The playlist from Sunday night’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Killing Joke, Japan, TSOL, Cocteau Twins, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Public Image Ltd. and much more.

While it’s not uncommon to hear musicians name-checking Bjork, you don’t see The Sugarcubes bandied about much — which is why it’s nice to see this clip of indie-pop outfit The Drums performing that band’s 1987 single ‘Birthday’ during a recent on-air performance taped for Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new and previously unreleased music from The Fall, Heaven 17, The Lucy Show, Erasure and Magazine, plus old favorites from The Cure, Virgin Prunes, The Beloved and Half Man Half Biscuit. The show ill be replayed at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

The playlist from Sunday night’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Concrete Blonde, Tubeway Army, The Teardrop Explodes, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yazoo and much more.

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Kate Bush, R.E.M. and Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, plus rare and remixed Cabaret Voltaire and Jesus and Mary Chain, and old favorites from The Chameleons, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, The Clash and more. Replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

The playlist from Sunday night’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured KMFDM, Camouflage, Wire, The Smiths, Killing Joke, Kate Bush, The Chameleons and much more.

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new tracks from The Fall, R.E.M. and The Mission’s Wayne Hussey, plus reader requests for The Ocean Blue, Clan of Xymox, The Church and Ultra Vivid Scene, and a little Ramones and Adam Ant thrown in, too.