writing)
Cocteau Twins, “Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops” (12-Inch Version) (The Spangle Maker)
Dead Can Dance, “De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)” (Spleen and Ideal)
The Cure, “Lament” (Japanese Whispers)
Peter Murphy, “Blind Sublime” (Love Hysteria)
UK Decay, “Shattered” (For Madmen Only)
Wire, “The 15th” (154)
Oto, “Anyway” (Otology: 1982-87)
Simple Minds, “20th Century Promised Land” (Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call)

HOUR 2
The Sisters of Mercy, “Emma” (Floodland)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Do It Clean” (Live) (Crystal Days 1979-1999)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, “Heaven” (Blow)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Cities in Dust” (Live) (At the BBC)
Nine Inch Nails, “All the Pigs, All Lined Up” (The Downward Spiral: Deluxe Edition)
Pailhead, “Don’t Stand In Line” (Dub Mix) (Trax! Rarities)
Front 242, “Don’t Crash” (Politics of Pressure)
Blue Clocks Green, “Hemingway” (Club Mix) (Hemingway)
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Bruises” (Promise)
The Church, “You’re Still Beautiful” (Gold Afternoon Fix)
Concrete Blonde, “True” (Concrete Blonde)
The Chameleons, “Mad Jack” (Strange Times)

HOUR 3
Joy Division, “She’s Lost Control” (12-Inch Version) (Unknown Pleasures)
Play Dead, “Pleasureland” (From the Promised Land)
Bauhaus, “The Spy in the Cab” (In the Flat Field)
Christian Death, “Romeo’s Distress” (Only Theatre of Pain)
Einstürzende Neubauten, “Feurio!” (Haus der Lüge)
Lard, “Pineapple Face” (The Last Temptation of Reid)
Laibach, “My Favorite Things” (The Sound of Music)
A Split-Second, “Firewalker” (Kiss of Fury)
Love and Rockets, “No Big Deal” (Love and Rockets)
Japan, “Life in Tokyo” (Assemblage)
Diamanda Galas, “You Must Be Certain of the Devil” (You Must Be Certain of the Devil)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Slow Kill” (Dawnrazor)
Depeche Mode, “Everything Counts” (Live) (101)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/8/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/1/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/22/26)

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