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 Specimen, Bauhaus, Nitzer Ebb, The Damned, Clock DVA, The Sisterhood, Wire, Alien Sex Fiend, The March Violets, Gary Numan, Sex Gang Children, Death in June, Flesh for Lulu and 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 — 7/27/14
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Between the Planets”
Bauhaus, “Telegram Sam”
Executive Slacks, “Say It Isn’t So”
Skinny Puppy, “Assimilate”
New Order, “This Time of Night”
Steve Kilbey, “Pretty Ugly, Pretty Sad”
The Cult, “She Sells Sanctuary” (Howling Mix)
The Sisterhood, “Colours”
X-Ray Spex, “Oh! Bondage, Up Yours!”
The Danse Society, “We’re So Happy”
Love and Rockets, “Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven”
The Stranglers, “Tank”
Department S, “Is Vic There?”
Nine Inch Nails, “Suck”
Death in June, “But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter”
Alien Sex Fiend, “Dead and Buried”
The Cure, “Going Nowhere”
Gary Numan, “The Sleeproom”
The March Violets, “Slow Drip Lizard”
The Chameleons, “Dear Dead Days”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “All that Jazz”
Sex Gang Children, “Guy Wonder”
Flesh for Lulu, “Cat Burglar”
The Damned, “The Limit Club”
Morrissey, “Late Night, Maudlin Street”
Nitzer Ebb, “I Give To You”
Peter Murphy, “Final Solution”
Joy Division, “Transmission”
Front 242, “Never Stop V1.0”
Depeche Mode, “Here Is The House”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Black Planet”
The Vapors, “Galleries for Guns”
Specimen, “Beauty of Poisin” (12-Inch Version)
Killing Joke, “Follow the Leaders”
The Mission, “Sometimes the Brightest Light Comes From the Darkest Place” (MG-T Mix)
The Smiths, “Death of a Disco Dancer”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Swimming Horses”
Wire, “So and Slow it Grows” (Single Mix)
All About Eve, “D for Desire”
Xmal Deutschland, “Young Man”
Clock DVA, “The Hacker”
Brilliant set as always! Some Controlled Bleeding or Will “Father Forgive” for next week?
Hello again, Matt! Any chance you can play Wise Blood “Where Evil Dwells” again next week?
How about “Maximum Acceleration” by Ultravox for next week?