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“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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For future shows:
1. City of Refuge – Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
2. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
3. A Matter of Time – Berlin
4. Blue-Eyed Pop – the Sugarcubes
5. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts – X
6. The Ordinary Boys – Morrissey
7. Wonderful Woman – the Smiths
8. Sister Europe – Psychedelic Furs
9. Growing In Green – March Violets
10. Tora! Tora! Tora! – Depeche Mode
11. Rules + Regulations – Public Image Ltd.
12. Medusa – Clan of Xymox
13. Whistling For His Love – Danielle Dax
Great show tonight Matt – thanks, as always!
Request for an upcoming Dark Wave:
The Leather Nun – “I Can Smell Your Thoughts”
Thanks!
Dave W.
Long Branch, NJ
great show tonight good sir! Loved hearing All the pigs, All lined up. Would love to hear the violent femmes Country Death Song please :-)
Lush – Undertow or Lovelife
Planet P Project – Why Me?
Great show Matt.
I think you played this song about a year ago, so I would like to request:
The Comsat Angels- “I’m Falling”.
Thank you for your consideration.
Great channel i stream every week.. could you play manufactures “obsolete “ for chef eddy in Kansas city? Thanks matt
Just curious – what are the songs for which you harbor a intense dislike?
Another fun show Matt, there was a big thunderstorm going on in my area while I was listening to the show and it was very appropriate. Do you ever play any of Depeche Mode’s instrumentals? I’d love to hear Agent Orange on the show.
Thanks!
Hey Matt! Excellent show last night!
Thanks for the amazing Sunday DW setlist Matt. Love your Peter Murphy, Bauhaus and L&R selections. How about Cabaret Voltaire- I Want You for a future show.
Matt,absolutely fabulous show leading up to St.Paddys Day,you Dark leprechaun!I’ve got me pot ‘o gold here fer ya for ya to take a gander and see if they are gold enough!ALL THE BEST friend & drink a green beer why don’t ya!
PETER MURPHY-The line between the Devils teeth
MODERN ENGLISH-After the Snow
EXECUTIVE SLACKS-The bus
M.
Great choices in each hour!
Here’s a request in honor of Jeffrey Runnings, who we lost a year ago –
For Against – Over Nepal
Thanks!
Hey Matt
Great set last night, as always!
Here’s a new request for an upcoming Industrial block:
Consecration’s Will // Controlled Bleeding
Also, hard to believe we are now at the 30-year mark of Sweet FA’s release!…. perhaps at some point this later month you can spin “Words of a Fool”… much obliged if so! :)
Cheers!
A really awesome show this week Matt! Thank you for playing No Big Deal for me – I like that underrated album too! As for NIN I am happy to be one of your listeners who raved about the performance….it was incredible! Some possible suggestions for next time:
Rosetta Stone – Darkside
The Mission UK – Serpents Kiss
Clan of Xymox – Jasmine and Rose
Thanks again as always!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Spring is almost here. Thank God.
Great Show Matt. If you play Catherine Wheel again soon, can I hear Crank. Also, not sure if it fits but Come See About Me by Afghan Whigs too.
Thanks
The Verve – All in the Mind
Banger of a show this week! Did anyone else notice that the cover of an Aaliyah album pops up on the app during “Get Down”? Pretty funny, I bet RevCo would approve. Thanks for playing my Wire request, I love that one. Live Bunnymen always requires a turn up of the volume, especially “Do It Clean”. NIN and Pailhead back to back kicked major ass. And I definitely agree with you about the L&R self-titled album. For the longest time that was my fave album of theirs.
Request for a future communion: “Low Life” by Public Image Ltd.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
i think Get Down is my favorite RevCo song – so groovy :)
Get better soon, Jello! if it were available in an audio format I’d request his Flag Pledge from the In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up video. Peak Jello, IMO.
Thanks for the show every week, Matt!
Hi Matt, another great show on Sunday, Can I request Siglo XX “Send me your tears” from the Under a Purple Sky, Thank you Matt,
Peter
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Degenerate
Hi Matt, could you play Saint Became a Lush by Psyche? Thank you.
Hi Matt,
I have a request for The Smiths – This Charming Man from Hatful of Hollow, Peel Session 14/09/83.
I miss listening to Peel Sessions from my favorite bands when I was young!
Thank you for giving us listeners something to look forward to weekly.
– Celia
Hey Matt. Good stuff.
How about Drink your Poison from Caberet Voltaire or Ease by P.I.L.
Great as always. Can’t wait for next week. It falls on my birthday! (Industrial power hour pls?? lol)
Xmal Deutschland- Allein
Thank you.
How I love JAMC to kick things off! And live Bunnymen is always a highlight, plus Love & Rockets, Joy Division, and Pailhead.
And thinking of assorted Ian MacKaye side projects has influenced a request for an upcoming episode. With Easter coming soon, this seems appropriate:
Egg Hunt – “We all fall down”
Thank you!
Dead Kennedys – We’ve Got A Bigger Problem Now (1981) Apple Music + Qobuz
Cosmetics – The Crack (Long Version) (1982) Vinyl Only
A recent band local to Louisville really fits into the dark wave communion, if you play it I hope others enjoy as well.
White Woolly – Tutto Passa
Greetings Matt, great show! Really enjoyed the UK Decay track you played on this episode and dug the remixes of some familiar faves by NIN and Pailhead. Play Dead was also great and that Oto song was some nice new old music to my ears. Right after that Wire classic! Looking forward to the next transmission
Loved the Executive Slacks. I have started listening to Nausea, which I am loving. How about playing that song “In and Out?” So good.