The Mission
“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 Mission, “Deliverance” (Carved in Sand)
The Damned, “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today” (Machine Gun Etiquette)
The Lords of the New Church, “Holy War” (Holy War)
Bush Tetras, “Too Many Creeps” (Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best Of)
Wire, “In Vivo” (Wire 1985-1990: The A-List)
Dead Can Dance, “Our Day Will Come” (Our Day Will Come)
Love and Rockets, “Words of a Fool” (Sweet F.A.)
The Essence, “Everything” (Nothing Lasts Forever)
Morrissey, “You Have Killed Me” (Ringleader of the Tormentors)
Ministry, “Just One Fix” (Psalm 69)
Nocturnal Emissions, “No Separation” (Viral Shedding)
Coil, “Tainted Love” (Scatology)
A Split-Second, “Mambo Witch” (12-Inch Version) (…From The Inside)
HOUR 2
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “April Skies” (Darklands)
The Lucy Show, “Come Back to the Living” (…Undone)
Fra Lippo Lippi, “Recession” (In Silence)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Shadowtime” (Superstition)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Oops! Wrong Planet” (Death Trip)
The Birthday Party, “Jennifer’s Veil” (Hits)
Nurse With Wound, “Yagga Blues” (Who Can I Turn To Stereo)
Rema-Rema, “Rema-Rema” (Wheel in the Roses)
The Cramps, “Garbageman” (Songs the Lord Taught Us)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “With a Hip” (Heaven Up Here)
Kate Bush, “Hounds of Love” (The Hounds of Love)
The Fall, “Oswald Defence Lawyer” (The Frenz Experiment)
Sex Gang Children, “Children’s Prayer” (The Singles 1982-1984)
HOUR 3
Laibach, “War” (NATO)
808 State featuring Bernard Sumner, “Spanish Heart” (ex:el)
Clan of Xymox, “Medusa” (Medusa)
Nitzer Ebb, “Godhead” (Ebbhead)
The Cure, “Homesick” (Disintegration)
Bauhaus, “She’s in Parties” (Burning From the Inside)
Joy Division, “Autosuggestion” (Heart and Soul)
The Chameleons, “Soul in Isolation” (Strange Times)
Concrete Blonde, “God is a Bullet” (Concrete Blonde)
The Associates, “It’s Better This Way” (Sulk)
Pigface, “Suck” (Gub)
Public Image Ltd., “Low Life” (First Issue)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Ribbons” (Vision Thing)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/5/26)
- 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)
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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. Love und Romance – the Slits
12. Hitherto – Cocteau Twins
13. TVC15 – David Bowie
I still second Rules and Regulations!
Hi Matt, can you please play Love Needs No Disguise by Gary Numan/Dramatis? Thank you!
What a kick-ass show tonight! Loved the new Dead Can Dance song. Also enjoyed Nurse With Wound, Rema-Rema, The Cramps, and The Fall. And my dark wave favorite Clan of Xymox
Hey Matt, great show. I loved the new Dead can Dance song.
Goodnight!
Gene Loves Jezebel – Sweetest Thing
Requesting “Not Forgotten” by Siouxsie & the Banshees, please ‘n thanks, Matt.
Great selection by Coil!!! Kudos!
Great selections for the show, Matt! Hearing Medusa by COX was a highlight
Hey Matt!
Great show! Thanks for playing recent requests for Love & Rockets, as well as The Essence!! :-)
Awesome new DCD track as well… def excited to hear more “monthly” releases from Brendan P. & Co.
New request for JAMC circa Honey’s Dead era! – “Silverblade”
Cheers!
Hi Matt: Awesome show! I particularly loved the Chameleons’ “Soul in Isolation” in Hour 3. If you can fit it in during one of the next upcoming shows, could you play a cut off their “Artic Moon” album? Particularly apropos right now would be “Feels Like the End of the World” or “Saviors are a Dangerous Thing.”
Thanks, R-
Song request
Rational by King Cobb Steelie
Thanks!
Yes it’s great to hear the Chameleons working their way back into the playlists again.
Another session of kick-assery Matt Bravo!! Thank you for my Ministry request….sometimes you just gotta thrash it out! A great balance of tracks this time around….very balanced. I think hour 3 takes the perverbial cake tho! Anyway….some possible suggestions for next time:
S and T B – Slowdive
The Smiths – Cemetry Gates
Tones on Tail – Shakes
Thanks again as always!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
3 killer requests Tina! I’ll throw my hat in the ring (go Sabres!) for “Shakes.” That’s one of my fave ToT tracks and I can’t recall having heard it on the show in a long while.
Yo Matt, the industrial and shoegaze sets lately have been awesome. Also loved hearing The Whigs last week! I am going to see them on their Anniversary tour at the end of the month. Please play some more!
Yessss go Sabres! You cannot imagine how crazed we are here about it!!!! ʘ‿ʘ. Thank you Nathan!!! Shakes is killer – you obviously have good taste lol!
I vote for Shakes too!
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Great show Matt! Thanks for almost closing the show with my PIL request, and for playing so many other requests this week. Highlights included Birthday Party, Rema Rema, Nurse With Wound, Fall, Pigface, and that block from The Cure to The Chameleons was like a darkwave primer for the uninitiated, solid gold.
Request for a future communion: how about something off Pixies’ Tromple le Monde? “Motorway to Roswell” is a personal fave, happy to go with a dealer’s choice too.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Wow Matt! Very somber,brooding Dark Wave this week,love it,way to mix it up a bit.I feel it and here are some things to feel about as well.Take care & ALL THE BEST AS ALWAYS,listen to ya this Sunday.
EXECUTIVE SLACKS-The Bus
MANUFACTURE-Slugger
STAN RIDGWAY-Drive,She Said
M.
Enjoyed the deep cuts!
In honor of their induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I’d like to request any songs of your choosing from Joy Division/New Order.
Looking forward to all living members (hopefully) playing tougher again at their induction.
Thanks!
Hey Matt, loved the show. I was hoping to hear “Stay” – by Shakespeare Sister on the next communion.
Thank you for playing my JAMC request – it remains one of my all time favorites. And it came on just as I pulled into work, starting the day off on a good note…Other highlights include Fall, PIL, Cramps…
A request for an upcoming show:
RIDE “How Does It Feel To Feel”
As always, thank you! Wishing all a good week.
Second!
That show was one of your best. You pulled some wild ones out! Loved Nurse With Wound into the Rema-Rema (now in my iTunes) into The Cramps. The dance party at the top of hour three was great. I think I may be starting to like Alien Sex Fiend. Und natürlich habe ich Laibach geliebt!
Excellent show, and an especially killer final hour!
I’d love to hear “The Cow” by Gene Loves Jezebel sometime.
Portishead – We Carry On (2008)
No notes Many deep cuts this week and some new discoveries so thanks for that!
Thanks for playing that DCD request-hopefully we will hear more on future shows.
In light of the Hall of Fame announcement I would love to hear any version of New Dawn Fades – your choice!