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“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
Love and Rockets, “Mirror People” (Earth, Sun, Moon)
Gary Numan, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (Live) (Living Ornaments ’80)
Cocteau Twins, “Aloysius” (Treasure)
The Snake Corps, “Another Monday” (Flesh On Flesh)
The Bolshoi, “A Way” (Friends)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Brussels Is Haunted” (Apples For Issac)
Iron Curtain, “Television Saved My Life” (Artifact)
Danielle Dax, “Pariah” (Jesus Egg That Wept)
Section 25, “Program for Light” (From the Hip)
Jane’s Addiction, “Three Days” (Ritual de lo Habitual)
Butthole Surfers, “Graveyard” (Locust Abortion Technician)
Nine Inch Nails, “Something I Can Never Have” (Pretty Hate Machine)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Spellbound” (Juju)
HOUR 2
Depeche Mode, “Black Celebration” (Live) (101)
Peter Murphy, “The Scarlet Thing in You” (Cascade)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “The Beginning and the End” (Architecture and Morality)
New Order, “Your Silent Face” (Power, Corruption & Lies)
Ministry, “Stigmata” (The Land of Rape and Honey)
Orange Sector, “Kalt Wie Stahl” (Faith)
Front Line Assembly, “Remorse” (Tactical Neural Implant)
Prong, “Get A Grip (On Yourself)” (Prove You Wrong)
The Chameleons, “Swamp Thing” (Strange Times)
Lowlife, “Bleach” (Gush)
Concrete Blonde, “Jenny I Read” (Mexican Moon)
Killing Joke, “Love Like Blood” (Night Time)
HOUR 3
The Cure, “A Short Term Effect” (Pornography)
Bauhaus, “Burning From the Inside” (Burning From the Inside)
The Sound, “Party of the Mind” (All Fall Down)
Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (Peel Session) (Heart and Soul)
Revolting Cocks, “T.V. Mind” (Big Sexy Land)
Sister Machine Gun, “Sins of the Flesh” (Sins of the Flesh)
SA 42, “Submarine Dance” (Pro Patria)
Excessive Force, “Violent Peace” (Gentle Death)
The The, “Love Is Stronger Than Death” (Dusk)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like the Snow” (Floodland)
Simple Minds, “Theme For Great Cities” (Sister Feelings Call)
The Cult, “Big Neon Glitter” (Love)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (8/2/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (7/26/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (7/19/26)
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Request:
Rational by King Cobb Steelie
Oh, thank you – Orange Sector was my request, love that one (sounds like Die Krupps but so what, it’s good!). Also loved hearing Signal Aout 42, a different Section 25 song (starting to really like them!) and Iron Curtain.
Just thought I’d mention in case anyone doesn’t know: TEAR GARDEN are going on tour in September, it’s simultaneously their FIRST EVER TOUR as well as their 40th Anniversary Tour! Feels like it deserves a mention on the show soon! With that in mind, here’s just two requests for future shows:
Tear Garden – War Crier (from “Astral Elevator” 2025 – Cevin strongly implied that track will be played on tour)
Edward Ka-Spel – Dark Horse (from his new album “Hallucinating Happy Land” 2026)
Actually I think a block of Skinny Puppy & LPD offshoots would be fantastic! Puppy, Pink Dots or Ka-Spel solo, Tear Garden, Cevin Key solo, Download, Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, etc. So many to choose from!
Got tix for Independent in SF mid-Sep … so stoked for this, can’t wait!!!
…. “You and me and Rainbows!!!” :-)
Cheers
Thanks for playing two(!) of my requests! Lots of highlights this week, including two bands that I only barely know, Snake Corps and Iron Curtain.
Some new requests for future shows:
Savage Republic – When All Else Fails
Pressurehed – Hedstrap
Cyberaktif – Paradiessiets
Bamboo Crisis – DNA
1st Request- not very “DW” as a band but hear me out- Tom Tom Club, “Lorelei” so ephemeral
OR
2nd Request-my jaw dropped when I heard Spike Hellis new single . “BY GOD”. just saw them concert in Las Vegas. Wow. I can’t help but hear Ministry, NIN and Cabaret Voltaire influence
Hey Matt!
Awesome show as per usual…. loved Hour 2 with vintage New Order, Ministry and FLA!
A belated thanks BTW for playing Deeper Deepest Dub / FoN last week! Monstrous riffs galore! :-)
… Let’s keep the riffs going! How about this gem from ‘latter-years’ CoX? :
Kiss and Tell / Clan of Xymox
Cheers!
‘Your Silent Face’ is stately – almost majestic -in its synth layering, bass parts, guitar lines, and drum programming. We blasted this thing through the record store’s audio system when it was released. It’s a puzzle why that vocal take went on it. Bernard has pitch and timing problems through the verses and choruses, and it sounds like it was just a guide track, particularly with that petulant last line.
aaa thanks so much for playing my excessive force request!! absolutely loved tonights communion, especially the orange sector, fla, and SA 42 tracks. as always, can’t wait for next weeks dark wave. keep the moody tunes going!! ^_^