Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (5/24/26)

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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’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 Sisters of Mercy, “Lucretia My Reflection” (Floodland)
The Cure, “A Strange Day” (Pornography)
Tones on Tail, “Movement of Fear” (Everything!)
1919, “Repulsion” (The Complete Collection)
Christian Death, “Deathwish” (Only Theatre of Pain)
New Order, “Chosen Time” (Movement)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Just Fascination” (7-Inch Version) (The Crackdown)
Minimal Compact, “Not Knowing” (Returning Wheel)
A Certain Ratio, “Knife Slits Water” (7-Inch Version) (I’d Like To See You Again)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Subject” (Crystal Days 1979-1999)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Monitor” (Juju)
The Fall, “I Am Damo Suzuki” (This Nation’s Saving Grace)
Asylum Party, “Play Alone” (Borderline)

HOUR 2

KMFDM, “No Meat-No Man” (Don’t Blow Your Top)
Ministry, “Just Like You” (Twitch)
Front 242, “Body to Body” (1988 Mix) (Dancing in Darkness)
Skinny Puppy, “Antagonism” (Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse)
The Damned, “Life Goes On” (Strawberries)
The Stranglers, “Outside Tokyo” (Black and White)
The Passage, “Dark Times” (For All and None)
Adam & The Ants, “Deutscher Girls” (Peel Session) (BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions)
The Sound, “New Way of Life” (Shock of Daylight)
Bauhaus, “St. Vitus Dance” (In the Flat Field)
The Mission, “Love” (Carved in Sand: Expanded Edition)
45 Grave, “Playtime” (Sleep in Safety)
Pink Turns Blue, “Touch the Skies” (Extended Club Mix) (Touch the Skies)
James Ray and the Performance, “A New Kind of Assassin” (Merciful Releases 1986-1989)

HOUR 3

Helios Creed, “Blood Red” (X-Rated Fairy Tales)
Big Black, “Pavement Saw” (Pig Pile)
Wire, “Kidney Bingos” (A Bell is a Cup Until it is Struck)
Cocteau Twins, “Iceblink Luck” (Heaven or Las Vegas)
Nitzer Ebb, “All Over” (Showtime)
1,000 Homo DJs, “Apathy” (Side Trax)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “These Remains” (I See Good Spirits, I See Bad Spirits)
A Split-Second, “The Colosseum Crash” (…From the Inside)
Hula, “Poison” (Club Mix) (Best of Hula)
Joy Division, “Warsaw” (Substance)
The Smiths, “Wonderful Woman” (The Sound of The Smiths)
Love and Rockets, “Lazy” (Earth, Sun, Moon)
Roxy Music, “In Every Dream Home a Heartache” (For Your Pleasure)
Nine Inch Nails, “Physical (You’re So)” (Broken)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (5/17/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (5/10/26)
• Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (5/3/26)

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