Category: Radio

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.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 1/2/11

Highlights of tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave include some lesser-aired tracks by Depeche Mode (‘Shame’) and The Smiths (‘I Don’t Owe You Anything’), plus a bunch of live Bauhaus.

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 5, first aired 12/28/10

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio celebrated the best new and reissued music of 2010, with tracks by Grinderman, The Jam, Depeche Mode, Hoodoo Gurus, The Cure, Concrete Blonde and more.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 12/26/10

Highlights of tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave included a double shot of lesser-played Love and Rockets (‘An American Dream,’ ‘Sweet FA’) and Peter Murphy doing Iggy Pop ‘Fun Time’).

Playlist: ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ on Strangeways Radio; Episode 4, first aired 12/21/10

Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, ‘Slicing Up Eyeballs’ airs every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. This week’s show featured tracks by R.E.M., Paul Weller, The Sisters of Mercy, Midnight Oil, A Certain Ratio, Lloyd Cole and more.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 12/19/10

Tonight’s ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured a number of nice surprises, including a rare airing of a Morrissey album cut (‘Late Night, Maudlin Street’) and some lesser-played Peter Murphy (‘Marlene Dietrich’s Favorite Poem,’ ‘You’re So Close’).