Tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — celebrated the birthday today of Ian McCulloch, with selections from Echo & The Bunnymen and Mac’s solo career, including a pair of cuts off his new solo album Holy Ghosts. Plus: Revolting Cocks, Lords of the New Church, The Mission and much, much 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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Finally, if you’ve got requests for future shows, drop ’em in the comments below.
Playlist: “Dark Wave” (Ian McCulloch’s Birthday Edition) — 5/5/13
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Villiers Terrace”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Vision Thing”
Morrissey and Siouxsie, “Interlude”
The Danse Society, “Clock”
Oppenheimer Analysis, “The Devil’s Dancers”
Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill”
Killing Joke, “Love Like Blood”
Ian McCulloch, “Lift Me Up”
Gene Loves Jezebel, “Bruises” (Extended Single Version)
Revolting Cocks, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Happy When It Rains”
New Order, “In a Lonely Place” (12-Inch Version)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Ripeness”
Cocteau Twins, “Iceblink Luck”
The Mission, “Deliverance”
Skinny Puppy, “Spasmolytic”
Lords of the New Church, “Open Your Eyes”
Love and Rockets, “It Could Be SUnshine”
Belfegore, “Belfegore”
Ian McCulloch, “Lover, Lover, Lover”
The Smiths, “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
Nitzer Ebb, “Ascend”
The Cure, “Fear of Ghosts”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Do It Clean” (Live)
Bauhaus, “In the Night”
Camouflage, “Love is a Shield”
Depeche Mode, “Two Minute Warning”
Alien Sex Fiend, “I’m Doing Time in a Maximum Security Twilight Home”
Ministry, “Effigy (I’m Not An)”
Ian McCulloch, “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” (Live)
John Foxx, “Underpass” (1980 Single Edit)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Shadowtime”
Concrete Blonde, “Walking in London”
1919, “Repulsion”
Public Image Ltd., “Happy”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Pictures On My Wall”
Peter Murphy, “Marlene Dietrich’s Favourite Poem”
The Sisterhood, “The Jihad”
Joy Division, “Dead Souls”
Ian McCulloch, “Candleland”
Great show. Thank you again…the sisterhood is always appreciated.
Just pulling some stuff out of the air.. The Church “Myrhh”, Joy Division “Atmosphere”, The Chameleons “The Fan and The Bellows”, Bauhaus “Spirit”,The Lucy Show – “Melody”, House of Freaks – “40 Years”, Abecederians – “Soil”, Circle Jerks – “Under THe Gun”, Luxuria – “Redneck”, Kraftwerk – “The Model”, Cactus World News “Worlds Apart”, The Waterboys – “A Pagan Place”, The Fall – “Living Too Late”..ok, I’ll stop now.
Chameleons UK – Swamp Thing.
Xymox – Evelyn
I second that for “Xymox – Evelyn”! Great track! Love to hear “Warsaw Ghetto” from Nitzer Ebb too =)
I would like to request the following songs:
Wish Key – Orient Express (‘83)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcahxye2Urw
Peter and the Wolf – Peter and the Wolf (’86)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iixC0ZzLotQ
Micro Chip League – New York (‘88)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdXVWLTTa_s
Howard Jones – Human’s Lib (’84)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUlkSQgZ36w
Ministry – Smothered Hope (’89 – Skinny Puppy cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAzfISlZlgY
Psychic Tv with Genesis singing “Water”. I’m loving the Dark Wave