Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (5/10/26)

The Jesus and Mary Chain | Photo by Steve Gullick

“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’s 1st Wave (Channel 33).

The most recent two episodes are available to subscribers to stream via the Sirius XM app.

Got a request? Requests will be considered for future episodes, but there’s no guarantee they’ll be played. They must fit the show’s format and fall generally within the 1st Wave era. And not be something the host really dislikes. If there’s something you’d like to hear, drop it in the comments below.

HOUR 1

The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Amputation” (Damage and Joy)
Ministry, “Burning Inside” (The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste)
Clock DVA, “The Hacker” (Buried Down)
Big Black, “The Big Payback” (Racer-X)
Foetus Interruptus, “Don’t Fight It Provide It” (Thaw)
Ashes and Diamonds, “Teenage Robots” (Are Forever)
Black Francis, “All In My Mind” (New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets)
Peter Murphy, “Blue Heart” (Should the World Fail to Fall Apart)
Magazine, “The Light Pours Out of Me” (Real Life)
The Chameleons, “Feels Like the End of the World” (Arctic Moon)
The Smiths, “Pretty Girls Make Graves” (The Smiths)
Cocteau Twins, “Lorelei” (Treasure)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Over Your Shoulder” (Echo & The Bunnymen: Expanded)

HOUR 2

The Cure, “Underneath the Stars” (4:13 Dream)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Tearing Apart” (The Rapture)
Breathless, “Sense of Purpose” (The Glass Bead Game)
Virgin Prunes, “Baby Turns Blue” (…If I Die, I Die)
Bauhaus, “The Passion of Lovers” (Mask)
Death Cult, “Ghost Dance” (Ghost Dance)
13th Chime, “Coffin Maker” (The Singles 1981-1983)
Killing Joke, “Night Time” (Night Time)
Curve, “Coast is Clear” (Pubic Fruit)
Lush, “Superblast!” (Spooky)
Slowdive, “Souvlaki Space Station” (Souvlaki)
The Veldt, “Soul in a Jar” (Afrodisiac)
My Bloody Valentine, “When You Sleep” (Loveless)

HOUR 3

Depeche Mode, “Dangerous” (Violator)
Vicious Pink, “Cccan’t You See” (Vicious Pink)
Front Line Assembly, “Threshold” (Caustic Grip)
The Sisters of Mercy, “1959” (Floodland)
Love and Rockets, “Love Me” (Express)
Joy Division, “Decades” (Closer)
Gang of Four, “Don’t Fix What Ain’t Broke” (Mall)
Pixies, “Gouge Away” (Doolittle)
The Stone Roses, “Made of Stone” (The Stone Roses)
Suede, “He’s Dead” (Sci-Fi Lullabies)
The Afghan Whigs, “Regret” (Black Love: 20th Anniversary Edition)
The House of Love, “Destroy the Heart” (Peel Session) (The John Peel Sessions 1988-1989)
Nitzer Ebb, “Control I’m Here” (Belief)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (4/26/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (4/19/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (4/12/26)

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