The playlist from tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the weekly “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Nick Cave, Xymox, Swans, The Cramps, Yazoo, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Tones on Tail and much more.

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured The Smiths, Love and Rockets, The Teardrop Explodes, Peter Murphy, Modern English, Duran Duran, Echo & The Bunnymen and much more.

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Peter Murphy, Fad Gadget, The Human League, Martin L. Gore, Cocteau Twins, The Church and much more.

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Kate Bush, Ministry, Love and Rockets, The Cure, Concrete Blonde, The Teardrop Explodes, Lords of the New Church, The Mission and much more.

Here’s one for fans of unusual covers: Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson loops her own vocals in place of the piano part in this cover of R.E.M.’s beloved “Nightswimming,” which she recorded during a recent visit to the studios of Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave featured Love and Rockets, The Human League, Death Cult, Joy Division, Nick Cave and Kate Bush, plus rarely played cuts by The Cure (“One More Time”) and Depeche Mode (“Any Second Now”).