Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night celebration of the “darker side of classic alternative” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured music from Virgin Prunes, Christian Death, Lycia, The Gruesome Twosome, Skinny Puppy, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bauhaus, Tubeway Army, NItzer Ebb, The Names and more.
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs founder/editor Matt Sebastian, airs every Sunday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes also are available as part of Sirius XM’s new On Demand service for online subscribers.
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Playlist: “Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian — 2/16/14
Virgin Prunes, “Baby Turns Blue”
Daniel Ash, “Get Out of Control”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Just Like Honey”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Halloween” (Peel Session)
Morrissey, “Alma Matters”
Christian Death, “Venus in Furs”
Front 242, “U-Men”
Specimen, “Returning From a Journey” (12-Inch Version)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Crystal Days”
Lords of the New Church, “New Church”
Killing Joke, “Tomorrow’s World”
Throbbing Gristle, “Hot on the Heels of Love”
Public Image Ltd., “Ease”
Joy Division, “Wilderness”
Shriekback, “Nerve”
The Mission, “Into the Blue”
The Stranglers, “Dead Ringer”
Cocteau Twins, “Blood Bitch”
Depeche Mode, “Get Right With Me”
Skinny Puppy, “Spasmolytic”
Southern Death Cult, “Fatman”
Pigface, “Tapeworm”
The The, “Kingdom of Rain”
The Damned, “The Shadow of Love” (10 Inches of Hell Mix)
The Cure, “The Walk” (Live)
Lycia, “Nothing”
The Names, “Life by the Sea”
UK Decay, “Unwind”
Nitzer Ebb, “Family Man”
Bauhaus, “St. Vitus Dance”
Sister Machine Gun, “Not My God”
The Essence, “Endless Lakes”
The Smiths, “I Won’t Share You”
Iron Curtain, “Terror Story”
The Gruesome Twosome, “Hallucination Generation”
Ministry, “Thieves” (12-Inch Mix)
New Order, “In a Lonely Place” (12-Inch Version)
The Fall, “Ludd Gang”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Anaconda”
The Birthday Party, “Jennifer’s Veil”
Butthole Surfers, “I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas”
Love and Rockets, “So Alive” (Live)
Tubeway Army, “Replicas”
Brilliant playlist as always! Request for Ministry’s live cover of “Smothered Hope” – was a b-side to the Burning Inside 12″ – cheers!
Please play “Dream Killer” by Gary Numan (from the album “Outland” – 1991) on next week’s Dark Wave. THANKS!
Great Siouxsie and the Banshees pick! :)