The playlist from tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the weekly “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Cocteau Twins, Soft Cell, Cetu Javu, Jy Division, The Teardrop Explodes, Gene Loves Jezebel and much more. “Dark Wave,” hosted by Swedish Egil, airs Sundays from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern.
Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave,” 4/15/12
The Smiths, “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”
The Teardrop Explodes, “Reward”
Depeche Mode, “Strangelove” (Extended Mix)
The House of Love, “Destroy the Heart”
Love and Rockets, “No Big Deal”
Cocteau Twins, “Persephone”
Joy Division, “Transmission”
New Order, “Procession”
The Cure, “Disintegration”
Death Cult, “A Flower in the Desert”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Head On”
Lords of the New Church, “Livin On Livin”
Swans, “Saved”
Ministry, “Everyday is Halloween”
The Stranglers, “Skin Deeep”
Soft Cell, “Sex Dwarf”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Ribbons”
Concrete Blonde, “Caroline”
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Break the Chain”
Morrissey, “You’re Gonna Need Someone On Your Side”
Anne Clark, “Our Darkness”
Cabaret Voltaire, “Sensoria”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Happy House”
The Mission, “Into the Blue” (La La She Look Mix)
Modern English, “Life in the Gladhouse”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Killing Moon”
The Cure, “Last Dance”
Depeche Mode, “Stripped”
Killing Joke, “Eighties”
Cetu Javu, “Situations”
The Cult, “Nirvana”
The Chameleons, “Soul in Isolation”
Iggy Pop, “The Passenger”
Clan of Xymox, “No Words”
Duran Duran, “My Own Way”
Tourists, “Everywhere You Look”
Joy Division, “Colony”
I really wish they had a strictly Darkwave channel 24/7. I miss ‘Fred’ on XM before the merger…they played a more expansive collection than 1st wave, but Darkwave is great.