Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (4/12/26)

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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