Category: Radio

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 2/13/11

The playlist from tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ — the Sunday night ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — features tracks by Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Daniel Ash, The House of Love and more.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 11, first aired 2/8/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from The Godfathers, Scritti Politti and The Primitives, plus favorites by Nick Cave, Joseph K, The Selecter, The Waterboys and Meat Puppets.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 2/6/11

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 2/6/11

The playlist from tonight’s “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — features tracks by The The, Kate Bush, Shriekback, KMFDM, The Cult and more.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 10, first aired 2/1/11

This week’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new tracks by The Feelies, OMD and Gang of Four, plus favorites by The Jesus and Mary Chain, PiL, Ministry, The Railway Children and The Cure. Replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 1/30/11

The playlist from tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ — the Sunday night ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — features tracks by The Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, Japan, Camouflage, TSOL and more.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 9, first aired 1/25/11

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 9, first aired 1/25/11

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangways Radio featured new music by Blondie, R.E.M. and Sonic Youth, plus old favorites by The Mission, Eleventh Dream Day, Big Audio Dynamite and The Godfathers.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 1/23/11

The playlist from tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ — the Sunday night ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — features tracks by PiL, Kate Bush, Vicious Pink, The Smiths, Cetu Javu and more.

San Francisco's KUSF, college radio station that helped break Depeche Mode, off air

San Francisco’s KUSF, college radio station that helped break Depeche Mode, off air

The University of San Francisco’s pioneering college radio station — KUSF, one of the first outlets to play punk rock and whose DJs are credited with helping break bands like Depeche Mode in the U.S. — was pulled off the air abruptly this week.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 8, first aired 1/18/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music by Social Distortion, Camper Van Beethoven’s David Lowery, Gang of Four and the Human League, plus old favorites by The Cure, Johnny Thunders, Orange Juice and more. Rebroadcast at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 1/16/11

The playlist from tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ — the Sunday night ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — features tracks by The Cure, Killing Joke, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joe Strummer and Love and Rockets.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 7, first aired 1/11/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music by Claudia Brücken, R.E.M., Throwing Muses and Wire, plus songs by The Stone Roses, Depeche Mode, Pop Will Eat Itself and The Perfect Disaster.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 1/9/11

Highlights of tonight’s “Dark Wave” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave include not one but two tracks by the pre-Eurythmics group The Tourists (“Blind Among the Flowers,” “Circular Fever”), as well as another double shot of lesser-played Love and Rockets (”Holiday on the Moon,” “Haunted When the Minutes Drag”).

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 6, first aired 1/4/11

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured music by The Smiths, Recoil, The Lucy Show, John Foxx, The Specials, Vision, Joe Strummer and more. Hear the replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.