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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
Love and Rockets, “Mirror People” (Earth, Sun, Moon)
Gary Numan, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (Live) (Living Ornaments ’80)
Cocteau Twins, “Aloysius” (Treasure)
The Snake Corps, “Another Monday” (Flesh On Flesh)
The Bolshoi, “A Way” (Friends)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Brussels Is Haunted” (Apples For Issac)
Iron Curtain, “Television Saved My Life” (Artifact)
Danielle Dax, “Pariah” (Jesus Egg That Wept)
Section 25, “Program for Light” (From the Hip)
Jane’s Addiction, “Three Days” (Ritual de lo Habitual)
Butthole Surfers, “Graveyard” (Locust Abortion Technician)
Nine Inch Nails, “Something I Can Never Have” (Pretty Hate Machine)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Spellbound” (Juju)
HOUR 2
Depeche Mode, “Black Celebration” (Live) (101)
Peter Murphy, “The Scarlet Thing in You” (Cascade)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “The Beginning and the End” (Architecture and Morality)
New Order, “Your Silent Face” (Power, Corruption & Lies)
Ministry, “Stigmata” (The Land of Rape and Honey)
Orange Sector, “Kalt Wie Stahl” (Faith)
Front Line Assembly, “Remorse” (Tactical Neural Implant)
Prong, “Get A Grip (On Yourself)” (Prove You Wrong)
The Chameleons, “Swamp Thing” (Strange Times)
Lowlife, “Bleach” (Gush)
Concrete Blonde, “Jenny I Read” (Mexican Moon)
Killing Joke, “Love Like Blood” (Night Time)
HOUR 3
The Cure, “A Short Term Effect” (Pornography)
Bauhaus, “Burning From the Inside” (Burning From the Inside)
The Sound, “Party of the Mind” (All Fall Down)
Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (Peel Session) (Heart and Soul)
Revolting Cocks, “T.V. Mind” (Big Sexy Land)
Sister Machine Gun, “Sins of the Flesh” (Sins of the Flesh)
SA 42, “Submarine Dance” (Pro Patria)
Excessive Force, “Violent Peace” (Gentle Death)
The The, “Love Is Stronger Than Death” (Dusk)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like the Snow” (Floodland)
Simple Minds, “Theme For Great Cities” (Sister Feelings Call)
The Cult, “Big Neon Glitter” (Love)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (8/2/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (7/26/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (7/19/26)
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Request:
Rational by King Cobb Steelie
Oh, thank you – Orange Sector was my request, love that one (sounds like Die Krupps but so what, it’s good!). Also loved hearing Signal Aout 42, a different Section 25 song (starting to really like them!) and Iron Curtain.
Just thought I’d mention in case anyone doesn’t know: TEAR GARDEN are going on tour in September, it’s simultaneously their FIRST EVER TOUR as well as their 40th Anniversary Tour! Feels like it deserves a mention on the show soon! With that in mind, here’s just two requests for future shows:
Tear Garden – War Crier (from “Astral Elevator” 2025 – Cevin strongly implied that track will be played on tour)
Edward Ka-Spel – Dark Horse (from his new album “Hallucinating Happy Land” 2026)
Actually I think a block of Skinny Puppy & LPD offshoots would be fantastic! Puppy, Pink Dots or Ka-Spel solo, Tear Garden, Cevin Key solo, Download, Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, etc. So many to choose from!
Got tix for Independent in SF mid-Sep … so stoked for this, can’t wait!!!
…. “You and me and Rainbows!!!” :-)
Cheers
Thanks for playing two(!) of my requests! Lots of highlights this week, including two bands that I only barely know, Snake Corps and Iron Curtain.
Some new requests for future shows:
Savage Republic – When All Else Fails
Pressurehed – Hedstrap
Cyberaktif – Paradiessiets
Bamboo Crisis – DNA
1st Request- not very “DW” as a band but hear me out- Tom Tom Club, “Lorelei” so ephemeral
OR
2nd Request-my jaw dropped when I heard Spike Hellis new single . “BY GOD”. just saw them concert in Las Vegas. Wow. I can’t help but hear Ministry, NIN and Cabaret Voltaire influence
I’ll second the Spike Hellis request, they got that classic EBM / electro-industrial sound, and the new album is really good. Also they were great live, when I saw them supporting Front 242 two years ago.
Hey Matt!
Awesome show as per usual…. loved Hour 2 with vintage New Order, Ministry and FLA!
A belated thanks BTW for playing Deeper Deepest Dub / FoN last week! Monstrous riffs galore! :-)
… Let’s keep the riffs going! How about this gem from ‘latter-years’ CoX? :
Kiss and Tell / Clan of Xymox
Cheers!
‘Your Silent Face’ is stately – almost majestic -in its synth layering, bass parts, guitar lines, and drum programming. We blasted this thing through the record store’s audio system when it was released. It’s a puzzle why that vocal take went on it. Bernard has pitch and timing problems through the verses and choruses, and it sounds like it was just a guide track, particularly with that petulant last line.
aaa thanks so much for playing my excessive force request!! absolutely loved tonights communion, especially the orange sector, fla, and SA 42 tracks. as always, can’t wait for next weeks dark wave. keep the moody tunes going!! ^_^
Can you play Sinking by the Cure
Second this one… such a great track!!
