Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night celebration of the “darker side of classic alternative” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured music from Christian Death, Joy Division, Severed Heads, Japan, Nitzer Ebb, Specimen, Skinny Puppy, The Birthday Party, Assemblage 23, The Cure, Ministry, Lords of the New Church and much, much more.
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs founder/editor Matt Sebastian, airs every Sunday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available as part of Sirius XM’s new On Demand service for online subscribers.
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Playlist: “Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian — 10/27/13
The Birthday Party, “Release the Bats”
Joy Division, “Transmission”
Martin Dupont, “Just Because” (1985 Remix)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Reverence”
Dead Kennedys, “Halloween”
Specimen, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”
Martin L. Gore, “Compulsion”
Severed Heads, “All Saints Day”
Cocteau Twins, “Five Ten Fiftyfold”
Morrissey, “A Song From Under the Floorboards”
The Mission, “Wasteland” (BBC Live Session)
1,000 Homo DJs, “Apathy”
Alien Sex Fiend, “Now I’m Feeling Zombified”
Bauhaus, “Stigmata Martyr”
Ministry, “Halloween” (Remix)
Lords of the New Church, “Dance With Me”
Assemblage 23, “Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead” (1988)
Einstürzende Neubauten, “Weil Weil Weil” (Single Edit)
The Cure, “Disintegration”
Adam & The Ants, “Physical (You’re So)”
Iggy Pop, “Pumpin’ for Jill”
Concrete Blonde, “Still in Hollywood”
Depeche Mode, “Soothe My Soul”
Futurisk, “Army Now” (1982)
Skinny Puppy, “Warlock”
Love and Rockets, “It Could Be Sunshine”
Japan, “Swing”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Back of Love”
Nitzer Ebb, “Lightning Man”
The Wolfgang Press, “I Am the Crime”
The Smiths, “Cemetry Gates”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Night Shift”
Christian Death, “When I Was Bed”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Dominion/Mother Russia” (Medley)
The Cramps, “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”
Our Daughter’s Wedding, “Lawnchairs”
Killing Joke, “Rapture”
The Wedding Present, “It’s What You Want That Matters”
