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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 show 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 Sisters of Mercy, “Amphetamine Logic” (First and Last and Always)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Sin In My Heart” (Juju)
Modern English, “After the Snow” (After the Snow)
Ski Patrol, “Extinguish” (Mark Lusardi’s 2014 Restoration Mix) (Versions of a Life)
Xmal Deutschland, “Allein” (Early Singles 1981-1982)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Constantinople” (Meteorites)
Peter Murphy, “The Line Between the Devil’s Teeth (And That Which Cannot Be Repeat)” (Deep)
Danielle Dax, “Whistling for His Love” (Dark Adapted Eye)
Rosetta Stone, “Darkside” (Adrenaline Deluxe)
Lush, “Undertow” (Split)
A.R. Kane, “Baby Milk Snatcher” (12-Inch Version) (69)
Drop Nineteens, “My Aquarium (Second Time Around)” (Your Aquarium EP)
Catherine Wheel, “Crank” (Chrome)
HOUR 2
The Cure, “The Perfect Girl” (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)
The Leather Nun, “I Can Smell Your Thoughts” (Lust Games)
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Shaving My Neck” (Promise)
Public Image Ltd., “Ease” (Album)
Meat Beat Manifesto, “I Got the Fear, Pt. 2” (Storm the Studio)
Cabaret Voltaire, “I Want You” (Original Extended 12-Inch Version) (The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord)
Manufacture, “Obsolete” (Terrorvision)
Johnson Engineering Co., “Floorslammer” (Floorslammer)
Bauhaus, “A God in an Alcove” (In the Flat Field)
Killing Joke, “Requiem” (Killing Joke)
The Damned, “Melody Lee” (Machine Gun Etiquette)
Christian Death, “Resurrection-Sixth Communion” (Only Theatre of Pain)
Death Cult, “Horse Nation” (Ghost Dance)
HOUR 3
Joy Division, “Ice Age” (Still)
Au Pairs, “Tongue in Cheek” (Stepping Out of Line)
Felt, “Primitive Painters” (Ignite the Seven Cannons)
Magazine, “A Song From Under the Floorboards” (The Correct Use of Soap)
Egg Hunt,“We All Fall Down” (2-Song)
The Afghan Whigs, “Come See About Me” (Uptown Avondale)
Siglo XX, “I Send You My Tears” (Under a Purple Sky)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Hurricane Fighter Plane” (It the Album)
Depeche Mode,“Agent Orange” (Music For the Masses)
Front 242, “Commando Mix” (No Comment)
Ministry, “I’m Falling” (Twelve Inch Singles)
Anne Clark, “Alarm Call” (Pressure Points)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Degenerate” (Munki)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/29/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/22/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/15/26)
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For future shows:
1. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
2. A Matter of Time – Berlin
3. Blue-Eyed Pop – the Sugarcubes
4. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts – X
5. The Ordinary Boys – Morrissey
6. Wonderful Woman – the Smiths (play on 05/24/26 for Morrissey’s “birthday” weekend)
7. Sister Europe – Psychedelic Furs
8. Growing In Green – March Violets
9. Tora! Tora! Tora! – Depeche Mode
10. Rules + Regulations – Public Image Ltd.
11. Medusa – Clan of Xymox
12. Love und Romance – the Slits
13. Hitherto – Cocteau Twins
14. TVC15 – David Bowie
Ooooh – good picks. I’ll second Bowie, PIL and The Furs.
The bats at Carlsbad Caverns screech for some Bat Nouveau this Sunday. SCREECH SCREECH!!!!
You know what I haven’t heard in a while? Skinny Puppy – Incision
Thanks Matt
Great show tonight Matt! Much appreciated for getting to my request. Always appropriate timing to hear some “Leather Nun” on Easter Sunday, apparently.
Best!
Dave W.
Long Branch, NJ
Awesome show tonight!
How about “Reach” by Martini Ranch for a future show?
Hi Matt, can you please play Prisoner to Desire from Psyche? Thanks!
Hi Matt, can you please play Here Today by the Chameleons. Thanks!
Egg Hunt into the Afghan Whigs, wonderful. This show never fails to surprise me.
Some requests again:
1. Fini Tribe – Make It Internal (Integrity Mix)
2. Portion Control – Amnesia
3. Foetus – Succulence
4. These Immortal Souls – King of Kalifornia
5. Simon Bonney – Like Caeser Needs a Brutus
6. Jimi Tenor and His Shamans – X-Rays
7. Test Dept – Compulsion
8. Cromagnon – Caledonia
Oops, didn’t mean to post that as a reply…
Cocteau Twins – In The Gold Dust Rush
Constantinople by the Bunnymen on Easter !!??