For future shows:
1. Silent Hedges – Bauhaus
2. Dear Heart – Cocteau Twins
3. The Queen Is Dead – the Smiths
4. My Love Life – Morrissey
5. Paradise Place – Siouxsie + the Banshees
6. I Remember Nothing – Joy Division
7. Dreamland – Rose of Avalanche
8. No Time To Cry – the Sisters of Mercy
9. The Blue Hour – Christian Death
10. Burning Bridge – Kate Bush
11. Velouria – Pixies
12. Look Back in Anger – David Bowie
13. Bang Bang – Iggy Pop
14. Blue Hotel – Lene Lovich
15. Visions In Blue – Ultravox
16. Showroom Dummies – Kraftwerk
17. See Those Eyes – Altered Images
18. When I Was Young – Danielle Dax
19. Smack Jack – Nina Hagen
20. Over You – Roxy Music
21. A Matter of Time – Berlin (with Terri Nunn off the “Best of Berlin” compilation)
22. Tora! Tora! Tora! – Depeche Mode
Request: Addiction – Skinny Puppy
Please & Thank you!
Love the Lollapalooza block! Forgot how awesome Three Days is.
Thanks for playing my Simple Minds request, would you also consider “Tarantula” by Colourbox?
I’d like to make a request please: Creeping to the Cross by That Petrol Emotion. Thank you!
Lovely transition from “The Beginning and the End” to “Your Silent Face”; TY!
Matt- All three hours were off the charts! Excellent work my friend. How about The Passions “I’m in Love with a German Film Star.” Have a great week all.
OMD remarkably underrated early work. Thanks for sharing
Matt,oh man,those 3 hours were Darkness to my ears and loved every bit,especially PRONG,doin a cover of The Stranglers….rich!
Greatful thanx for that play request,loved it.Any who,here are a few & a cover ya might dig,check it and as you know,ALL THE BEST!
GHOUL-Immigrant Song
JOY DIVISION-Wilderness
BAUHAUS-Dark Entries
M.
That new tune from EATB was bad ass, hope to hear it again on here even though I just went and downloaded it. Thx Matt
What a fantastic show tonight!!!
I was wondering if you could consider KMFDM “Juke Joint Jezebel”
Have a great day ☺️
Say yes, Matt!
Bauhaus – Hair of the Dog
Hi Matt! That was an excellent show last night. I loved Echo and the Bunnymen’s new track.
Yes! What a treat for dark ears.
Severed Heads
Big Hollow Man by Danielle Dax and Laughing Song by The Residents, please, kneeling on rough pavement.
Wow Matt you absolutely crushed it this week on the program….all three hours were pure gold. Thank you for paying tribute to the first Lola on my behalf….I often think back to that festival….I was only 19 at the time, but recall it with clarity and fond memories to have been a part of it! New Order, OMD, and The Chameleons selections are some of my favorite songs….Swamp Thing is simply perfection. I adore it. Anyway some possible suggestions for next time:
Murder Inc – Murder Inc
Coil – Panic
Skinny Puppy – Nature’s Revenge
Thanks again as always!!!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Excellent selections! Thanks for playing the Bauhaus reuqest, I know that’s a lengthy one, so good. Industrial block from RevCo to Excessive Force was tasty. Loved hearing new Bunnymen, looking forward to the new album. And the Lola block was fantastic. Can’t believe I’d forgotten how epic Three Days is. Great The The selection as well.
I think there may have been an Executive Slacks request or two in prior weeks so I’m just going to second a dealer’s choice request for some Executive Slacks.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Good one! Enjoyed the Lollapalooza block!
I just heard about William Orbit’s passing, such a talented producer and remixer! How about his remix of “Shame” from Nitzer Ebb, or really any of his remixes of Human League, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, or Peter Gabriel?
As most everyone said, the Lola block was awesome. Great show this week. And thanks for the Iron Curtain.
Looking forward to this Sunday’s show. Have a great week.
Another really great show this week Matt.
A group I find that is not represented enough on this show is The Psychedelic Furs. Please play All That Money Wants.
Just to add to the show at hand.
The Bolshoi, The Chameleons, New Order, and the phenomenal closing duo of Simple Minds and The Cult were all pure gems!
Pretty & Twisted – Souvenir
Hi Matt, can you please play Xmal Deutschland- Polarlicht? For my gf Dallana, happy birthday.
A few favorites: “Swamp Thing,” “Love Is Stronger Than Death,” “Your Silent Face” and “Something I Can Never Have.” And thanks as always for throwing in some OMD. I started it again this morning and “Televison Saved My Life” really stood out. Will have to listen to more Iron Curtain.
I listen to your radio show every week, but I’m curious about one thing.
You bill yourself as a blogger, but you haven’t posted anything to the website in years.
I used to check the site daily and really enjoyed your post.
If you’re not going to be continuing as a blogger, maybe you can get someone else to take over for you.
I say this respectfully, as I truly did enjoy the site and now find myself missing it.