The Chameleons
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave (Channel 33). The most recent two episodes are also available to subscribers to stream via the Sirius XM app.
HOUR 1
The Pop Group, “She Is Beyond Good and Evil” (Y: Definitive Edition)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both Of Us” (Through the Looking Glass)
The Chameleons, “Swamp Thing” (Strange Times)
The Teardrop Explodes, “Use Me” (Kilimanjaro: Deluxe Edition)
David J, “I Can’t Shake This Shadow of Fear” (On Glass)
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “Burning Dirt” (Confessions of a Knife)
The Young Gods, “Did You Miss Me?” (The Young Gods)
Front Line Assembly, “Concussion” (Corroded Disorder)
Cabaret Voltaire, “Sleepwalking” (The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord)
The Church, “The Unguarded Moment” (Of Skins and Heart)
The Smiths, “London” (Louder Than Bombs)
The Sugarcubes, “Mama” (Life’s Too Good)
Tubeway Army, “Replicas” (Replicas)
HOUR 2
Killing Joke, “European Super State” (Absolute Dissent)
Iron Curtain, “Like a Family” (Desertion 1982-1988)
Lydia Lunch, “Dance of the Dead Children” (13.13)
Abcedarians, “Dinner” (Resin)
Love and Rockets, “Holiday on the Moon” (Express)
Christian Death, “Luxury of Tears” (The Iron Mask)
The Cure, “Icing Sugar” (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Some Candy Talking” (Psychocandy)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Some Kind of Stranger” (First and Last and Always)
Skinny Puppy, “Dead Lines” (Bites)
Revolting Cocks, “Mr. Lucky” (Linger Ficken’ Good)
Nitzer Ebb, “Border Talk” (Big Hit)
Pailhead, “Ballad” (Side Trax)
HOUR 3
The Cramps, “Surfin’ Dead” (Smell of Female)
Dead Boys, “Sonic Reducer” (Young, Loud and Snotty)
Buzzcocks, “I Believe” (A Different Kind of Tension)
Stiff Little Fingers, “Suspect Device” (Inflammable Material)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Stormy Weather” (Siberia)
Snake Corps, “Save My Heart” (Flesh on Flesh)
The The, “Helpline Operator” (Dusk)
This Ascension, “For a Day” (Tears in Rain)
Martin L. Gore, “Compulsion” (Counterfeit EP)
The Normal, “Warm Leatherette” (Warm Leatherette/T.V.O.D.)
HULA, “Ghost Rattle” (Murmur)
Colin Newman, “Alone” (A-Z)
Joy Division, “Insight” (Unknown Pleasures)
Bauhaus, “The Spy in the Cab” (In the Flat Field)
Got a request? Requests will be considered for future episodes as long as they fit the show’s format and generally within the 1stWave era — and provided the host doesn’t harbor an intense dislike of the song.
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