Cocteau Twins | Photo via 4AD
“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 show airs at 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave (Channel 33).
The most recent two episodes are available to subscribers to stream via the Sirius XM app.
Got a request? Requests will be considered for future episodes, but there’s no guarantee they’ll be played. They must fit the show’s format and fall generally within the 1st Wave era. And not be something the host really dislikes. If there’s something you’d like to hear, drop it in the comments below.
HOUR 1
Cocteau Twins, “Peppermint Pig” (7-Inch Version) (Peppermint Pig)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Villiers Terrace” (Crocodiles)
The Lords of the New Church, “Live For Today” (Killer Lords)
The Teardrop Explodes, “Use Me” (Kilimanjaro)
Modern English, “Mesh and Lace” (Life in the Gladhouse)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “Sex on Wheelz” (Sexplosion)
Einstürzende Neubauten, “Sand” (Halber Mensch)
Coil, “Love’s Secret Domain” (Love’s Secret Domain)
Lard, “The Power of Lard” (Power of Lard)
Depeche Mode, “Pleasure, Little Treasure” (Glitter Mix) (Music For the Masses)
Fad Gadget, “Swallow It” (Frank Tovey By Fad Gadget)
Gary Numan, “I Dream of Wires” (Telekon)
The Names, “Postcards” (Swimming)
HOUR 2
Joy Division, “Atrocity Exhibition” (Closer)
John Foxx, “A New Kind of Man” (Metamatic)
The Psychedelic Furs, “Sister Europe” (The Psychedelic Furs)
The Sisters of Mercy, “1969” (Some Girls Wander By Mistake)
The Misfits, “London Dungeon” (Collection)
Furyo, “Calvacade” (Furyo)
Crisis, “Frustration” (Holocaust Hymns)
The Cramps, “Human Fly” (Off the Bone)
The Germs, “Lexicon Devil” (GI)
Love and Rockets, “The Dog-End of a Day Gone By” (Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Night Shift” (Juju)
The Church, “Myrrh” (Heyday)
Skeletal Family, “She Crimes Alone” (Eternal)
Fields of the Nephilim, “Chord of Souls” (The Nephilim)
HOUR 3
The Cure, “Fire in Cairo” (Three Imaginary Boys)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Don’t Ever Change” (Barbed Wire Kisses)
Unrest, “Teenage Suicide” (Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation)
The Wedding Present, “Brassneck” (Bizarro)
KMFDM, “The Virus” (Naïve)
Revolting Cocks, “Attack Ships on Fire” (Big Sexy Land)
Bigod 20, “The Bog” (Steel Works!)
Ministry, “Work for Love” (With Sympathy)
Front 242, “Crushed” (05:22:09:12 Off)
The Creatures, “2nd Floor” (Anima Animus)
Morrissey and Siouxsie, “Interlude” (Interlude)
The The, “Dogs of Lust” (Dusk)
Crime & The City Solution, “My Love Takes Me There” (My Love Takes Me There)
Bauhaus, “Terror Couple Kill Colonel” (Version) (Bauhaus 1979–1983)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (4/26/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (4/19/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (4/12/26)
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Hi Matt, great punk section tonight. My request:
Skinny Puppy – Hardset Head
Goodnight everyone.
For future shows:
1. A Matter of Time – Berlin
2. Blue-Eyed Pop – the Sugarcubes
3. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts – X
4. The Ordinary Boys – Morrissey
5. Wonderful Woman – the Smiths (play on 05/24/26 for Morrissey’s “birthday” weekend)
6. Growing In Green – March Violets
7. Tora! Tora! Tora! – Depeche Mode
8. Rules + Regulations – Public Image Ltd.
9. Love und Romance – the Slits
10. TVC15 – David Bowie
I just caught up listening to last week’s show, and I was glad to hear Curve (two weeks in a row, if I am correct), and so I was wondering if you could play Leftfield with Toni Halliday – Original.
Great show this week, especially the punk block in hour two!
How about playing some Doves in an upcoming show? I’ll suggest “Black and White World” or “Prisoners”, but really, it’s dealers choice.
Hope everyone reading this is well, and enjoys the long holiday weekend ahead!
Hey Matt .. chef Eddy again… I’m with Ken up there but with “open up “ with Lydon and the outfield or FlAs “bloodsport”
I meant “left field “ dam autocorrect