Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (5/31/26)

Fad Gadget | Photo by Peter Gruchot

“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

Fad Gadget, “Love Parasite” (Under the Flag)
Revolting Cocks, “Creep” (Linger Ficken’ Good)
Front Line Assembly, “Mindphaser” (Tactical Neural Immplant)
Depeche Mode, “Fly on the Windscreen” (Extended) (Singles Box)
Clan of Xymox, “No Human Can Drown” (Clan of Xymox)
Ghost Dance, “The Grip of Love” (Gathering Dust)
Kommunity FK, “To Blame” (The Vision and the Voice)
The Glove, “Mr. Alphabet Says” (Blue Sunshine)
Virgin Prunes, “Caucasian Walk” (…If I Die, I Die)
Throwing Muses, “Furious” (Red Heaven)
Red Temple Spirits, “Electric Flowers” (Red Temple Spirits)
Julian Cope, “Non-Alignment Pact” (St. Julian)
Concrete Blonde, “True” (Concrete Blonde)

HOUR 2

Joy Division, “Interzone” (Unknown Pleasures)
Jeff & Jane Hudson, “Abadan” (Flesh)
Gary Numan, “Complex” (The Pleasure Principle)
David Bowie, “TVC 15” (Station to Station)
This Mortal Coil, “Song to the Siren” (It’ll End in Tears)
Love and Rockets, “Judgement Day” (Sweet F.A.)
Big Electric Cat, “Orchid Dreaming” (Dreams Of A Mad King)
The The, “Lonely Planet” (Dusk)
Front 242, “Welcome to Paradise” (Front By Front)
D.A.F., “Der Mussolini” (Alles Ist Gut)
Moev, “Crucify Me” (12-Inch Version) (Yeah, Whatever)
Nitzer Ebb, “Hold On” (Showtime)
A Split-Second, “Crash Course in Seduction” (Industrial Mix) (Kiss of Fury)

HOUR 3

The Cure, “Charlotte Sometimes” (Faith)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Melt” (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse)
Public Image Ltd., “Rules and Regulations” (Happy?)
The Psychedelic Furs, “Here Come Cowboys” (Mirror Moves)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Blood Money” (First and Last and Always)
The Mission, “Met-Amor-Phosis” (Another Fall from Grace)
The Smiths, “Well I Wonder” (Meat is Murder)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Show of Strength” (Heaven Up Here)
Ministry, “The Light Pours Out of Me” (Animositisomina)
PIG, “Angel” (Praise the Lard)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Cut the Damn Camera” (12-Inch Version) (#8385 Collected Works)
Absolute Body Control, “Melting Away” (Melt/Away)
Meat Beat Manifesto, “Prime Audio Soup” (Actual Sounds + Voices)
Bauhaus, “The Man with X-Ray Eyes” (Mask)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

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

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