Depeche Mode | Photo by Anton Corbijn via Sire Records
“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 shows airs at 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33).
The most recent two episodes are also available to subscribers to stream via the Sirius XM app.
Got a request? Requests will be considered for future episodes as long as they fit the show’s format and fall generally within the 1st Wave era — and provided the host doesn’t harbor an intense dislike of the song. If there’s something you’d like to hear, drop it in the comments below.
HOUR 1
Depeche Mode, “Nothing” (Music For the Masses)
Concrete Blonde, “The Beast” (Bloodletting)
The Rose of Avalanche, “L.A. Rain” (L.A. Rain)
Love and Rockets, “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” (Earth, Sun, Moon)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Happy When It Rains” (Darklands)
David Bowie, “Life on Mars?” (Hunky Dory)
The March Violets, “Snake Dance” (The Botanic Verses)
Public Image Ltd., “Bad Life” (This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get)
The Damned, “Plan 9 Channel 7” (Machine Gun Etiquette)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “And This is What The Devil Does” (I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits)
Front 242, “Until Death (Do Us Part)” (Front by Front)
Tackhead, “Ticking Time Bomb” (Friendly As a Hand Grenade)
Nitzer Ebb, “Let Beauty Loose” (That Total Age)
HOUR 2
Cocteau Twins, “Blue Bell Knoll” (Blue Bell Knoll)
Ian McCulloch, “Faith and Healing” (Candleland)
The Smiths, “I Know It’s Over” (Live) (Rank)
The Cult, “Revolution” (Love)
Section 25, “Girls Don’t Count” (Always Now)
Joy Division, “Shadowplay” (Unknown Pleasures)
We Be Echo, “AlleyCat” (The Elephant Table Album)
Rudimentary Peni, “Rotten to the Core” (Death Church)
Gang of Four, “Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time” (Solid Gold)
Peter Murphy, “The Artroom Wonder” (Silver Shade)
Einstürzende Neubauten, “Yü-gung (Fütter mein ego)” (Halber Mensch)
The Neon Judgement, “The Fashion Party” (1981 1984)
Christian Death, “Dogs” (Death Club 1981-1993)
HOUR 3
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Red Light” (Kaleidoscope)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Doctor Jeep” (Vision Thing)
Bauhaus, “King Volcano” (Burning From the Inside)
The Cure, “Prayers For Rain” (Live) (Entreat)
Nine Inch Nails, “Metal” (Remix Version) (Things Falling Apart)
Ministry, “Over the Shoulder” (Twitched)
A Split-Second, “Firewalker” (Kiss of Fury)
Electric Hellfire Club, “Mr. 44” (Burn, Baby, Burn!)
Revolting Cocks, “Big Sexy Land” (Big Sexy Land)
The Sugarcubes, “Sick for Toys” (Life’s Too Good)
Killing Joke, “Night Time” (Night Time)
Modern English, “Tables Turning” (After the Snow)
Flesh For Lulu, “Cat Burglar” (Big Fun City)
Japan, “European Son” (Assemblage)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/28/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/21/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/14/25)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/7/25)
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For future shows:
1. A Passage In Time – Dead Can Dance
2. Don’t Fall – the Chameleons
3. Coffee Homeground – Kate Bush
4. Airwaves – Kraftwerk
5. Kyoto Song – the Cure
6. City of Refuge – Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
7. Love + Kisses – Altered Images
8. Sweetness + Light – Lush
9. A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours – Smiths
10. Driving Your Girlfriend Home – Morrissey
11. Deep Water – Strawberry Switchblade
12. Aloysius – Cocteau Twins
13. Funtime – Iggy Pop
14. Clockface – Siouxsie + the Banshees
15. I Dream of Wires – Gary Numan
Hi Matt, awesome show tonight! Thanks for playing The Fashion Party.
My request:
Laibach – Alle Gegen Alle
Have a good week everybody!
I have some requests for Halloween!
They Eat Their Own – Like a Drug
The Snake Corps – Save My Heart
Trent Reznor/Peter Murphy – Nightclubbing
UK Decay – Werewolf
I have a rather obscure request from a band I absolutely love that should’ve been huge and, that is Mary My Hope. Their album Museum came out when I was a senior in high school and I wore it out. I was thinking the tracks I’m Not Alone or Suicide King. Keep up the great job. Thanks
Hey Matt, I loved listening to the surprise David Bowie entry tonight.
I’d love to hear Acid Rain by Model/Actriz on one of these future communions!
Good show this week, especially the midsection of hour two.
