Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night celebration of the “darker side of classic alternative” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Christmas music from Al Jourgensen, Wayne Hussey, Cocteau Twins, X, Wall of Voodoo and The Fall, plus tracks from The Sisters of Mercy, Tones on Tail, TSOL, Camouflage, Pailhead 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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Finally, if you’ve got requests for future shows, drop ’em in the comments below.
Playlist: “Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian — 12/14/14
Front Line Assembly, “Right Hand of Heaven”
Al Jourgensen, “It’s Always Christmas Time”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Vision Thing”
Love and Rockets, “So Alive” (Live)
The Cure, “The Dream”
PTP, “Show Me Your Spine”
Xymox, “In a City”
Wayne Hussey, “White Christmas”
The Cult, “(Here Comes The) Rain”
For Against, “Daylight”
Joy Division, “New Dawn Fades”
Cocteau Twins, “Winter Wonderland”
The The, “Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)”
The Bolshoi, “A Way II”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Over the Wall” (Live)
Gary Numan, “This Wreckage”
X, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
The Smiths, “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Painted Bird”
X-Ray Spex, “Oh! Bondage, Up Yours!”
Sex Gang Children, “Guy Wonder”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Here comes Alice”
Tones on Tail, “Movement of Fear”
Ministry, “So What”
Ski Patrol, “Cut” (Peel Session)
Depeche Mode, “Christmas Island”
Magazine, “Model Worker”
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Cow”
Bauhaus, “God in an Alcove”
TSOL, “Red Shadows”
The Fall, “Jingle Bell Rock”
Pailhead, “No Bunny”
The Mission, “Blood Brother”
Wall of Voodoo, “Shouldn’t Have Given Him a Gun For Christmas”
The House of Love, “Real Animal”
New Order, “ICB”
Skinny Puppy, “Testure” (S.F. Mix)
Killing Joke, “Night Time”
Camouflage, “That Smiling Face”
The Chameleons, “Home Is Where the Heart Is”
Morrissey, “Spring-Heeled Jim”
Sad Lovers and Giants, “Landslide”
Rose of Avalanche, “Goddess”
Hi Matt,
Love the show – I look forward to it all week. Next Sunday the 21st is my birthday, and I would be thrilled if you would play “Apart” by The Cure for me.
Thanks!
Kate