You’re too much Matt !! Loved it ! Thanks
( and just probably one of THE best first hours of darkwave ever !!!)
Constantine
Great Show!
Suburban Lawns ‘Green Eyes’ next week?!
Matt,Matt,Matt….will you ever cease to amaze!
An Easter,DarkWave extravaganza of the highest order & I thank you very much,loved the plays old chap.Here are some more I bring to the alter & as always ALL THE BEST,ALWAYS!
EXECUTIVE SLACKS-The Bus
SCHNITT ACHT-Subhuman Minds
KMFDM-The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force
M.
Hi Matt absolutely two solid thumbs up this week – super selection of songs and artists! Thank you for playing my Rosetta Stone request — been a long time since I heard that gem!! So many good requests coming in from my fellow Dark Wavers these days — bravo! Matt you should let us rabbid listeners take over the program sometime!!!*ahem*
Anyway enough funny business ….. some possible suggestions for next time:
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (45 rpm special radio mix edit)
The Chameleons – Monkeyland
New Model Army – White Coats
Thanks again as always!!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Good request NMA!!!
Hey Matt,
Can you play Alien Sex Fiend – E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon) in honor of Artemis II?
Thanks,
Bob
I second that! Such a great song
Third for the request! And would pair well with several Love and Rockets songs…”Here on Earth”, “Earth, Sun, Moon”, and “Holiday on the Moon”.
Hey matt! Excellent Easter darkwave show last night.
Some requests again:
1. Fini Tribe – Make It Internal (Integrity Mix)
2. Portion Control – Amnesia
3. Foetus – Succulence
4. These Immortal Souls – King of Kalifornia
5. Simon Bonney – Like Caeser Needs a Brutus
6. Jimi Tenor and His Shamans – X-Rays
7. Test Dept – Compulsion
8. Cromagnon – Caledonia
Death in Venice – The Sex of the Angels
Another banger of a show Matt. Loved all 3 hours and have the replay on right now. Is that three shoegaze blocks in three weeks? Hell yes it is! AR Kane are another underappreciated band. Loved hearing some Drop Nineteens right after. Felt followed by that Magazine classic in hour 3 was also lovely.
The MBM into Cabaret Voltaire in hour 2 was super awesome and got me thinking for some reason of the great J. Saul Kane (RIP). May I request “Dead by Dawn” by Depth Charge for a future communion? Preferably the 12″ version but really anything off Nine Deadly Venoms would be sweet.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Enjoyed the darkness!
Here’s a request – The Gun Club – Like Calling Up Thunder.
Thanks!
Matt, you’re our dark wave maestro – week after week the shows are simply fantastic. Thank you for including my Egg Hunt request in the mix. Other highlights include the Bunnymen, the Damned, Afghan Whigs, Cabaret Voltaire…
A request for a future episode: written during the Cold War and still (sadly) relevant…
David Bowie “Fantastic Voyage”
Thank you!
Thanks for a great 3 hours of dark escapism. Maybe Missiles by The Sound?
Hey Matt, fantastic show this week! There was such a great flow throughout and some great surprises.
Highlights for me…. Ski Patrol, this particular Xmas Deutschland song, an amazing block of shoegaze — thrilled to hear less familiar songs by Lush and Drop Nineteens, that great classic Killing Joke, Duck Hunt(!!) and Siglo XX.
Looking forward to the next transmission.
Just here to correct my mention of Duck Hunt instead of EGG Hunt : / guess i’ve got classic Nintendo NES games lodged in my brain.
Hey Matt!
Awesome show as always! Last half of hour 2 especially, hearing Jazz C + Rozz W + Ian A within the same 30 min block is always going to be a great set!
Speaking of great vocalists, think its been a bit since we’ve heard any Graham Lewis … how about playing some Wire, or He Said, Take Care? Here are a couple of suggestions in the event you are so inclined! :)
Blessed State // Wire
Tongue Ties // He Said Take Care
Cheers!
Sad to hear that Afrika Bambaataa had passed away today. One of the original hip hop greats. And I am still amazed how he collaborated with John Lydon on a little song in the 80’s. Could you please play the “Meltdown Remix” of World Destruction? One of my favorites, the beat is so hypnotic, and John’s voice is in a time zone, literally. Thanks. Love the show, and RIP Afrika.
Second. RIP to Afrika.
Hey Matt! Can I please request “And there will your heart be also” by Fields of the Nephilim for a future show?
Look forward to your show every week!
Thanks
Stano – The Protagonist 28 Nein – Destruction (1986)
https://stano-dublin.bandcamp.com/album/seducing-decadence-in-morning-treecrash
Deux Filles – Our English Friends (1984) Apple Music + Qobuz
Hey Matt. Kick ass show – again!
Can you play some Renegade Soundwave?