A humble request for the Halloween show in a few weeks: the Peel session version of Nick Cave & The Cavemen’s “I Put a Spell on You”. An excellent cover, perfect to ease spooky season out.
A sincere hope this comment finds you well.
Second this request.
Hi Matt, Any chance we can add “The Width and the Height” off of the RSD release of Marty Wilson-Piper’s In Reflection in a future show?
Thanks.
Simple Minds – Premonition
And good day to you Sir Matt of the Knight of the Dark Wave Clan! Excellent program as per usual. Thank you for my Cult request!! I’ll make sure to let you all know how they are live! Since Halloween is right around the corner I’ve got some possible suggestions for next time:
Lush – Undertow (Spooky Remix)
My Bloody Valentine – Off Your Face
Moev – Crucify Me
Thanks again as always!!!!! ｡◕‿◕｡
Hour 2 for the win! Holy smokes what a show from start to finish. Loved hearing two Factory records bands back to back, that was sweet. Thanks for playing my Rudimentary Peni request, and apologies to John Lydon and Joe Strummer.
Here’s my request for the Halloween extravaganza: “Horror Business” by Misfits.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
Seconded!
Yes to Misfits! Perfect choice for Halloween.
Hello Matt – We just saw the Front Line Assembly show in Michigan last night and would like to dedicate “Provision” to my wife’s brother John, who passed away late last year. He was a huge F.L.A. fan and would have loved this tour! Thanks in advance.
Great show – loved hearing that Tackhead track and I gotta do a deeper dive into March Violets – good stuff.
Looking forward to the Halloween show!!!
Great start to October!
Here are some requests for the Halloween show –
The Gun Club – Like Calling Up Thunder (love the imagery of jack-o’-lanterns and ghosts in that song)
Pixies – Gouge Away (album or possibly one of the live versions)
Thanks!
Hey Matt! great show last night. I loved hearing The Cure. I remember a few years back you did a special edition episode of songs from The Cure.
Wonderful start to the Dark Wave Month Matt,top notch!Thanx and thanx for the play,keep keeping Dark,as always,maestro!
Sending ya these Dark morsels too!All the Best!
JOY DIVISION-Candidate
MINISTRY-Faith Collapsing
PENAL COLONY-RECONCILED
M.
Great show as usual.
Do not think I have ever heard the Replacements on Darkwave.
The Ledge or My Little Problem(with Johnette) would be great
Not sure if The Replacements are considered Dark Wave…but I will gladly second the request! There’s something melancholy about many of their songs…
Dark Wave continues to be the highlight of my Sirius XM subscription. Another great show as always. Would you consider This Mortal Coil’s cover of “Not Me” for a future episode? Thanks and keep up the good work!
Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) [FRENCH VERSION] (1990) Apple Music
Nature And Organisation – Obsession Flowers As Torture (1994) Apple Music
Greetings Matt!
Very nice Live Cure selection… LOVE it!
Also, sooo cool that you queued up Tackhead Sound System! Maybe next we’ll encounter Gary Clail’s Barmy Army!? On-U all the way haha… Never a dull moment here on SXM Dark Wave, that much is for sure! Love *that* even more!
Switching gears completely, as it is now October – I’ll request some extended Gitane Demone!
1983 // Christian Death
Cheers!
Nice to go out with Japan, but I have to give it to Hour 1 this week. The Concrete Blonde, Damned, and Bowie cuts were all hard to beat.
Would like to request Iron Curtain for an upcoming episode please. Maybe “The Burning”, “Black Gloves”, or “Television Saved My Life”. Wish someone would remaster the Artifact and Desertion compliations.
Thanks for the great music. Have a good rest of your week.
Great show, can you play Lack of Sense by Tribantura? Thanks!
Thank you for another stellar set of dark tunes to usher in the month of October! Many highlights but I will give the slight edge to hour one. And you’ll always have my full fledged support to include Bowie in the mix.
A request for the Halloween show – going punk, not so dark wave but no harm in asking…
Social Distortion – “The Creeps (I Just Wanna Give You)”
Wishing everyone a good week.
I’d love if you played One cares by Depeche mode someday!
I wish everyone would be more thankful of Matt’s work before making requests!
Wire – I am the Fly
Hi Matt, I think this every time your show starts so I might as well tell you: I am so thankful for your work. Nothing matches the artistry, thoughtfulness and passion of dark wave music. And you curate it for us every week. <3
It may be too late to request something. But I would like to suggest that you play something off of the new Chapterhouse White House Demos album thanks.
Hey Matt. Always such a highlight of my week is hearing Dark Wave. And I play it over and over all week. One request
Chrisma- Black Sillk Stockings